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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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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

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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. :giggle:

 

 

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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 ????????

 

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