Daily Corpse Count: 25 dead at scene in road accidents on Wednesday

[webfact]

Daily Corpse Count: 25 dead at scene in road accidents on Wednesday

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News continued in their daily count of people dying at the scene of road accidents.

 

They reported that on Wednesday another 25 were added to the list.

 

That made 255 since the start of this month and 8,723 since the start of the year.

 

These are just those reported dead at the scene - the reality is that there are many more fatalities in Thailand that has been named as having the most dangerous roads in the world.

 

Daily News keep a daily tally in an ongoing campaign to effect change.

 

On Wednesday they said a minivan overturned on the Friendship Highway near the u-turn at Don Yi in Korat.

 

Forty four year old Wanwisa Naktham was thrown out and killed. Seven were injured.

 

Driver Krisada Jandarot, 26, said he hit a pothole in the rain causing him to flip. The service was Bangkok to Amnat Charoen.

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[chopin2]

Calm down everyone, Japan's road safety measures are soon in place, Thailand will have the safest traffic in the world! What happens to amulet sales and the price of 777 plates remains to be seen.

Edited August 9, 2018 by chopin2

[sammieuk1]

Just a blip should be back to the normal 100 plus per day as we speak?

[George Bowman]

57 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thailand that has been named as having the most dangerous roads in the world.

It finally hit me. It is the roads that are dangerous, not the Thai drivers. Their driving ability is above par. For example the driver of the white car skillfully maneuvered from the far right lane into a sharp left turn with just inches to spare. And I should add this driving accomplishment was done at the last minute.  Thankfully there was no chance of an accident as my taxi driver had superb defensive skills.  

 

Definitely, it is the roads that are dangerous...

Edited August 9, 2018 by missoura

[Kasset Tak]

My Thai friends keeps asking me why I don't buy a motorcycle and I keep showing them the statistics for road deaths/accidents in Thailand...

[mok199]

another reason to use 'The most professional,honest taxi drivers in the world''....

[KhunBENQ]

25, must have been a very quiet day.

 

No 20 person pickup wrapped around power pole?

No bus fallen down the gorge?

...

 

Edited August 9, 2018 by KhunBENQ

[chopin2]

How do you convince a maniac benz-racer that it isn't a video game?

[curlylekan]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Daily News keep a daily tally in an ongoing campaign to effect change.

Thank you

[eddie61]

2 hours ago, chopin2 said:

How do you convince a maniac benz-racer that it isn't a video game?

What happened to that video? Pooh yai by any chance?

Edited August 9, 2018 by eddie61
Missed a bit.....

[bluesofa]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Daily News continued in their daily count of people dying at the scene of road accidents.

They are highlighting the population control system at work on a normal day:

4 hours ago, webfact said:

255 since the start of this month and 8,723 since the start of the year.

How else can you look at it, for those who might see it as a morbid statement? It is a de facto system, as the government are genuinely not interested in doing anything to reduce the deaths.

 

[Sonhia]

And the rest..!

 

Too flippant, carefree, look at me, I can do what I like and want, attitudes. 

 

I feel for the innocent victims.

 

Just now, passed me a motorbike with three young children, the operator, a much older male, all with no helmets, and in full view of the Police!

 

Sums it up.

[Pho King]

3 hours ago, Kasset Tak said:

My Thai friends keeps asking me why I don't buy a motorcycle and I keep showing them the statistics for road deaths/accidents in Thailand...

That still doesn't answer their question though.... 

[spidermike007]

One has to wonder who the nitwit was that put that tire back on the truck? Lugs do not come off by themselves, typically. At least not all of them. Could have been a broken axle? But, I doubt it. No doubt it was negligence, and a complete and total lack of pride in the work done by the fool who changed or repaired that tire.

 

But, the primary reason for so many deaths here on the roads, rest on the shoulders of the revenue collection agents, who are posing as policemen. If there was a deterrent here, far fewer accidents would happen. People know they can get away with anything they want, and the worst thing that can happen to them is they will die, and kill others along the way. 

