"Drive slowly if drunk" - New Year Thai road sign stuns the Japanese

[Inn Between]

22 minutes ago, Dexlowe said:

With that kind of logic, you belong in Thailand. 

I knew any that any defense of posting signs that address the reality of people drink driving and a reminder to take some extra caution would quickly get criticized by people who maintain a traditional approach to the situation of doing nothing more than what has accomplished nothing.

 

You have shot down my post while offering nothing of value to the thread, and as that's probably the laziest and most useless thing to do,  I will graciously offer yo this opportunity to redeem yourself by showing your intelligence and stating what is so wrong with my opinion.      

 

Edited December 30, 2019 by Inn Between

[marko kok prong]

If drinking whilst driving this is sage advice,i mean you don't want to spill half of your beverage down your shirt do you.

[emptypockets]

20 minutes ago, Dumbastheycome said:

Perhaps  this  clip displayed on  big  screens beside the roads and text saying This is what happens when you drink and  drive! might  have some  effect?

Or maybe  not. It will be the other driver.

That is what happens when driving at speed excessively. Nothing to do with drink driving.

Edited December 30, 2019 by emptypockets

[SteveK]

2 minutes ago, marko kok prong said:

If drinking whilst driving this is sage advice,i mean you don't want to spill half of your beverage down your shirt do you.

A few months back, a crazy guy from my village took great pleasure in stopping outside our house to show us that he was sipping from a large bottle of lao khao as he drove down the street. He also managed to reverse into my wife's uncle's field whilst turning around and destroyed some of his plants.

[ThailandRyan]

7 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Well there is an element of truth in all that

So using that logic, if I was 50 kg overweight, and had medical issues and would die soon if not changed then why should I change the way I eat.  However, if I shed those extra kg's I would gain years on my life and have enjoyment because of that change.  Yes eventually I will die, but by changing your habits you can increase your life, and maybe save someone else.  So by stopping the drunk driver, or changing the behavior just might keep someone alive that would have died unnecessarily.  Basically, using the Thai logic, why change anything, you'll die eventually, why extend your life. SHEEESH

[Dumbastheycome]

1 minute ago, emptypockets said:

That is what happens when driving at speed excessively. Nothing to do with drink driving.

I know. But for eye appeal to drunk crash test  dummies..

[jak2002003]

2 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

And drive especially slowly if it's night time and your pupils are super dilated from smoking pot and popping yaa baa pills.

Yes, and if you don't have a driving licence, your old truck is a clapped out wreck, and doesn't have any lights, and everyone in the truck is not wearing seatbelts, and the kids standing up and playing in the flatbed on the back are jumping about..... AND you are cutting through red lights driving on the wrong side of the road..... then it is obviously better to drive slowly.    

[Pilotman]

1 hour ago, NotYourBusiness said:

There are levels of stupidity. I know guys that drive drunk like a bat out of hell. Now we already can agree that they are totally irresponsible for driving drunk in the first place. Since alcohol slows your reaction time, you CAN compensate to a large degree by slowing down. There are limits to this as well of course. If you are totally inebriated, then driving slow won't help. If you have forgotten how to talk, then driving slow won't help. If you can't walk, then driving slow won't help. But if you are under the limit or even near the limit, you definitely CAN reduce chances of accidents by slowing down. Makes perfect sense to me.

 

Before I get flamed, please understand, I am not saying to drive drunk. I am saying that if you know you have had one drink, you can compensate for slower reaction times by slowing down. I know lots of guys who don't do that, it's pedal to the metal with impaired reaction times, and that is true stupidity. Ok, now flame on.

 

yes to all that, but to place some kind of official approval on doing that is just brainless stupidity. 

[Nyezhov]

4 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

So using that logic, if I was 50 kg overweight, and had medical issues and would die soon if not changed then why should I change the way I eat.  However, if I shed those extra kg's I would gain years on my life and have enjoyment because of that change.  Yes eventually I will die, but by changing your habits you can increase your life, and maybe save someone else.  So by stopping the drunk driver, or changing the behavior just might keep someone alive that would have died unnecessarily.  Basically, using the Thai logic, why change anything, you'll die eventually, why extend your life. SHEEESH

Dude the essense of truth is that we are all going to die. Period. Lose 50 pounds and get struck by a meteor. Enforce the strictest DWI laws in the world and some drunk will regardless come along and kill a bunch of folks. 

 

There is no extending your life. You will die when you are meant to die.

 

Acknowledging the element of truth in the philosophy is tough when you are blinded by your Western weltanshauung , but hey, on a purely philosophical basis, its right.

 

 

 

[BritManToo]

I'll have to agree with the Thais and disagree with most of the posters on this thread.

I've never been that concerned about driving after a few drinks or taking drugs.

It wasn't even considered a crime in the UK until the 1980s.

There's a lot to be said for driving slowly all the time.

 

I wonder how many serious accidents would be avoided if everyone drove at under 50Km/hr.

