These passengers make a perilous commute leaping onto a ferry which sees dozens of people fall into the water every year.<br /><br />The boat pulls up to the side of a canal to take locals on journeys around the city in Bangkok, Thailand. <br /><br />The form of transport is the cheapest in the country at just 10 baht (0.24gbp) a ride, sometimes covering up to 12 miles. But it also carries plenty of risks. <br /><br />To board the boat, passengers have to crowd round and step from the dock across a gap and then duck below the moving boat's awning - as the filthy water laps below. <br /><br />Footage from the Pratunam Pier this morning shows how women carrying shopping bags or men with briefcases leap onto the vessel - sometimes while it's still arriving or pulling away. <br /><br />''We have to hurry up because the boat stops then moves away quickly,'' said one passenger, an office worker named Fah Thida.<br /><br />''When it's busy there are many people all trying to jump on at the same time.'' <br /><br />Although canal ferries are popular, and cheaper than alternatives like taxis or the subway, there are regular accidents from people tripping when they get on and off the boat. <br /><br />In December last year, brave onlookers had to jump into the water and haul a woman to safety after she fell while stepping off a boat - only avoiding being crushed because locals pushed the boat back.