[yellowboat]

There is a predisposition to death behind the wheel in Thailand.  As much as the BiB is not doing their job, people should be somewhat responsible for their own actions.  This is a problem uniquely Thai that no Thai can seem to explain. 

[Bangkok Barry]

47 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

It is a de facto system, as the government are genuinely not interested in doing anything to reduce the deaths.

 

It's just occurred to me that the government probably realises that it is impossible to do anything. Thais are completely ungovernable and will always do what suits them best, no matter what the consequence for others or even themselves. You simply can't tell a Thai what to do as they will take no notice of you. So they cannot be taught to drive properly and safely unless they WANT to. Some do, but others are too lazy or stupid or simply don't care or see any danger in what they do. And actually learning to drive properly is hard, and Thais do not do hard if there is an easy way instead.

The item below sums up Thais perfectly.

[Happyman58]

I know what they do to get the deaths down? Have another conference. This time have it in the Bahamas because of the lovely time all can have there. Might as well for what good these talkfests do.

[bheard]

 
It's just occurred to me that the government probably realises that it is impossible to do anything. Thais are completely ungovernable and will always do what suits them best, no matter what the consequence for others or even themselves. You simply can't tell a Thai what to do as they will take no notice of you. So they cannot be taught to drive properly and safely unless they WANT to. Some do, but others are too lazy or stupid or simply don't care or see any danger in what they do. And actually learning to drive properly is hard, and Thais do not do hard if there is an easy way instead.

The item below sums up Thais perfectly.

"So they cannot be taught to drive properly and safely unless they WANT to."
Well said, so the answer is to make them want to. It's easy to do in fact, just get the police to do their job, then Thai drivers will be hit in the back pocket big time. At that point, they will want to because money is involved.
Oh, ok, I agree, that's actually impossible. That would involve getting the police to do their job because they want to.

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[Justgrazing]

It really is quite shameful that already this year there have been  close on 9000 known about fatalities .. They are warzone casualty figures .. The main man in charge speaks on many , the Shinawatra's , elections , overflowing dams and more but I hear little about what will be done about a quite appalling death rate .. It makes myself a foreigner here genuinely reluctant to use the roads either as a driver or passenger ..

As for the pickup with the departing wheel in the vid' .. Check out the brake drum following the wheel down the road in the middle lane .. Lousy maintenance and no less for the wheel to come adrift which if the driver was paying attention should have had an idea was about to happen and pulled over .. 

[happy chappie]

I sometimes wonder if Darwin came up with his theory while holidaying in Thailand.the only way to do anything about all this carnage is through applying the law and education which is a joke as we all know.

[bowerboy]

Ironically I was in Australia recently and decided to renew my Australian driving licence as it had been expired for 3 years...I queued for around 10 minutes, took 5 to 6 minutes at the counter to process my new licence and make payment. I walked out within 20 minutes with a new licence. Australia has some of the safest roads in the world.

 

Last week I attempted to renew my (soon to expire ) licence in Rayong. I was there for a full half day waiting in different queues and eventually gave up. Our Thai office Manager told me to allow a full day to renew your licence and only then if you arrive very early and can get in the queue quick enough.

 

And yet the difference in road safety could not be greater. It’s no wonder many people here do not bother getting a licence. I have given up on it and have just applied for an international licence to tie me over for 12 months.

[kannot]

On 8/9/2018 at 12:03 PM, webfact said:

hit a pothole in the rain

state  of  many  roads here is disgusting,  hey ho  lets  order  another submarine!

[kannot]

Just one of many heavily overloaded pick ups not designed to  carry anything like what they do here.

 I live in a farming community and regularly see  pick ups overturned and their contents , usually pineapples, all over the road.

They jack up the rear suspension , add some extra wide tyres and off they go sitting in the outside lane of dual carriageways crawling along  unable to steer and refusing to move over because they are so unstable they know it would tip over if they even tried.

Then watch them pull off at traffic lights with the whole vehicle yo-yo ing front to rear due to the excess  weight. Just like the regularly overturned  sugar cane  lorries  but on a  smaller  scale.

[pattayadgw]

I would sincerely hate to think what the real stats are???