Opening day for Songkran road carnage sees 46 killed

[GTgrizzly]

23 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

Presumably that means if the drunk driver manages to survive?

Doesn't matter lock em up anyway  ????

[berrec]

He said 667,000 people left Bangkok for other provinces on Thursday alone – the largest single-day exodus for Songkran on record. 

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And what, they had an abacus counting the 667,000 people as they left BKK...............

[mike787]

Here we go AGIAN!! Every year, all day/night long.  

Immigration nonsense and deadly roads are the worst things about Thailand.

[GinBoy2]

These are almost pointless stories.

You could recycle the same images year after year, Songkran, New Years, or just watch the Ch3 news every morning to images of everyday  road carnage

 

I've come to believe, because they are Buddhist, and they think they are coming back.

No matter how many pixelated images of the dead bodies next to the mangled cars they see on TV, it has any effect on them

Edited April 13, 2019 by GinBoy2

[dukeandduke]

Sad for those we've lost, happy about my decision to stay in BKK.  Other than taxis from and to airports, and around BKK, I've cut out Thailand road travel the rest of the year, too. 

 

What it takes for a national fricking emergency here is beyond me.

[JimP]

If only drunk drivers and drivers who speed would crash and kill only themselves, it wouldn't be such a big deal.  When these <deleted> get behind the wheel and hurt or kill innocents, it makes for a bitter pill to swallow. 

[DrTuner]

1 hour ago, GinBoy2 said:

I've come to believe, because they are Buddhist, and they think they are coming back.

I've come to believe they are simply too stupid to drive. No need to sugar coat it.

[Fred white]

HiSpeeding and using the emergency lane as a travel lane ????

[harriott456]

guess thats 46 you lot cant slag off

[overherebc]

18 minutes ago, harriott456 said:

guess thats 46 you lot cant slag off

Don't worry, after a few more days there will be a good few more we can't slag off.

[bristolgeoff]

No surprise as usual  how high will it be

[gunderhill]

On 4/12/2019 at 2:38 PM, webfact said:

65.38% occurred on straight roads

Throw  in a bend or  two and then some rain and  watch the Thais fail   bigtime!

[gunderhill]

8 hours ago, DrTuner said:

I've come to believe they are simply too stupid to drive. No need to sugar coat it.

Don't  worry  you'll be labelled a racist any second now, of  course your'e right imo.

[gunderhill]

8 hours ago, DrTuner said:

I've come to believe they are simply too stupid to drive. No need to sugar coat it.

I'd add "selfish" as  well into that, those  who  just can't  wait, who treat the road as  theirs and theirs  alone, those ones jumping queues, using the emergency lane , swerving in and out of moving traffic and trying to push you off the road d riving an inch from your  bumper etc.

[gunderhill]

14 hours ago, Benroon said:

Can we just get the total at the end so that we don’t get exactly the same comments every day ? 

Why don't you  just  come back at the end that would be much better.

[gunderhill]

6 hours ago, harriott456 said:

guess thats 46 you lot cant slag off

Why not  go for a nice   drive????

[geoffbezoz]

1 hour ago, gunderhill said:

Why not  go for a nice   drive????

Harriot456 possibly considers it is too dangerous to ????

[metisdead]

A post containing link to Bangkok Post has been removed as per forum rules.

 

A post containing an outdated statistical chart and link has been removed as well as the replies. 

 

 

[geoffbezoz]

2 hours ago, gunderhill said:

Why don't you  just  come back at the end that would be much better.

Actually something far more simpler - just reproduce the comments from last year, and the year before etc ? Always same same

[spidermike007]

This is the result when you have an incompetent highway patrol, who refuse to patrol the highways and ticket people for careless and dangerous driving. There is a real sense of impunity on the roads for good reason. No cops. No deterrent. That combined with a lack of skill and utter, mind boggling recklessness and selfishness.

 

Something has to change. How about we start by getting rid of the army?

[Skallywag]

Good news is you are much more likely to die from stroke, heart disease, or cancer in Thailand.  Though Road accidents are the number one cause of Pre-mature death here in the Kingdom.  

The "Love affair" with the automobile will never change for most ..... and it is truly a death sentence if one ever meets another on the road who has lost their control or never had it 

 

http://www.healthdata.org/thailand 

 

 

[rabas]

Even better news, when Thailand's vehicle fatality rate is measured per vehicle as it should be, not per capita, Thailand leads both South East Asia as a whole and even China in road safety.....

 

Fatalities per 100,000 vehicles

Thailand  74.6

SE Asia   101.0

China      104.5

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate

 

Ah, Thailand, Songkran, Bangkok roads are almost empty, what a great time to go for a drive.

 

[generealty]

Moonlover Phuket and Jomtien and some parts of Pattaya it has already started

[Moo 2]

Any death caused by bad road conditions?

[Road Warrior]

well done AGAIN Thai driving at its best !!!!!! 

[DrTuner]

8 hours ago, rabas said:

Even better news, when Thailand's vehicle fatality rate is measured per vehicle as it should be, not per capita, Thailand leads both South East Asia as a whole and even China in road safety.....

 

Fatalities per 100,000 vehicles

Thailand  74.6

SE Asia   101.0

China      104.5

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate

When you got 27 people on back of a pickup or seven people on a scooter and smash into a tree, the stats per vehicle look better.

[ttrd]

On 4/12/2019 at 10:00 AM, sunnyboy2018 said:

Was water throwing involved?

Drowning was not mentioned ...

 

From joke to revolver: Prohibitions/Main Event Venues etc:

 

 

 

Edited April 14, 2019 by ttrd

[kevvy]

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1661560/2-294-vehicles-impounded-71-307-charged-for-drink-driving-in-3-days

 

Officials have charged a total of 71,307 people for drink-driving and impounded 2,294 vehicles between April 11-13, the first three days of the campaign against drink-driving over Songkran, National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) deputy spokesperson Col Sirichan Ngathong said on Sunday.

Of the total number charged with violating the drink-driving law, 44,024 were motorcyclists and 27,283 were drivers of private cars or public transportation vehicles.   

Col Sirichan said altogether 2,294 vehicles have been impounded, but did not give details.

She said that on April 13 alone there were 32,772 offences involving motorcycles; 973 motorcycles were impounded and 24,866 motorcylists charged with drink-driving. 

On that day, there were 25,446 offences involving public transport and private cars; 330 vehicles were impounded and 15,049 drivers charged with drink-driving.

 

[bristolgeoff]

i,am waiting for the final count as pattaya goes longer and starts later