41 men in a van: New world record?

Commuter mini-van packed with unbelievably many people goes viral & amazes even journalists at Guardian in faraway UK.

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41 men in a van: New world record?

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A video taken Sunday quickly went viral showing Thai police emptying a commuter mini-van packed with so many passengers it was hard to believe.

As passengers left the van one-by-one, both passengers and police laughed, the count eventually reaching the absurd total of 41 passengers.

The number of passengers the van is supposed to carry is 16.

A final flashlight search ensured there were no more paseengers hiding from the police inside.

Normal commuters would never stand for such conditions.

So, that the workers were foreign migrant workers, who have their rights violated frequently, was a reasonable guess made by many.

There was, however, no indication of where and when the video was taken.

NEW WORLD RECORD?

The 41 passengers may have unknowingly tied a world record for "most people crammed in a large car" set in Russia:

"The most people crammed in a large car is 41 and was achieved by Toyota Centre Krasnoyarsk Zapad (Russia) in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on 16 May 2015. The car chosen for this attempt was a Toyota Rav4." (see here)

The Manager newspaper which originally carried the story said that "Thailand was second only behind Libya in the accident statistics while they said that the University of Michigan calculated that there were 44 deaths per 100,000 of the population per year. This would put the annual death toll well over 25,000" (see here).

The videos even amazed journalists at the Guardian newspaper in faraway Great Britain who posted the video on their website:

(Source: Screenshot of Guardian website)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2016/sep/19/41-men-found-inside-16-seat-vehicle-in-thailand-video

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/943820-forty-one-men-in-a-van-but-thais-miss-out-on-guinness-record/

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