Transport Ministry launches Safe Songkran Festival 2018

 

 

BANGKOK, 28th March 2018 (NNT) – The Deputy Director-General of the Department of Highways, Apisit Promasen, said the Ministry of Transport has launched the Safe Songkran Festival 2018 under the "7-7-7" road safety campaign. 

The term "7-7-7" simply refers to seven days before, during and after the holiday period, which is between April 4th and 24th, 2018. 

Mr. Apisit said his department aims to reduce the road accident rate and the number of road casualties by seven percent this year. 

 

He has advised people to take enough rest and take care of their health before traveling during the long holiday.

 

-- nnt 2018-03-28

Should be named 666 according to some of the fear of water mongers.

Satan's Songkran, I must flee for fear of injury or wetness!

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

Mr. Apisit said his department aims to reduce the road accident rate and the number of road casualties by seven percent this year. 

Is that a genuine, achievable target or just something the PR department cooked up to match the campaign title?

Edited March 28, 20188 yr by Bluespunk

'He has advised people to take enough rest and take care of their health before traveling during the long holiday'.

 

Is that his master plan to reduce road accidents?  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 minute ago, Bluespunk said:

Is that a genuine, achievable target or just something the PR department cooked up to match the campaign title?

Maybe they could offer seven virgins for each safe driver.

Highways and roads - Thailand's Gladiator Arena.

Didn’t they use ‘7-7-7’ before? Everyone knows that slogans and buzzwords only work one time. 

7-7-7? All I have to say about that is... 5-5-5

32 minutes ago, webfact said:

take care of their health before traveling

 

Drink 7 bottles of chicken essence, 7 times a day, with 7 glasses of water.

38 minutes ago, webfact said:

under the "7-7-7" road safety campaign. 

Used before, and it didn't work.

Whoooopee dooo

How about zero tolerance for road rule infractions with the most serious offences resulting with an impounding of vehicles until after the holiday?

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Mr. Apisit said his department aims to reduce the road accident rate and the number of road casualties by seven percent this year

With that sort of figure you can clearly see they have little faith in their own upcoming efforts.

57 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

Didn’t they use ‘7-7-7’ before? Everyone knows that slogans and buzzwords only work one time. 

When did it work?

1 hour ago, PatOngo said:

Maybe they could offer seven virgins for each safe driver.

Could be a challenge to find them.

 

14 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Could be a challenge to find them.

 

They won't need many!

Songkran as safe as most other things here? Then rest assured in pieces.

I predict the carnage will be seven times from last year.

Please...please...pleeeeeease shut the #$@% up and let Songkhran go by as always!

Your idiocy will not change anything.

It didn't last year...or the year before...or the year before that!

You are not serious about preventing deaths!

You don't care!

All you want, is your stupid face in a camera and your dumb name in the news!

Enough already!

Why not 365 - 365 - 365, that will make sense...

Noise, noise, noise

No action! I want action!

The last time they had a 7-7-7 the accident rate went up! I think this is a bad omen.

And why only a 7% reduction? Big thinkers.

The architects behind this new master plan.....

Some deja vu that 7-7-7 isnt it?

 

Was over new year 2018 period already?

5 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Is that a genuine, achievable target or just something the PR department cooked up to match the campaign title?

55555 was that a real question?????

14 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

55555 was that a real question?????

Well, it was a question...

 

however it was one delivered in cynical mode...

 

rhetorical if you will...

 

not requiring an answer, as such...

The 7% solution.

6 hours ago, PatOngo said:

They won't need many!

They won’t need any...

8 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Maybe they could offer seven virgins for each safe driver

Where would they find that many?

8 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Maybe they could offer seven virgins for each safe driver.

With suggestions like that I think my choice of 477 in the seven dangerous days sweep might be a tad over cooked

Edited March 28, 20188 yr by oldlakey