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Govt okays road safety plan for New Year hols

By THE NATION

 

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Anupong Paochinda

 

An operational plan to take care of people’s safety during the New Year holidays has been approved by the cabinet, Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda said on Tuesday (December 24).

 

“The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation [DDPM], the Interior Ministry, the Public Health Ministry and the Royal Thai Police will coordinate in the programme,” he said.

 

The plan involves focus on the condition of roads, traffic signs and street lights. The government has also ordered relevant agencies to check the condition of vehicles, especially buses and tour coaches, to be used for travel during the holidays.

 

“Importantly, in anticipation of road accidents, the government will enforce traffic laws strictly in areas where accidents have occurred frequently in the past five years,” the minister said. “We will also run a campaign that focuses on road safety and the danger of drinking and driving, and going over the speed limit.”

 

In addition, the government plans to set up rest stops along travel routes to allow people to take a break from long hours of driving. 

 

“The ad hoc centre will be located at DDPM branch offices,” he added.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379802

 

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1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

“Importantly, in anticipation of road accidents, the government will enforce traffic laws strictly in areas where accidents have occurred frequently in the past five years,” the minister said. “We will also run a campaign that focuses on road safety and the danger of drinking and driving, and going over the speed limit.”

Can they implement this in one week?

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2 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Can they implement this in one week?

Sure, the hub of implentation - no problem it's as good as done. 

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But still no focus on the real problem Thai driving education and skills. Always someone else's fault with this lot. Roads (fix 'em) road lights (fix 'em), barriers (fix 'em). Anything just so long as they don't have to blame voters and risk a backlash.

 

Muppets.

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7 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Can they implement this in one week?

 Can hear it now,

'yes the cut out police cars and cops arrived 1 week late, but it's only a little late, never mind'.

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13 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Dunno why but every time I hear Thai government and Road safety plans I keep thinking of the Blues Brothers movie

I just never realised it was filmed in Thailand:

 

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14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

An operational plan to take care of people’s safety during the New Year holidays has been approved by the cabinet, Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda said on Tuesday (December 24).

Put all hospitals on 24 hour standby!!

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15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“Importantly, in anticipation of road accidents, the government will enforce traffic laws strictly

 

They must have asked a fortune teller and the crystal ball. Anticipation in Thailand ???
A few weeks ago some Thai riding a Triumph 950 cc told me to get a bigger muffler on my bike so that would be safer. People would hear me coming. My answer was: "I don't think Somchai in his pickup will give a f*¢k if he hears me coming. It's all about anticipation." 

 

Antiseewhat ? he asked. I told him: "Looking further than the smartphone in front of you and predict what could happen in a situation."

 

Thai don't need antiseewhat. We have Bhudda for that, he replied.

 

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18 hours ago, Artisi said:

Yes, the cut-out cardboard police cars will save the day, the country can now look forward to a massive cut in road fatalities. 

When these kind of stories come out I always think it is April fools day?

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Yea, sure. We hear this every year, a few times per year.

 

The police force is useless. Literally. The citizens are imbeciles who don’t actually know how to drive and never went to drivers training. 30% of them (according to BKK Post) drive believing that fate will determine what happens on the roads. Many don’t even have a license.

 

It’s a lost cause. Let them crash. Natural selection is at work here.

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19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

in anticipation of road accidents, the government will enforce traffic laws

Wonders never  cease.  Enforcing traffic laws is a new innovation then!!!

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3 hours ago, dcnx said:

Yea, sure. We hear this every year, a few times per year.

 

The police force is useless. Literally. The citizens are imbeciles who don’t actually know how to drive and never went to drivers training. 30% of them (according to BKK Post) drive believing that fate will determine what happens on the roads. Many don’t even have a license.

 

It’s a lost cause. Let them crash. Natural selection is at work here.

The problem with that is they usually take a few innocent others with them, if it was selective and only themselves I would agree and even encourage it. 

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Meanwhile the Population have their own plan....Whoopee; we've got five days to get as drunk as skunks and drive like nutters wherever and whenever we want to !

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