Interior Ministry to enforce 7 road safety measures to curb road fatalities

[webfact]

Interior Ministry to enforce 7 road safety measures to curb road fatalities

 

 

BANGKOK, 8 December 2017 (NNT) - The Ministry of Interior is planning to invest more to ensure the safety of Thai motorists. 

Speaking at the 13th Thailand Road Safety Seminar, Deputy Interior Minister Suthee Makboon said 7 new measures will be enforced to lower the number of road fatalities in the country. These measures include a 50 km/hr speed limit in urban areas, a minimum age requirement for people to ride a big bike, and the installation of an anti-lock braking system for all motorcycles, to name a few. 

Suthee added that every province must have safety zones for pedestrians and cyclists. 

The seminar was organized by the Road Safety Group Thailand and Road Safety Center with the objective to promote road safety. 

According to the organizer, 20,000 people on average are killed in road accidents every year. It is equivalent to a 500 billion baht GDP loss per annum.

 

-- nnt 2017-12-08

[PatOngo]

Seven seems to be the luck-eeee number this month.

[RotMahKid]

25 minutes ago, webfact said:

It is equivalent to a 500 billion baht GDP loss per annum.

Of course they have to mention this if you ever can compare human life's to money.

[JAG]

The vast majority of motorcycle fatalities are on scooters and 110cc "step throughs" not big bikes.

Many of the motorcycles in rural areas don't have registrations, tax or insurance. Good luck getting them fitted with anti lock braking systems.

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[Cadbury]

Very admirable "ideas" indeed. How many other conferences, meetings, seminars, forums and buffet lunches did it take to come up with those.

As normal in Thailand these dreams will never be converted to reality.

[Cadbury]

57 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Seven seems to be the luck-eeee number this month.

In this case not necessarily so. You will notice that these ideas were conceived at 13th Thailand Road Safety Seminar. 

7 lucky v 13 unlucky cancel each = no result.

 

 

Edited December 8, 2017 by Cadbury

[DM07]

And here is, how many of these "safety measures" will be implemented and followed through: the number begins with a "z" and ends with an "ero"!

[PatOngo]

It is equivalent to a 500 billion baht GDP loss per annum.

 

How many Richard Mille watches is that !!!

[trogers]

I was waiting that all important road safety measure on driving without a license... Guess it's not at all important...

[fakename]

Thats right! Big bikes seem to be the problem! Sounds like they have some really good ideas, or maybe just ran out of good ideas.

[quandow]

There are already PLENTY of regulations on the books. It's the ENFORCEMENT thing that is missing.

[connda]

These pronouncement keep getting more grandiose as well as absurd all the time. 

50 kph speed limits - enforcement: radar guns w/picture - small fine via mail - effect on speeding?  1 out of 10.  Effect on revenue collection? 10 out of 10  <Cha-Ching> 

Anti-lock breaks on all motorcycles - enforcement: road blocks - 400 THB fine - effect of accidents?  2 out of 10. Effect on revenue collection?  10 out of 10  Practicality: 0 out of 10 (how are they going to retrofit all the motorcycles in Thailand and how are the poor, the primary motorcycle riders, going to afford it?) 

Age requirement for big bikes - enforcement: road blocks - 400 THB fine with a 'catch, fine, release' policy - Effect on accidents? 0 out of 10. Effect on revenue? 0 out of 10.  Practicality: How many underaged Thai kids do you see riding around on a Ducati?

Safety zones for bicycles and pedestrians - enforcement: After the fact (ie, after the accident). Effect on accidents? 0 out of 10. Effect on revenue? 0 out of 10.  They don't enforce the bicycles and pedestrians safety zones they already have.  Practicality: How do you take 1/2 of a lane out of a two lane road for 'bicycles' and expect that having only 1.5 lanes for cars won't impact traffic and cause more accidents, example: Thapae Road, Chiang Mai. And the carnage is motorcycle riders, not bicyclists. 

Helmets and seatbelts.  Net Effect on accidents? 0 out of 10 (it's the same policy as they have now) - enforcement: road blocks - 400 THB fine - Net effect of accidents?  0 out of 10. Effect on revenue collection?  0 out of 10  (They are already shaking down the public about as much as they can, nothing new - can't bleed a rock). 

