Benmart Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 5 hours ago, Vacuum said: Doesn't matter. The numbers are alarming. I understood his point that two-wheeled vehicles account for a majority of roadway fatalities. Ideally the "authorities" could concentrate efforts to reduce deaths in all classes of vehicle, concentrating resources on those vehicles with the highest number of fatalities. Then again, rational thought and action by those that can make a difference is a subject of longstanding debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Peoples Fund Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 5 hours ago, essox essox said: and will progress to a larger number.....will never decrease until a very hard driving test is passed by well qualified examiners ( who will be as scarce as rocking horse **it) Yes a very hard driving test will help along with actual police enforcement and education from a very young age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Henry Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Blame has to be held by three major culprits. 1.Drivers/riders. 2.Police. 3.Politicans. All are irresponsible and uneducated(in the tasks at hand) and not held accountable. Financial cost to the country must run into billions of baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 5 hours ago, Isaanbiker said: Daily News reported that 57 people died at the scene of road accidents on Tuesday bringing the total for the year to 9,160. And how many died on the way to the super hospitals without an emergency OP, or a few hours/days after the accident. How many of them have lost body parts and are disabled? The real number is way higher. I read that UN estimates around 30k+ . Don't start bashing....... it's sooo hard to become a hub of something ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred31 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 5 hours ago, Vacuum said: Yes, strange indeed. We will never understand their way of thinking. You will never have to live on $10 for 12 hours day after day after day either. Don't be such a priggish jerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simtemple Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 6 hours ago, CNXexpat said: 20,000 are dead and it could be much less. It doesn´t matter if they die from bombs or bad, stupid, uneducated driving (often without driver license). And it costs the country billions every year. If farangs would kill 100 Thais per year, they would check us much more. If bad driving kills ten thousands, nobody cares. That´s strange. If the grinning idiots know the actual statistical cost of a life, you'd think they would take effective action. However, whilst there remains no actual political cost, they will sit on their little balls and continue to do nothing but twiddle their thumbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craighj Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Unfortunately the government, police or indeed military neither has the understanding of the problem nor the wherewithal to solve the problem. Long term solutions including children’s education right through to appropriate driver education and strict enforcement of the law. Consequently nothing will change anytime soon. Craighj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adventra20 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 The answer is not rocket science. Enforced driver training prior to gaining first licence, and strict road policing by police, as in other developed country’s. In this country neither happens, so everyone drives as they like, with the resultant carnage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berrec Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Yep, lost cause forget about implementing any changes to the Thai motor vehicle legislation in Thailand. The majority of Thai road users consider themselves to be Road Warriors and are invincible in addition to being stupid braindead morons. Keep it up Thais, continue killing and maiming your fellow road users and your will eventually make it into the Guinness book of records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigand Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 9000 dead so far this year and it's only mid August is a national embarrassment. And that's just at the scene ... pathetic really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICELANDMAN Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Stopping with the red and starting with the green thing completely obscure for most of the conductors who prefer to cross with red in any case appears to be a collective suicide and perhaps it is a subconscious reaction to be reborn to better life. This is Thailand's biggest problem of which I see no solution for the future changed such a radically passive and fatalistic mentality will take decades . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnx Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 9000 less idiots on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinKal Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 9 hours ago, Vacuum said: 20,000 dead people are not a threat to 'national' security'. He's talking about where to put the manpower. He argues that the govt could move staff from tm30 to safer roads to reduce death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Thirty percent of drivers have no license-the police don’t stop people breaking the law, penalties are weak easy to fix, no problem I’ll to fix the problems lots more people to die in a country with a population issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 17 hours ago, essox essox said: how and why and when DOES ONE SWERVE to avoid an already parked object. One sees it from a distance and then takes the appropriate manouver to drive past.....!! BUT NO ....thais do not see this as a problem then gets near and thiks OHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! there is a parked vehicle THEN HE/SHE swerves to miss said vehicle..... I have never SWERVED to avoid a parked vehicle,like many others on here WHO CAN DRIVE PROPERLY.... dont worry they will blame everything on speeding and its virtually never the real cause but allows more cameras and fines for speeding but none for tailgating, lack of attention, the main causes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 13 hours ago, Jip99 said: .... and how many were motorbikes ? dead is dead now matter how Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin case Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 soft population control, new jobs created also... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essox essox Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 21 hours ago, Moonlover said: When one has got his nose stuck in smart phone and doesn't see the object until the last moment. i NEVER use my phone....if i get a call or message I pull over, stop and see who it is from or what msg is about...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan grice Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 Last year, France with a comparable population to Thailand, had 3,259 road fatalities. Thus proving Strikes and Protests save lives.!.Sent from my iPhone using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike324 Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 22 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said: No-one patrols the roads to see and stop them driving like idiots, so how will they get spotted and fined? well to start traffic cams on busy roads with high accident rates is a start...can't rely on the lazy cops so got to use technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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