Oziex1 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 13 hours ago, NE1 said: Doesn't anybody find it strange or weird that the death toll and accident figures are given out by the Tourism and Sports minister ? So what's the spin on these figures? Surely not over inflated like TAT's tourist numbers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soistalker Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 FINALLY! Thailand is number one in something. And it isn't IQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahab Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 15 hours ago, Searat7 said: How do they open extra lanes on highways ? By letting drivers legally drive in breakdown lane ? If so a very bad idea They allow driving in the breakdown lane and the opposite lane, this way you can get three lanes of traffic to Isaan and one lane (driving on the side of the road) going towards Bangkok. Not too bad for a highway that is normally two lanes with shoulders. I live in Buriram and made the mistake of traveling to Bangkok on the first day of Songkran this last April to pick up some visitors from Hawaii. It took 3 and a half hours to travel what would normally take about an hour. We opted to go south to Chanthaburi/Rayong which was a good choice once we got past the heavy traffic zone. The traffic in Bangkok was very light though. I will never again drive during Songkran or the New Year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 14 hours ago, NE1 said: Doesn't anybody find it strange or weird that the death toll and accident figures are given out by the Tourism and Sports minister ? So what's the spin on these figures? Surely not over inflated like TAT's tourist numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Thunder26 said: I don't think it matters if it is a holiday or not. The toll death is the same as any other day of the year. It's not the holiday's fault, but the poor driving skills exerted by many Thai drivers. You are quite right but a holiday is a handy excuse for the politicians and bureaucrats. In some ways holidays can have a positive indirect impact on the road toll. Holidays create traffic jams and highway congestion and slow downs where traffic has to proceed in an orderly manner at a relaxed pace. That might save a life or three. What happened to that brilliant police initiative last year in handing out chicken essence to keep drivers alert? That's right up there with the nose inhaler brainfart. https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1017739-the-answer-to-road-carnage-bottles-of-chicken-extract-and-sleep-with-the-cops/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p414 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 15 hours ago, Searat7 said: How do they open extra lanes on highways ? By letting drivers legally drive in breakdown lane ? If so a very bad idea They open one lane coming from the opposite direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallander4 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 So 7 days of danger are more safe than rest of the year …. normally 60 people is killed per day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stoker58 Posted December 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2018 Sobering to think that there are at least 40 people alive at this moment who don’t realise they have less than 24 hours left to live. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiang Mai Bill Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Just driven from Fang to Chiang Mai -- ''many'' idiot drivers -- but the worst was a car overtaking 2 cars, a minivan, and a pick-up on a blind bend -- 4 vehicles! I expect he wanted to get to work early! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpy Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 42 killed...... at the scene...... and more no doubt from their injuries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxyMan Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Sort of like an annual genetic cull...???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unamazedloso Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 (edited) to be ee ee eeh number1!!!! Edited December 29, 2018 by unamazedloso spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwak250 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I am always amazed how drivers look to see you coming and then just pull out in front of you like they don't give a sh*t . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsensam Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 people here seemed to care so much about the lives of the boys in the cave and worked so hard to save them... and yet the lives of people using the roads dont seem to matter and no one seems to care. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwill Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 17 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: 42 dead, 432 injured - basically the same as every other day Actually it is lower. The latest WHO report put it at about 62 traffic fatalities per day. First and last day of holidays are somewhat safer on the main highways because you are travelling much slower than normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAKAPALITA Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 The figures dont seem realistic because ferangs foreget the Mo Cy, Car n Trucks are overloaded, one truck crashes and often 15 or more hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shackleton Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 15 hours ago, JAFO said: I find it weird in general that this makes new headlines year in and year out and the same responses by the same members year in and year out. I am waiting for the "Air in Chiang Mai is bad" thread with the same results... Nexxxxxxxxxxxxt.... I have to agree its the same every year only the figures change and not for the better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNH Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Wallander4 said: So 7 days of danger are more safe than rest of the year …. normally 60 people is killed per day "are killed"...pathetic. When a third world country has no desire to curb all of these deaths(over and above the fault of drunk drivers), then you remain a 3rd world country. And rely on Farang's money to help your economy. Idiots. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 18 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: 42 dead, 432 injured - basically the same as every other day Well, if it's anything like the tourist numbers then it has been highly edited in a positive way ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNH Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 The Phoenix disguised...visitors to Thailand....Chinese tourists, etc. When will your embarrassing lack of ability to figure out "things"(Thailand) finally induce you to take action? I am surprised that after the Phoenix, the Chinese embassy even gives a go-ahead to whatever. And so....increased price for TM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya28 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 18 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: 42 dead, 432 injured - basically the same as every other day NO. Deaths far lower than the average daily death toll. Average daily is 74 a day. So I guess as usual, these stats are plucked from a monkeys' bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodyholly Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 ‘Tourism & Sports Minister’ reporting on traffic deaths? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nickmondo Posted December 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2018 one day, somebody in this country, in government, will finally realise that the reason for all of these crashes is that the Thai people are NOT taught to drive!!!!!!!!!!! Its so simple to see this! Why cant they? As you all know, we have all had loads of instruction, and had to take written and practical exams before being allowed behind the wheel unsupervised. Thai drivers are all unsupervised learners. Blooming heck. There has to be somebody in government with enough intelligence to grasp this simple concept! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 16 hours ago, JAFO said: I find it weird in general that this makes new headlines year in and year out and the same responses by the same members year in and year out. I am waiting for the "Air in Chiang Mai is bad" thread with the same results... Nexxxxxxxxxxxxt.... That and it is all the fault of the police... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poohy Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Well in my local 7 11 is anything to go there will plenty of drunk drivers , over half the back of the shop normally crisp etc is now stacked with boxes of beer and it seems to flying out of the shop pretty quickly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe666 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 16 hours ago, JAFO said: I find it weird in general that this makes new headlines year in and year out and the same responses by the same members year in and year out. I am waiting for the "Air in Chiang Mai is bad" thread with the same results... Nexxxxxxxxxxxxt.... Yes the responses to the same old subject are the same old responses. I use to be entertained by the unrelenting verbal attacks on Thais but it is the same old stuff by the same old guys 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poohy Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 7 minutes ago, nickmondo said: one day, somebody in this country, in government, will finally realise that the reason for all of these crashes is that the Thai people are NOT taught to drive!!!!!!!!!!! Its so simple to see this! Why cant they? As you all know, we have all had loads of instruction, and had to take written and practical exams before being allowed behind the wheel unsupervised. Thai drivers are all unsupervised learners. Blooming heck. There has to be somebody in government with enough intelligence to grasp this simple concept! Sorry gov here is entitled morons nothing else they wouldn't know what time of day it is, ...even the guy with the fancy watches, in fact especially the guy with fancy watches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simtemple Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 35 minutes ago, Pattaya28 said: NO. Deaths far lower than the average daily death toll. Average daily is 74 a day. So I guess as usual, these stats are plucked from a monkeys' bottom. As far as I'm aware, Thailand doesn't include post crash hospital deaths with road fatality statistics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpjwe Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 The punishment should be much more severe driving under influence jail and fine confiscated vehicle for a year no license jail and train for driving cannot go out till test is passed no helmets hit the idiots with a big hammer And seal a helmet on their empty heads for a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Same as always-next... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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