Road safety rules now in full force

[webfact]

Road safety rules now in full force

By Thai PBS

 

 

The Ministry of Interior has set up the centre for accident prevention and assistance to handle traffic emergencies during the notorious 7-day dangerous period from April 11-17.

 

The centre went into operation yesterday after officially opened by Interior Minister Gen Anupong Paochinda yesterday. The centre has listed risky locations in 198 districts where authorities will take care if closely to ensure safety travel by Songkran revellers during the 7-day dangerous period.

 

Gen Anupong said he has ordered all departments to coordinate efforts and ensure that traffic laws are strictly enforced during the period. Special community checkpoints manned by volunteers have also been sanctioned to help police on secondary roads while a high alert has also been ordered at risk prone locations in 198 districts.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/road-safety-rules-now-full-force/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-04-12

[djayz]

So what exactly is being done to reduce road accidents this year? 

[starky]

Oh please! Just stop. Won't be one less Songkran death on the roads than any other year. Which we all know is played down anyway as the alleged 7 deadly days has a lower average than the rest of the year on Thailand's roads.

[PatOngo]

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

Road safety rules now in full force

...as opposed to?...........not last week.......maybe next week? 

[akirasan]

11 minutes ago, djayz said:

So what exactly is being done to reduce road accidents this year? 

exactly the same as last year.

[lordblackader]

15 minutes ago, djayz said:

So what exactly is being done to reduce road accidents this year? 

virtue signalling. Lots and lots of virtue signalling. 

[worgeordie]

Is this the same thing as stop the burning in the North,

Every year they go on about road safety during Songkran and

other dangerous times of the year (every week it seems),

and in both cases it does not make a jot of difference,

 

regards worgeordie

[JOC]

30 minutes ago, webfact said:

Road safety rules now in full force

Just drove home from the Villa Market....and honestly never seen so many bad drivers on the road....

They are not drunk   but are simple just extremely poor drivers, which becomes even more obvious in heavy traffic....

[transam]

Wow,  I must go out to see if I can see a road cop.....

[peperobi]

3 hours ago, djayz said:

So what exactly is being done to reduce road accidents this year? 

Nothing! Talking and nothing else!

[Jonmarleesco]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Gen Anupong said he has ordered all departments to coordinate efforts and ensure that traffic laws are strictly enforced during the period.

Uh, huh. And when they aren't ...

[NoshowJones]

5 hours ago, PatOngo said:

...as opposed to?...........not last week.......maybe next week? 

Another 24 hour crackdown.

[mok199]

 I feel another probe may be coming

[kannot]

Huh "Which" traffic  laws are they going to enforce and which are they not??

[kannot]

Funny I was out today briefly and saw, driving on the wrong side of the road, no helmets everywhere, speeding, overloaded vehicles, no number plates on  quite a few  bikes, Red light jumping etc, guess they havent been told about these "rules" in Pranburi today then???

[essox essox]

6 hours ago, djayz said:

So what exactly is being done to reduce road accidents this year? 

nothing !! it is same same every year...

[Lupatria]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Road safety rules now in full force

Yeah right!

39 Die On 1st ‘Dangerous Day’ Of Songkran

Not counting those dying in two weeks after their accident.

Edited April 12, 2018 by Lupatria

[Joinaman]

seen lots of police while driving on the 22 road, Nakon to Sakon nakhon today, all looking very busy

Drinking beer and playing on their phones

only saw one policeman working ? he looked like he was showing a farmer how to use the speed gun at the roadside

why don't they get off there fat <deleted> and actually patrol the roads, its not as if its hard work. They wont have to travel far to keep themselves busy all day

Even saw one policeman stood outside his tent ( must have needed some exercise) wave as a couple of bike went past, 3 up on the bikes, no helmets and no plates

How much is wasted putting up these tents just so they can sit and play with their phones ?

 

 

[hotchilli]

Road safety laws are now in full force.. but Thais don't seem to understand them or just plain ignore them..

looking at todays news on 3,000+ drunk drivers!!!!

[tropo]

8 hours ago, starky said:

Oh please! Just stop.  

 

Wouldn't that be nice, but they come up with this nonsense every year.

[ThaiTrav]

Think of all the easy revenue they are missing????

[ThaiTrav]

Hey Bad news for those folk hoping to get and wear one of the new electronic bracelets that are in fashion this songkran. The Govt underestimated the number ordered only 5000 and rumour has it that around 2700 were snapped up on the first day  of issue by now there are only few left to be handed out only to those who manage to blow highest scores. So cheers and usual driving everything back to normal!

[Golden Triangle]

22 hours ago, transam said:

Wow,  I must go out to see if I can see a road cop.....

If you do see one could you take a photo and post it here, I'd like to see one as well