Songkran kicks off with 2,700 charges of drunk driving

[natway09]

And the day ain't finished yet.

Just locked my car keys in the safe

[soalbundy]

Just now, natway09 said:

And the day ain't finished yet.

Just locked my car keys in the safe

I ate mine

[essox essox]

1 minute ago, natway09 said:

And the day ain't finished yet.

Just locked my car keys in the safe

was going to say the same......the day finishes in about 6 hours

 

[KMartinHandyman]

Out of 3339 cases of drunk driving 356 licenses were confiscated. There’s a joke in there somewhere?

[Media1]

7 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Day one.........3000+......... they must be running short of monitoring devices already!

There are no batteries left 

[wgdanson]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

with 41 vehicles seized and 82 driving licences confiscated.

Math(s) again. Does this mean that TWO licences for each vehicle...........???????

[Moti24]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Songkran kicks off with 2,700 charges of drunk driving

If they did breathalyser tests on a daily basis, they would realise that 2,700 is probably the mean daily average for the year.

Edited April 12, 2018 by Moti24

[soalbundy]

5 minutes ago, Moti24 said:

If they did breathalyser tests on a daily basis, they would realise that 2,700 is probably the mean daily average for the year.

for one town

[Krataiboy]

5 hours ago, meatboy said:

1860 involved motor cyclists and 105 bikes seized,that equals to over 17 per bike.confusing.

Agreed. I've never seen more then eight on one motorbike.

[watcharacters]

8 hours ago, darksidedog said:

That don't drink and drive message appears not to have been heard or understood by a fairly large multitude then.

Also wondering why 3,339 people were found to be drunk but only 2,716 actually got charged with anything. Surely the co

 

ps wouldn't dream of taking a backhander from the other 623?

 

 

Can't hear the message while wearing the tight helmut..

[soalbundy]

All I can is, let the party begin, hick!! Last years record death toll will beaten again, you can't keep a good Thai down. 

[hotchilli]

3,339 cases of drunk driving.

 

Should be 3,339 licences revoked & banned for a year. time to get serious.

[Dingle 60]

This is pathetic. Come on guys, you can do better than this. Gotta keep that number 1 spot

 

[simonok]

It isn't always the Police who stop Drunk Driving.
 
In Canada the group called MADD   ( Mothers Against Drunk Driving).   They focus on 5 areas and have been very effective in making their peers more responsible with drunk driving.
 
Could THAI private citizens band together and stop their peers/family from Drunk Driving ? 
 
 
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[soalbundy]

1 hour ago, KMartinHandyman said:

Out of 3339 cases of drunk driving 356 licenses were confiscated. There’s a joke in there somewhere?

No, the rest didn't have a license.

[Hooliganzone]

39 death on the first day i would like to know how many of them where foreigners.?

Edited April 12, 2018 by Hooliganzone

[SOTIRIOS]

...fines but no mention of amounts....a few hundred baht they will laugh off...

 

...$100 and up equivalent may make them think twice.....

[TEFLKrabi]

It appears that nothing pleases some people. I’d rather the stop 3000 than stop nobody.

[Grusa]

I'm sorry, I'm having a problem getting my head around the arithmetic here. It never was my strong point at school, but ....

[Happyman58]

THey say the funeral directors at this time of year cant stop smiling. Funny i have never seen a funeral director smile so i guess they will make a lot of money.  Everybody is a winner at songkran. The cops taking bribes,  The funeral directors who double their money and the lazy Thais because they have a they dont have to work.

[HHTel]

11 hours ago, phetpeter said:

Strange report, stating on Thursday.... isn't it still Thursday? or have the police done their bit, packed up and gone home already?

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A junta spokeswoman said on Thursday that 156 vehicles were seized the day before and 2,716 motorcyclists and other drivers were charged with drunk driving.

Stated on Thursday and quite clearly giving stats for Wednesday.

[wazzupnow]

20 hours ago, darksidedog said:

That don't drink and drive message appears not to have been heard or understood by a fairly large multitude then.

Also wondering why 3,339 people were found to be drunk but only 2,716 actually got charged with anything. Surely the cops wouldn't dream of taking a backhander from the other 623?

helloo guys you have to give them some credit

they have only 1  other choice

in my wife s family the males are or alcoholic or  gay!!

do you want a d**k op your a**h**e  all day ?

no than it is better to be drunk all day

[The Teacher]

20 hours ago, darksidedog said:

That don't drink and drive message appears not to have been heard or understood by a fairly large multitude then.

Also wondering why 3,339 people were found to be drunk but only 2,716 actually got charged with anything. Surely the cops wouldn't dream of taking a backhander from the other 623?

yes, paper bag sales are up throught the roof at Tesco Lotus

[meatboy]

12 hours ago, soalbundy said:

No, the rest didn't have a license.

or they were GOV.OFFICIALS.

[meatboy]

11 hours ago, SOTIRIOS said:

...fines but no mention of amounts....a few hundred baht they will laugh off...

 

...$100 and up equivalent may make them think twice.....

the gov.said that would cause them hardship.so its got to be JAIL TIME.

[PhonThong]

15 hours ago, essox essox said:

plus they have been given an extra days holiday.....so figures will go up

 

That's true. I didn't even think about that.

[PhonThong]

13 hours ago, simonok said:

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They would probably be charged with defamation if they turned someone in.

[anon537687643]

If there were enough police on the roads there would be 100s of thousands caught, because the country has incredibly irresponsible motorists. Drink driving or anything else crazy

 

 

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[Acemaker]

22 hours ago, dibley69 said:

I was just thinking the Same!! 

Simple, they had bigger Wallets than the rest.

[Acemaker]

20 hours ago, PEE TEE said:

Why only at Songkran this should done on a daily basis 

They dont have the resources.