Placing cops in patrol cars to pull over and fine drivers for moving violations. Effect on accidents? 10 out of 10. Effect on revenue? 10 out of 10. 
Practicality: 0 out of 10 (That wasn't one of the 7 recommendations.  Thais will adopt Western traffic policing standards about the time Hell freezes over, or it snows on Doi Internon.)

Still Amazing Thailand. 

Edited December 8, 2017 by connda

[thhMan]

No mention of getting the Police out and doing their Job? I still see them at the lights surrounded by riders with no helmets

 

Just that would be amazing!

[connda]

3 hours ago, Cadbury said:

In this case not necessarily so. You will notice that these ideas were conceived at 13th Thailand Road Safety Seminar. 

7 lucky v 13 unlucky cancel each = no result.

 

 

But, now my wife will buy a lottery ticket ending in 713! 

[Jonmarleesco]

3 hours ago, JAG said:

The vast majority of motorcycle fatalities are on scooters and 110cc "step throughs" not big bikes.

Many of the motorcycles in rural areas don't have registrations, tax or insurance. Good luck getting them fitted with anti lock braking systems.

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I'd settle for them enforcing use of braking systems ...

[Jonmarleesco]

22 minutes ago, connda said:

Thais will adopt Western traffic policing standards about the time ... it snows on Doi Internon

Overly optimistic, I should say.

[Khun Paul]

When they stop and breath test drivers of buses and coaches and mini-vans  arrest those who are over the limit then and only then will I believe they are serious .

[Humpy]

How about some simple  TV 'adverts ' on road safety to highlight the idiots who do not know how to use a roundabout, traffic lights etc.  ..... to include actual footage of the idiots with their tinted windows, windscreens adorned with ecclesiastical nick-knacks ,  dead and injured motor cyclists, without helmets, laying in the road,  school children sitting on the school bus roof or hanging on the back of Baht buses to and from school . Perhaps the PM should have a ''crackdown'' on all the local Police Chiefs to get them to sort their officers out to get the job done. Best the PM pays a visit to the highways and villages up here in Issan and sample the traffic chaos ....... or am I dreaming ? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Happyman58]

15 hours ago, DM07 said:

And here is, how many of these "safety measures" will be implemented and followed through: the number begins with a "z" and ends with an "ero"!

Bit like the pick-up laws no riding in the back That had 2 problems with that one 1/ Thais dont listen and have no respect for the law 2/ getting the police force to enforce them Big joke really

[Happyman58]

8 hours ago, Humpy said:

How about some simple  TV 'adverts ' on road safety to highlight the idiots who do not know how to use a roundabout, traffic lights etc.  ..... to include actual footage of the idiots with their tinted windows, windscreens adorned with ecclesiastical nick-knacks ,  dead and injured motor cyclists, without helmets, laying in the road,  school children sitting on the school bus roof or hanging on the back of Baht buses to and from school . Perhaps the PM should have a ''crackdown'' on all the local Police Chiefs to get them to sort their officers out to get the job done. Best the PM pays a visit to the highways and villages up here in Issan and sample the traffic chaos ....... or am I dreaming ? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Humpy i am in Issan also and you are right in everything you say  Couple of problems i can see there The PM dont prob even know where Issan is because he dont want to know because they are all red shirts here He knows places like Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok and Washington and London Thatis about it for him

[wakeupplease]

13th Thailand Road Safety Seminar

 

Said near the same on the 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th and every one to the twelfth Thailand Road Safety Seminar, so same again next year is it guys?

[cracker1]

Interior Ministry to enforce 7 road safety measures to curb road fatalities.

Hope they can do a better job than the Traffic Police who seem incapable !

 

[Ossy]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

 . . . Deputy Interior Minister Suthee Makboon said 7 new measures will be enforced to lower the number of road fatalities in the country. These measures include a 50 km/hr speed limit in urban areas, a minimum age requirement for people to ride a big bike . . . Suthee added that every province must have safety zones for pedestrians and cyclists. 

The only safety zones in this kamikaze country will be within 3 metres of the TV. Minimum age law for 'big bikes' makes sense, assuming that means 150cc or more. But, what the hell do they intend to do about the bigger hazard of primary school-age kids riding around on their 110cc Waves?

Why is it, in Thailand, that even the top dogs appear to be unable or unwilling to grasp all of the nettle at once?