New Year road toll appears to be good news

[snoop1130]

New Year road toll appears to be good news

By THE NATION

 

 

THE OVERALL PICTURE of road accidents seems to be encouraging during the New Year period, while drink-driving and speeding remain the key contributing factors in crashes and account for most of the arrests made, Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda said on Wednesday.

 

Anupong’s remark was made before the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department’s Road Safety Centre (Thai RSC) announced a tally of 410 deaths and 3,516 injuries in 3,425 road accidents in the first six days of the New Year holiday period’s “seven dangerous days”. 

 

The agency claimed that represented an across-the-board decrease compared to the same period a year ago. However, the Thai RSC's own information for the same in New Year 2018 cited a lower number of deaths at that time (375) with more injuries (3,612) and road accidents (3,456).

 

General Anupong said further measures would be discussed to reduce the loss of life stemming from these factors, and more analysis would be done on the most accident-prone highways and secondary roads and time periods. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30361516

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-1-2

[taichiplanet]

<deleted>! Only 410 dead is good news!!!

[HalfLight]

Only 10% up on last year according to today's fake news. I think Anupong's the one to believe, he's got nice eyes.

 

Nah... just kidding.

 

 

 

Edited January 2, 2019 by HalfLight

[kickstart]

I can remember in the pre Junta days it was 300 maybe, shock, gasp, horror,  320 deaths on the Thai roads over the new year and the same for the Songkran festival,

Now 410 is good, somewhere something has gone wrong.

[Italian guy]

1 hour ago, taichiplanet said:

<deleted>! Only 410 dead is good news!!!

[Italian guy]

Unfortunately, many of them died for the idiocy of others, including their passengers, kids, pedestrians, etc. No pity for the rest: the more the better. It's natural selection. 

[tso310]

I see that for the UK holiday period, 24 Dec to 31 Dec, 8 people died in road accidents. Up from 6 for the previous year. The 2018 figures are provisional.

[webfact]

Fewer accidents, but death toll up this year

By THE NATION

 

 

Though the number of road accidents is lower this year compared to the “seven dangerous days” last year, drunk driving and speeding remain the key contributing factors in crashes and account for most of the arrests, Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda said on Wednesday.

 

Anupong made this remark before the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department’s Road Safety Centre (Thai RSC) announced a tally of 410 deaths and 3,516 injuries in 3,425 road accidents in the first six of the holiday period’s “seven dangerous days”. 

 

General Anupong said additional measures will be discussed to reduce the loss of life stemming from these factors, and more analysis will be done on hazardous highways, secondary roads and periods of the day. “Agencies will then have to assess whether the new measures are sufficient to lower the death toll or whether even more measures are needed, such as promoting driver discipline or introducing harsher punishments,” he said. 

 

“We have to assess the effectiveness of the measures one by one. I will try to do this as soon as possible so we will be better prepared to handle the reasons that cause the most deaths year-round, not just during the festive season.”

 

Lt-General Somsak Somrak, secretarial representative of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), told the press later that the highest number of deaths had been reported in Nakhon Ratchasima at 24, while Nakhon Si Thammarat reported the highest number of road accidents (109) and the highest number of people injured (127). 

 

On New Year’s Day alone, there were 664 road accidents, which claimed 89 lives and injured 675 others, he said. Drunk driving remains the main cause at 43.22 per cent, followed by speeding at 31.48 per cent. 

 

In a separate press conference, NCPO deputy spokeswoman Colonel Sirichan Nga-thong said 4,545 vehicles (3,338 motorcycles and 1,207 automobiles) had been seized from drunk drivers from December 27 to January 1. 

 

Meanwhile, Probation Department chief Prasarn Mahaleetrakul reported that Thai courts had during the same period put offenders in 6,390 cases on probation – 5,903 of them were drunk drivers, 446 drove under the influence of narcotics, 39 were guilty of reckless driving and two of speeding. On January 1 alone, 119 drunk-drivers were put on probation, he added. 

 

The three provinces with the highest number of drunk-driving cases in the first six days of the holiday period were Bangkok (413), Maha Sarakham (411) and Sakhon Nakhon (382), Prasarn said. So far, 67 drunk drivers – 35 in Bangkok, 14 in Khon Kaen, 12 in Buri Ram, five in Ratchaburi and one in Rayong – have been ordered to wear electronic monitoring devices since January 1. 

 

Apart from being fitted with the devices and being banned from driving for six months, the 67 have also been banned from going out between 10pm and 4am for 15 days, must report to probation officials periodically, undergo four sessions of traffic regulation training and do 24 hours of community service. Repeat offenders – those caught driving under the influence of alcohol three times or more – will have to undergo a programme to screen for alcoholism and will be admitted to hospital for treatment, Prasarn said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30361516

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-01-03

[Prairieboy]

8 hours ago, kickstart said:

I can remember in the pre Junta days it was 300 maybe, shock, gasp, horror,  320 deaths on the Thai roads over the new year and the same for the Songkran festival,

Now 410 is good, somewhere something has gone wrong.

