BREAKING: Police to ban water splashing on all main and secondary roads during Songkran

 

 

The Royal Thai Police will impose a total ban on water splashing on main and secondary roads throughout the country during the seven-day Songkran festival  from April 11-17 to ensure road safety for revelers and other motorists.

 

Pol Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul, the deputy national police chief, said Wednesday (March 21) that police would coordinate with local administrators to designate zones where revelers can enjoy water splashing safely and devoid of all kinds of alcohol.

 

He said that police would strictly enforce alcohol control law by banning all alcoholic drinks in the zones designated for water festival.

 

Any shops located in the designated zones which are found selling alcohols will be strictly dealt with, he warned, adding that police would also check alcohol drinking by youths under 20.

 

Traffic police throughout the country have been instructed to facilitate travelling by revelers by opening up more traffic lanes for out-bound traffic during the start of the festival as revelers flock out of cities for their destinations.  The same measure will also be applied on the way back for in-bound traffic at the end of the festival.

 

Full Story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/police-ban-water-splashing-main-secondary-roads-songkran/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-3-21

Good news and it needs to be enforced .

Ha ha ha, bang!

That's me laughing my head off.

I'd love to see anything enforced here for more than five minutes, especially when so many people will be drunk and ignore it.

 

Edited March 21, 20188 yr by bluesofa
misprit

 

Please make that 10 - 19 April for those of us unfortunate enough to be stuck in Pattaya!

Glad to hear it, well done! No more drunken gangs of youths throwing buckets of water into on coming motorcyclists and covering the ones that stop with talcum powder in the eyes.

 

Edited March 21, 20188 yr by Wilsonandson

That idea will work 

Well thought through.

Yeah right!

Deja vu

1996

1997

1998

++++++

All talk and no action.

Glad to hear it, well done! No more drunken gangs of youths throwing buckets of water into on coming motorcyclists and covering the ones that stop with talcum powder in the eyes.

 

 

Just wondering, how long have you been in Thailand. Wouldn't be too long if you are taking this seriously mate. 

Edited March 21, 20188 yr by Emmess

Bringing more happiness to the people

5 minutes ago, Emmess said:

Glad to hear it, well done! No more drunken gangs of youths throwing buckets of water into on coming motorcyclists and covering the ones that stop with talcum powder in the eyes.

 

 

Just wondering, how long have you been in Thailand. Wouldn't be too long if you are taking this seriously mate. 

Pretty dangerous activity I think. How ever funny throwing water might be it is not worth knocking a person off a motorcycle resulting in a death or serious injury.

 

 

If it rains, the big holes on the roads will do an automatic splashing when vehicles ride over, so not to worry !

if it sound too good to be true, its because it is,

no different than the theoretical visa requirements

31 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Any shops located in the designated zones which are found selling alcohols will be strictly dealt with

So top up at Tesco first.

 

23 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

"....police would strictly enforce alcohol control law by banning all alcoholic drinks in the zones designated for water festival".

The police can ban alcohol or anything they like but they can't ban idiocy.

Last Songkran I was travelling east from Nong Khai on a bus and passed through a township where everyone was throwing water about, including inside the bus, and many young people in the township were playing in blow-up pools.

I noticed at the time there was much electrical wiring for the pumps running everywhere around these pools.

Next day I read about a lovely young woman who was about to be married was electrocuted in one of these pools. All thanks to the village idiots. So sad!

Laugh! Up here in the far North the majority of the 'festival' takes place on the roads. Pick-ups all loaded up with people and water barrels go out in search of the same while negotiating the stationary sites along the road manned by everyone from 4 to 40 years old. They stop at designated places on the river to stock up on booze and eat, then out again. Its mobile water warfare for many days with some kids playing for 2 weeks out of boredom.

6 minutes ago, Wilsonandson said:

Pretty dangerous activity I think. How ever funny throwing water might be it is not worth knocking a person off a motorcycle resulting in a death or serious injury.

 

Exactly.

That happened to me on a bike with my wife on the back, first day of water throwing, about 9AM. I honestly though I'd be OK, as it was early and I needed to visit someone locally regarding work briefly.

 

Local guy threw an entire bucket of water into my face, blinding me, causing me and wife to fall on the ground. Someone called the police and an ambulance. They guy who threw the water disappeared PDQ.

We both had cuts and bruises, plus I dislocated my thumb. Police turned up and just shrugged because they knew it would be an uphill struggle to do anything.

 

Now I stay for the entire songkran and don't leave the house.

 

22 minutes ago, BigBadGeordie said:

Yeah right!

Deja vu

1996

1997

1998

++++++

All talk and no action.

Things are different these days thought .

Chinese lanterns were successfully banned

Throwing water is one thing but i've seen them pumping klongwater with huge pumps and firemenhoses to spray on everybody at the roads.

 

It even came in my beer while i was in a pickuptruck, didn't make me sick though.

8 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Things are different these days thought .

Chinese lanterns were successfully banned

Err...where?

I think not.

Source please.

Just now, BigBadGeordie said:

Err...where?

I think not.

Source please.

Chiang mai 

47 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Good news and it needs to be enforced .

Just for the record: murder, theft, gambling, prostitution, and drunk driving are also banned in Thailand.  Why is this particular ban "good news"?

Just now, sanemax said:

Chiang mai 

And was the ban enforced?

 

Perhaps not.

are we sure this was not "Big Joke's" idea?

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Pol Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul, the deputy national police chief, said Wednesday (March 21) that police would coordinate with local administrators to designate zones where revelers can enjoy water splashing safely and devoid of all kinds of alcohol.

 

He said that police would strictly enforce alcohol control law by banning all alcoholic drinks in the zones designated for water festival.

 

Any shops located in the designated zones which are found selling alcohols will be strictly dealt with, he warned, adding that police would also check alcohol drinking by youths under 20.

returning happiness

4 minutes ago, BigBadGeordie said:

And was the ban enforced?

 

Perhaps not.

That photo is from Vietnam

7 minutes ago, SABloke said:

Just for the record: murder, theft, gambling, prostitution, and drunk driving are also banned in Thailand.  Why is this particular ban "good news"?

Its "stand alone" good news .

"murder, theft, gambling, prostitution, and drunk driving" are different topics

"The Royal Thai Police will impose a total ban on water splashing on main and secondary roads throughout the country during the seven-day Songkran festival..."

 

That should be as successful as their ban on  prostitution. 

Edited March 21, 20188 yr by jaltsc

He said that police would never enforce the alcohol control law by subsidizing all alcoholic drinks in the zones designated for water festival.

 

Any shops located in the designated zones which are found not selling alcohol will be strictly dealt with, he warned, adding that police would also ensure alcohol drinking by youths under 20.

 

   

Gosh, is that time of year already.

 

Time to go up in the attic and get out the claymores and festive barbed wire again.

 

Stack up on food and booze and make sure there is a clip of amo on every window sill. 

 

Yes....it's the annual Hunkerdown festival when grumpy old men like me stay indoors catching up on long put off chores until everything is back to normal.

 

 

I think it can be done. 

   the people will go to designated areas if the police come and enforce it. I think the police will enforce it .

 Places like Pattaya will be impossible but most areas in Bangkok it will get done and in most cities across the country it will get done.

Once the police start stopping the trucks and fining them the thai's will cave in. It will be like a check stop they will see it and turn tail and go where they are allowed.