Road deaths higher in first three days

By The Nation

 

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ROAD ACCIDENTS claimed 182 lives during the first three of the so-called “seven dangerous days” associated with New Year celebrations.
 

Khon Kaen was the deadliest province in terms of road fatalities, recording 11 deaths. Chiang Mai had the highest number of injured victims – 60. Over the three-day period, 1,633 road accidents occurred and injured 1,690 people on top of deaths recorded. 

 

Thailand has labelled the New Year celebration period as “seven dangerous days” to remind all road users to be careful and avoid accidents, which cause a huge number of casualties every year. Millions of people hit the roads during the New Year holidays, raising the risk of road accidents. This year, the seven dangerous days run from December 27 to January 2. 

 

When compared with the same period a year earlier (December 28-30, 2018), the number of road accidents has seen an improvement over last year’s 1,702 while the number of injured victims has also decreased from last year’s 1,793.

 

However, the death toll this year is higher – 182 compared to last year’s 167 – in the first three of the seven dangerous days.

 

In a bid to minimise road accidents, officials have set up checkpoints to monitor motorists. National Council for Peace and Order deputy spokeswoman Colonel Sirichan Nga-thong said action had already been taken against 60,492 drunk drivers.

 

“Of the total, 35,474 are motorcyclists,” she said. On Saturday alone, 21,028 motorcyclists were nabbed for reckless driving, with 722 motorcycles confiscated.

 

On the same day, 13,638 automobile drivers, including those of public vehicles, were arrested on the charge of driving behaviour that threatened to cause accidents. A total of 535 driving licences were seized and 274 automobiles confiscated.

 

Assistant National Police Commissioner Pol Lt-General Damrongsak Kittiprapas said yesterday that drunk driving was the biggest cause of accidents.

 

“Drunk drivers caused 40 per cent of road accidents on Saturday,” he said. Speeding was the second-most common cause of accidents. About 74 per cent of vehicles involved in accidents were motorcycles while pickups accounted for about 11.66 per cent on Saturday.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30361384

 

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So all the talk and no action doesnt reduce the road deaths. Who would have thought.

 

But the same rhetoric will continue to occur each and every holiday period while they seek praise for talking themselves up without actually doing anything.

 

 

Edited December 30, 20187 yr by Reigntax

Dont worry  theyll add more gps to vans ( useless)and more  speed  cameras (totally wrong  cause of  most accidents) and driver training will be ignored.........just  like the stupid  video you have to watch which teaches you more about "being  polite"  on the road  than anything even remotely sensible.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Thailand has labelled the New Year celebration period as “seven dangerous days” to remind all road users to be careful and avoid accidents,

thais weren't ready for moving vehicles

Well done for fixing everything

Have a well deserved chocolate tool kit award

For a job well done.  

 

 

 

You can't fix stupid. 

Sad that road user's cannot make an attempt to improve their driving skills and be less arrogant and try to avoid an accident

Why speak about ..... Seven dangerous days?

Every day on the roads here is just as dangerous as the next.

 

Edited December 31, 20187 yr by colinneil

2 hours ago, webfact said:

In a bid to minimise road accidents, officials have set up checkpoints to monitor motorists

A couple of days ago we saw numerous checkpoints traveling around Phitsanulok province and they do help. But the problem is still the stretch of road between the checkpoints...

 

Edited December 31, 20187 yr by missoura

Speeding does not cause accidents! Being unable to control a vehicle travelling at speed could lead to an accident. Thais seem unable to adjust their driving to the prevailing conditions and have little or no regard for what is going on around them! There are no excuses! Proper driving tests (on roads), police enforcement of laws, every day of the year, confiscation and crushing of all vehicles driven by those without licences or insurance, may, just may cut the carnage!

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"......Colonel Sirichan Nga-thong said action had already been taken against 60,492 drunk drivers."

 

That is an absolutely astonishing figure in only three days and just goes to show a huge number of drivers here really don't give a shit.

I have tried for years to understand what goes on in Thai drivers heads but have failed to get any reasonable answers. How people think they are 'entitled' to drive without a licence, without training, at high speeds and with excessive alcohol remains beyond me. They could be in a war and losing less lives. Its a strange society where the politicians, police, fellow citizens, and worst of all themselves see no problem in this continued behaviour and encourage their children to do the same. 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

This year, the seven dangerous days run from December 27 to January 2. 

After which Thai road users will return to being their usual careful, courteous, safe, sober, attentive and safety conscious drivers. 

17 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

"......Colonel Sirichan Nga-thong said action had already been taken against 60,492 drunk drivers."

 

That is an absolutely astonishing figure in only three days and just goes to show a huge number of drivers here really don't give a shit.

