Min of Transport to ensure road safety during Songkran holidays

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Min of Transport to ensure road safety during Songkran holidays

 

 

BANGKOK, 27 March 2018 (NNT) - The Ministry of Transport is set to enforce strict measures to ensure safety for holidaymakers during Songkran festivities. 

Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith has instructed related agencies to be ready to accommodate holidaymakers during the upcoming Thai New Year. 

Measures including the opening of a special lane on highways, increasing bus services and driver fitness exams are among others expected to be carried out to relieve traffic congestions and ensure road safety. 

Passenger buses and vans especially those operated by private companies must be approved by local transport authorities before they can be operated commercially. 

As for double-decker buses, the minister indicated that double-decker bus services would likely be limited to certain roads and distances to safety reasons. However, it will be clearer in June as to what measures the ministry will enforce. 

In addition, operators of public vans must have a GPS device installed in every vehicle, according to Deputy Managing Director of Transport Co Ltd Anuch Suwannasatisakorn. Failure to do so will result in legal punishments. 

The Transport Co Ltd will provide a free van checkup service for all public vans at Mo Chit Station from March 26th to 28th from 10 am to 4 pm. 

It is expected that up to 200,000 people a day will leave Bangkok during the holidays especially on the first 2 days of the festival. The number of trips will increase from 6,600 to 8,000 per day to meet the high demand.

 

-- nnt 2018-03-27

 

[akirasan]

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BANGKOK, 27 March 2018 (NNT) - The Ministry of Transport is set to enforce strict measures to ensure safety for holidaymakers during Songkran festivities. 

The minister indicated that double-decker bus services would likely be limited to certain roads and distances to safety reasons. However, it will be clearer in June as to what measures the ministry will enforce. 

Brilliant.

[Ralf61]

[4MyEgo]

Sounds like the usual, "refer to the manual" spin for that time of the year, then off to extended lunch breaks

 

[PatOngo]

All well and good but most fatalities involve motor cycles and overloaded pick ups. No mention of them. The big test will be the final body count!

[ThreeEyedRaven]

Truly amazing. Every year the Ministry of Transport assure us that they have safety covered through Songkran and every year we have total carnage. How is this year supposed to be any different? The few paltry measures they are suggesting here, will do nothing to alleviate the ignorant, selfish, speeding and drunk drivers who are responsible for most of the accidents.

[stereolab]

Sad to say, but there are 300-400 ( pick a number) folks who will not be alive in a matter of weeks. Countless others will have life changing injuries. Reports will be made, totals counted and we will go on as before. I will stock up next week in readiness for this years madness.

[SkyNets]

Every name of the dead over Songkran should be tattooed on this guy.

[Thian]

17 minutes ago, SkyNets said:

Every name of the dead over Songkran should be tattooed on this guy.

And he also has to daily speak all their names on the national tv, right before the national thai soapseries start.

[Artisi]

Safety measures 555555555, just for the holiday- how about the rest of the year, or isn't there any problem. 

Typical utter <deleted>

 

[Ossy]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

set to enforce strict measures to ensure safety for holidaymakers during Songkran festivities.

And in that floral yellow shirt, Arkhom looks just the sort of guy to nark 'em . . . especially if all those 'special' lanes on motorways haven't been finished. Without a doubt, he's my choice for being top of the next reshuffle list . . . unless he gives that shirt to Prayut, of course.

[DM07]

The Army, the RTP, the Ministry of Transport...all vow and ensure and decide measures...to make the roads safer on Songkhran (not on the other days of the year, though!) and every year they fail miserably.

...with no one EVER loosing their job!

 

[madmitch]

There seems to be a new announcement every couple of days in the build-up to this year's Songkran. 

 

More announcements, same enforcement, same overall effect? Probably.

[grumbleweed]

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Min of Transport to ensure road safety during Songkran holidays

 

That's reassuring, I feel safer already

[peperobi]

Wow 7 days very strictly measure to ensure the traffic, the rest of the year do what do you like!

[lvr181]

16 hours ago, DM07 said:

The Army, the RTP, the Ministry of Transport...all vow and ensure and decide measures...to make the roads safer on Songkhran (not on the other days of the year, though!) and every year they fail miserably.

...with no one EVER loosing their job!

 

Perhaps "they" don't want to throttle back the upward movement of brown envelopes? Just thinking. 

[Artisi]

15 hours ago, madmitch said:

There seems to be a new announcement every couple of days in the build-up to this year's Songkran. 

 

More announcements, same enforcement, same overall effect? Probably.

Have to maintain Hub status, highest number of road deaths in any given holiday period. 

[Ossy]

19 hours ago, Artisi said:

Safety measures 555555555, just for the holiday . . . .

Typical utter <deleted>

 . . . how about the rest of the year,

What . . . when the cops are off duty?

[dwcrist]

20 hours ago, akirasan said:

However, it will be clearer in June as to what measures the ministry will enforce. 

 

Brilliant.

 

Haha! The first thing I saw too. It will take them 2 months after Songkran to figure out what was actually enforced. Sounds about right.

[Doug Jane]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Min of Transport to ensure road safety during Songkran holidays

And when he fails, should he be held accountable?

[sawadee1947]

20 hours ago, stereolab said:

Sad to say, but there are 300-400 ( pick a number) folks who will not be alive in a matter of weeks. Countless others will have life changing injuries. Reports will be made, totals counted and we will go on as before. I will stock up next week in readiness for this years madness.

I wonder how it is this year in CM during Songkran? Again buckets of water? And big water canons? Anyway I will stay home.

[natway09]

He has instructed,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,   now he goes on holidays

[Ossy]

On 3/27/2018 at 1:51 PM, webfact said:

Min of Transport to ensure road safety during Songkran holidays

Two days later and I'm still laughing at the hopeless optimism of this headline. Planning for road safety is one thing; hoping for road safety is another, but for the ministry to say they're 'ensuring' road safety, something that they know Thai drivers, at large, are incapable of, really does take the biscuit . . . and you'd have thought that Arkhom would have changed his shirt by now!

[Media1]

Strict lol..

 Whole family hanging out of a truck going hell for leather up the highways. You would be put in a mental hospital overseas. Your the problem not the cure.

[Media1]

On 28/03/2018 at 8:56 AM, lvr181 said:

Perhaps "they" don't want to throttle back the upward movement of brown envelopes? Just thinking. 

Total carnage..

They should shoot a movie for Hollywood.

[Media1]

On 28/03/2018 at 8:55 AM, peperobi said:

Wow 7 days very strictly measure to ensure the traffic, the rest of the year do what do you like!

MADMEN

[Psimbo]

Ironic that I read this just after reading the article about a bus crash in Tak killing 21 (so far).

 

Oh well, it's not in a BS '7 days of safety' stunt period so it is irrelevant.

 

One would have thought it was his responsibility to ensure road safety EVERY day, not just when it suits a PR opportunity. 

 

[bluesofa]

On 27/03/2018 at 1:51 PM, webfact said:

"Min of Transport to ensure road safety during Songkran holidays"

It's a misprint, the correct headline is below:

Min of Transport to stop issuing blasé statements during Songkran holidays.

 

[trainman34014]

The one and only way to 'Ensure' road safety at Songkran, or any other time for that matter, would be to remove all traffic from the roads entirely !!