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Its a pity he did not come across a sign for alcoholics anonymous.

16 minutes ago, prakhonchai nick said:

An even better reason not to break the law!. Thais can find money if they need to. Stop the gambling, drinking and monk donations.   Hold on to the confiscated vehicle beyond the initial 3 months, and sell after 6/12 months if fines not paid.  

Completely unrealistic. All you hit are the poor. The hiso can just continue.. By selling their vehicle you deprive them and family of earning any money..

 If you want to hiighlight   the problem and make a public impact. You need two dedicated teams of traffic officers covering a period from 7am to 10pm, These teams of say 10 officers would each have two spotters, with some video capability on the other side of the lights would be the other 8 officers slow down the traffic and book any red lighters. These teams would move around during the day so motorists would not know where they will turn up. Fine each one 500 thb and confiscate their vehicle until paid. This would be a fairly cheap option with maximum public impact. and awareness.

My father was one of 12 and  born in the 1920s. I was one of 6 and born in the 50s. Since then family units have got even smaller. This is usually due to financial pressures.. My grandmother and mother had no real need to work.. If Governments want couples to have more children then they must be prepared to finance them.

Maybe they now reliase that their are more offences to be prosecuted than just crash helmets

18 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

You think Thai drivers have any form of discipline? They don't!

No exactly  hence my comment.

17 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How about installing cameras on all those crossings which automatically take pictures of vehicles which ignore the red light? And then, maybe as a next step, to automatic registration plate recognition and fine them all.

That should make sure that a lot of people will stop and a lot of people will have to pay. And more pedestrians will survive. Win/win/win, it should be a no-brainer. But then again, TiT.

Would become self funding.

4 hours ago, Enzian said:

We were doing estate planning and my daughter-in-law said that if my son dies before me the reason will be his constant habit of texting while driving.

As if taking or making a phone call isnt bad enough texting is next level dangerous. People have to look at the phones screen.

Just now, Stargeezr said:

Well I hope that the EVs in Thailand will have efficient air conditioning. In Canada a Tesla

owner was driving in -30c weather and the inside of the car was -11c, as the car

was trying to save the battery power.  Not the electric vehicle I would ever want to own.

Just saying. That is why I prefer a hybrid vehicle.

I just hope they have an efficient braking system because they have a lot of brake failures here.

I believe they only pay with Paypal. I tried setting up an account but Paypal wont accept from Thailand.

2 hours ago, JoePai said:

Change that headline - 70 is NOT old !

Maybe not old but when your trying to defend off a much younger person he will have a lot more stamina

 I would love to know which officials check the brakes given they all use the same excuse. With this amount of failure their would be a recall to protect the vehicle manufacturers.

5 hours ago, Ryan754326 said:

How much time do you spend riding motorcycles around out in the countryside? 
I’ve seen 6 dead bodies up close on the roads, in my time in Southeast Asia (which really hasn’t been that long at all). 2 in Thailand, and 4 in Vietnam. I saw one accident as it happened, where a car hit a bike with 3 people on it. One of those people appeared to be very dead, but I can’t say for sure. Another one I saw was where a guy on a bike was hit head on by a dump truck on the wrong side of the road. I was at the scene before the cops or ambulance, so he was laid out for everyone to see. Traffic just separated around the accident scene and kept moving.

None of these fatal accidents that I saw happened inside of cities, it was always out on the highway. 

Aside from deaths, I don’t think I can count the number of relatively light motorcycle crashes I’ve seen happen right in front of me, while I sat and drank a coffee at restaurant near an intersection.

 

All of the Thai, Viet, and Cambodian people I know have seen a dead person on the road at some point, and most of them have crashed a bike at some point in their lives as well.  

I admit I do not ride around the country on  motorbike and neither do most Thais so they probably don't see these amounts of accidents which brings me to my first comment and take DUI to the morgue to see the results of there actions

13 minutes ago, BostonRob2 said:

Define "long time" . Overnight in Pattaya perhaps.

 

If you have really lived for a long time in Thailand you would have seen more stiffs than a working girl has.  

Over 10 years and dont define everyone by your own standards

18 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

I'm with Ryan754326 on this. I live on a long straight road and within 300 metres of my house there have been deaths and amputations, and someone in a long-term coma I don't know if he came out of. That is as well as several huge lorries, cars and pickups ending up in the road-side ditch, and one car that managed to sail through the top of a tree.

 

I was also nearly killed one night when two racing pickups came up behind me as I stood looking for someone down the road, with one who was on the wrong side of the road so close to me I could smell the heat of the engine as it went by. I've had so many close encounters, one while being in the fast lane of a dual carriageway and seeing someone who was probably too drunk to know it was a dual-carriageway coming straight at me, and seen so many bikes with no lights at night, that I no longer go out after dark. I really don't want to be on edge every moment I'm out. No fun in that. None at all.

That does not mean that every Thai person as seen the result of a bad accident in fact most Thais I have been in a car with will look away from a bad accident. 

Just now, RocketDog said:

You've been extraordinarily  lucky if you've been here as long as you imply.

 

I witnessed a kid on a motorcy run into a truck only meters from  bar I was sitting at in the first six months I was here. I didn't have get close to know he was dead.

I've also passed many accidents on the road but didn't stop to count bodies.

 

Well perhaps many Thais have been very lucky and not seen any as well thats why convicted DUI drivers should be taken and shown real casualties

2 minutes ago, Enoon said:

Visit a "Red Cross Fair".

 

The rescue organisations have display boards covered with photos of the dead/mangled.

 

All Thais familiar with them.

 

 

If you want to be hard hitting make them see real results from DUI and not pictures

1 hour ago, Ryan754326 said:

Why would they need to go to the morgue? The mangled bodies can be seen laying all over the road. 
I’m just a tourist, and I’ve seen a few dead bodies myself. Anyone who was born here should have plenty of first hand experience. 

I doubt that very much. I have been here a long time and have never see all these bodies you talk about

21 hours ago, champers said:

Cash is king.

Yes for the moment. We are every year becoming a more cashless society and eventually everybody will have to conform else you will not be able to operate financially. The younger generations tend to embrace these things and the older less flexible will just die off