What about the sober ones, that Drive/Ride the same,  drunk or sober.

the drunk driving thing is a bit of smoke and mirror trick here.

Can anyone tell the difference who is drunk or sober on the roads here,  they drive the same , 

 

To Fast.

To Selfish.

To Stupid. 

 

Carry on Thailand.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 31, 20187 yr by stanleycoin

 Good time to be in the wrecking , coffin, paper flowers, incense business and lucky for the gamblers who play at the the many wats after the burning, 

chock dee.

34 minutes ago, graemeaylward said:

Speeding does not cause accidents! Being unable to control a vehicle travelling at speed could lead to an accident. Thais seem unable to adjust their driving to the prevailing conditions and have little or no regard for what is going on around them! There are no excuses! Proper driving tests (on roads), police enforcement of laws, every day of the year, confiscation and crushing of all vehicles driven by those without licences or insurance, may, just may cut the carnage!

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Same in the rain they dont make allowances I dont think they know about breaking speeds and the difference in dry and wet condition, I know my wife didn't when she first learnt to drive

Edited December 31, 20187 yr by ChipButty

So all that police overtime has been wasted?

9 minutes ago, mikebell said:

So all that police overtime has been wasted?

No, There Mai noi's are doing just fine. 

 

 

Edited December 31, 20187 yr by stanleycoin

43 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

"......Colonel Sirichan Nga-thong said action had already been taken against 60,492 drunk drivers."

 

That is an absolutely astonishing figure in only three days and just goes to show a huge number of drivers here really don't give a shit.

Your absolutely correct and if 60K were caught there are surely at least another 60K who were not. That's even scarier.

Looks like a nation of piss heads from the astonishing figures ????

3 minutes ago, Nip said:

Your absolutely correct and if 60K were caught there are surely at least another 60K who were not. That's even scarier.

Probably 10 times that.

Of course there's going to be more. The population has increased. I bet there's more of everything. They should hurry up where the that cannabis law and slow everything down a bit????

3 hours ago, webfact said:

 

“Drunk drivers caused 40 per cent of road accidents on Saturday,” he said.

 

Which means 60% were caused by people not drinking. So the problem would appear to be sober drivers. 

They would even manage to kill each other with one of these:

1 hour ago, graemeaylward said:

Speeding does not cause accidents! Being unable to control a vehicle travelling at speed could lead to an accident. Thais seem unable to adjust their driving to the prevailing conditions and have little or no regard for what is going on around them! There are no excuses! Proper driving tests (on roads), police enforcement of laws, every day of the year, confiscation and crushing of all vehicles driven by those without licences or insurance, may, just may cut the carnage!

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You can't adjust from riding a buffalo to a motor vehicle in one generation. Thailand may take 5 or 6 to get it right. Maybe longer !!

8 minutes ago, justaphase said:

Of course there's going to be more. The population has increased. I bet there's more of everything. They should hurry up where the that cannabis law and slow everything down a bit????

100% correct

That's why bullshitting is so big now days in Thailand. 

 

 

1 hour ago, edwinchester said:

"......Colonel Sirichan Nga-thong said action had already been taken against 60,492 drunk drivers."

 

That is an absolutely astonishing figure in only three days and just goes to show a huge number of drivers here really don't give a shit.

They just pluck the numbers out of thin air - as with the TAT. After all, who is going to be allowed to prove them wrong? They can equally say: 'We have arrested 15.5 million drunken drivers' - and nobody can gainsay them.

 

If anyone believes ANY Thai statistics and figures - I've got some beautiful lakeside property to sell them on Neptune!

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

Why speak about ..... Seven dangerous days?

Every day on the roads here is just as dangerous as the next.

 

The reason it is dangerous!  Enforcement is 24/7 365 days a year instead of setting up checkpoints and then no one checking everyone sitting under the tents watching YouTubes. 

So what is new 

Thais drive like idiots that’s a fact that will never change most of them do not have any driving lessons have no idea about road use or signs 

red means go zebra crossing is road art stop men’s go give way 

men’s go and never give way 

and so many more one way street joke pavement joke especially for motorcycle  speed signs road art again untill insurance what’s that 

it will never change so what is the point in keep going on about it the next generation will be exactly the same and it goes on ????????

 

The past two days traveling around Khon Kaen and Roi et area, the various province police headquarters have their tent and long table with a few police sitting inside. Banners and leaflets displayed. Sitting in a chair looking like you’re supporting “responsible drinking “ or increasing safety on the highways, are not going to help. The “PR” campaign with photographs will not work. You need police out on the highways on motorbikes and police cars chasing those who are speeding or driving recklessly.