If every year a million cars are added to the highways and byways one can naturally assume the the number of deaths will increase also since the education and training of driver's is non-existent or is certainly not keeping pace with the licensing  of new vehicles.

[YetAnother]

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

THE OVERALL PICTURE of road accidents seems to be encouraging

the ultimate spin , suggesting intelligence, or a total lack of intelligence; bet on the latter

[colinneil]

Anupong spouting off about additional measures will be discussed.... Absolute BS.

Discuss all you like, it wont make the slightest bit of difference.

410 deaths that is SHOCKING, 1 death is 1 too many, yet these morons think 410 is acceptable, words fail me.

[mikebell]

So all that police overtime pay was wasted?  I stopped using Pattaya Nua after it became a no-go area & started using Klang.  Daily, I count a minimum of 5 red light runners each change.  This is next to the police station!

[masuk]

8 hours ago, tso310 said:

I see that for the UK holiday period, 24 Dec to 31 Dec, 8 people died in road accidents. Up from 6 for the previous year. The 2018 figures are provisional.

Yes, but in the UK, as in Oz and other countries, there are highway patrols, a highly visible police force out on the highways, and none sitting down playing computer games.

As drunk driving is akin to attempted murder, the penalties should be the same.

[Darcula]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

New Year road toll appears to be good news

Good news..... if you are in the temple or coffin business.

[PatOngo]

Amazing! These people could apply positive spin to a toothache!

[Assurancetourix]

10 hours ago, kickstart said:

Now 410 is good, somewhere something has gone wrong.

 

unless Thailand wants to stay number one in the world about deaths on the roads ...

[stanleycoin]

18 minutes ago, mikebell said:

So all that police overtime pay was wasted?  I stopped using Pattaya Nua after it became a no-go area & started using Klang.  Daily, I count a minimum of 5 red light runners each change.  This is next to the police station!

Well how the hell do you think they can get back to the

police station on time. 

[overherebc]

8 hours ago, tso310 said:

I see that for the UK holiday period, 24 Dec to 31 Dec, 8 people died in road accidents. Up from 6 for the previous year. The 2018 figures are provisional.

UK population around 66.5M

TH population around 69.5M

 

[cardinalblue]

Good news? Surprised it isn’t great news! Come to amazing Thailand - drinks are on us!

[stanleycoin]

Just now, overherebc said:

UK population around 66.5M

TH population around 69.5M

 

Uk intelligent population around 66.5M

TH intelligent population. No usable data available.

[Justgrazing]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Fewer accidents, but death toll up this year

CEO .. Uncompromising as ever .. 

[fullcave]

As 80% of the dead are motorcycle related, imagine if the Junta enforced helmet laws. Funny how they never mention that as a contributing factor. ????

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, fullcave said:

As 80% of the dead are motorcycle related, imagine if the Junta enforced helmet laws. Funny how they never mention that as a contributing factor. ????

It's a dream of course, no government here is capable of making the police enforce anything, let alone a piss-up in a brewery.

[Ossy]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

General Anupong said further measures would be discussed to reduce the loss of life

Further measures? . . . like running a police-force - like most other effective police-forces - who spend the working day off their <deleted> and actually enforcing the laws that have been written to reduce loss-of-life . . . MAYBE?

 

Anupong and his lethargic, mae pen rai attitude to anything and everything that means getting off his arse, is the primary cause of the country's 68 deaths per day during the first 6 of the 7 dangerous days. And he has the gall to publicly state that this figure is encouraging . . . corrupted power at its highest and most sickening level.

[hansnl]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

Anupong spouting off about additional measures will be discussed.... Absolute BS.

Discuss all you like, it wont make the slightest bit of difference.

410 deaths that is SHOCKING, 1 death is 1 too many, yet these morons think 410 is acceptable, words fail me.

Where is it you read that 410 deaths is fine for the authorities?

You want to blame the government, current and before, for the mentality of Thai drivers.

Blame the police for not doing their job, if you like, but most of the problems arise from the abysmal driving skills in Thailand and the strange (?) ways to obtain a driving licence.

[marko kok prong]

Well my mathematical prediction,based on figures from the first 2 days,added up to less than this i through in random factors and came up with a figure of 400 ,which i honestly did not and hoped would not be reached ,so i am somewhat stunned to find it standing at 410,with a day to go. So whilst the road leading out of town yesterday were busy,when i did go through town it was evident that quite a few parties were still going,the old partyitis,you know while the gaint speakers are still there they have to be used so i expect more today,as people will still be traveling back,these numbers are a disgrace.

[Gracas]

If the Cops would only enforce ONE law each week, speeding, drink driving, wearing of helmet, license, traveling in the wrong direction, etc., etc., there would be a HUGE improvement.

BUT sadly this is too much to ask of them. Never mind, just continue as usual.

[metisdead]

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[rwill]

Those thinking the death toll is shocking need to realize this is just the normal everyday toll.  So it is actually better because there are more people on the road during the holidays yet the death toll remains normal compared to the daily average.

[poosmate]

119 died yesterday....26 today already...256 so far in 2019.http://www.thairsc.com