Edited December 30, 2019 by BritManToo

[CGW]

14 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I've never been that concerned about driving after a few drinks

One of the reasons (along with no taxes!) I moved to Thailand 30 odd years ago was there were no enforced laws on driving having enjoyed a tipple or two! 

[cyril sneer]

2 hours ago, tifino said:

doesn't matter how slow... the result will be the same

 

 

not sure about this example you've given

[Grumpy John]

Wifey says that sign has been miss interpreted.  Yep,  ya all wrong folks! 

[poohy]

• Its been proved 25% of road accidents are caused by drunk drivers
• So it must mean 75% of all accidents are caused by sober ones

 

Solution if we all drive drunk accident rate will be lower

 

I should run for the Thai gubbermoronment

 

[Vacuum]

2 hours ago, thasoss said:

what licence,most dont have one

...and?

[ChouDoufu]

what utter nonsense!

 

as we all know, drink (drunk) driving is dangerous, and the less time spent doing so the better.

 

therefore, it would be advisable to drive as fast as possible in order to reduce the time spent driving while drunk.

 

the same logic should of course be applied to motorcycling without helmet and shoes, and sex without condos.

[Ventenio]

some of us came here for a strange type of comedy only found in a third world country (Thailand isn't 3rd world, but whatever)......HOWEVER, I really didn't expect this sign so close to 2020.

 

I expected something closer to ,"Free massage coupon if you buy four bowls of noodle soup and ride the elephant after floating down the river."

 

Or perhaps some weird animals allowed to walk on the highway day....  

[Misterwhisper]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

only to be told that it was impossible to stop DUI

No, it isn't impossible.

 

But it certainly cannot be accomplished through ignorance, lenience and laziness.

[trainman34014]

3 hours ago, colinneil said:

No matter how hard you tried, you could not better that road sign, pathetic, who ever came up with that absolutely stupid idea needs sacked on the spot, T.I.T.

But this the Land of Loony's; he is more likely to be given a Medal !

[Moti24]

That's the straw that broke the camel's back, for me; there's just no hope at all for this place.

[Classic Ray]

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I'll have to agree with the Thais and disagree with most of the posters on this thread.

I've never been that concerned about driving after a few drinks or taking drugs.

It wasn't even considered a crime in the UK until the 1980s.

There's a lot to be said for driving slowly all the time.

 

I wonder how many serious accidents would be avoided if everyone drove at under 50Km/hr.

Not true about the UK. Driving under the influence has been dealt with since before the car was introduced, for carriages etc. tested by field sobriety eg walking a white line. The Breathalyser was introduced in 1965 with the Road Safety Act, and legislation was been updated several times since.

[car720]

Ah, Freeland.  You've got to love it.

[elgenon]

Won't that incite road rage?

[Geoffggi]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The media claimed to have confronted officials in Nakorn Ratchasima about it only to be told that it was impossible to stop DUI - so they were just appealing for drunks to drive slowly at New Year. 

This is a totally irresponsible response and the government should be ashamed of themselves for this kind of report, the only reason that DUI is impossible to stop is because the Thai police normally do next to nothing to fix the problem, the Thai's know they will get away with DUI as the police allow this to happen, how come other countries are able to manage this problem more efficiently than Thailand - Not rocket science....LOL

[thrilled]

I thought this was a joke when I first saw it. So the government is saying it’s ok to drive drunk just drive slower.

[metisdead]

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[Trentham]

3 hours ago, Inn Between said:

Some people are going to  drive while impaired, especially during times of holiday partying. There is absolutely NOTHING in the world that will stop that, and no amount of realistic law enforcement will really dissuade it to a substantial degree. I'd say that posting signs to remind over-imbibers to take some extra caution isn't the worst approach. It's being realistic! 

 

I can see how many people will interpret these types of signs as an idiotic approach to safer roads -- as an acceptance of impaired driving, just as bible-thumping Christians will swear that putting condom machines in  high school washrooms is acceptance premarital sex and is bad for that reason. But young people will give in to their desires and take chances to get laid -- nothing will ever stop that, just as habitual drinkers will push the limits on drinking and driving, so anything to help prevent accidents is better than nothing, even if just a reminder to slow down and be safer.  

 

Posting such signs isn't a replacement for proper enforcement of rules --just an extra reminder.  

 

 

 

 

You should go and live in Australia mate. You will discover that DUI can be controlled.

[BritManToo]

1 minute ago, Trentham said:

You should go and live in Australia mate. You will discover that DUI can be controlled.

Yes, it's amazing, Australia went from the best country in the world, to the worst country in the world in less than 20 years.

Thailand appear to be trying to best that achievement.

[Don Mega]

7 minutes ago, Trentham said:

You should go and live in Australia mate. You will discover that DUI can be controlled.

And yet plenty still blow over.

[Trentham]

25 minutes ago, car720 said:

Ah, Freeland.  You've got to love it.

I understand your use of the noun.