Road death toll jumps to 159 in first three days of safe driving campaign - RSOC maintains its concentration on drunk driving

[webfact]

RSOC maintains its concentration on drunk driving

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Road Safety Operation Center (RSOC) is maintaining its concentration on screening for drunk driving along every route and in festival areas.

 

On Monday (Dec 30), at the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Pol. Lt. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapat, Assistant Commission–General, Royal Thai Police, chaired the announcement of the Road Safety Operation Center’s progress.

 

A summary of road accidents on 29th December 2019 recorded 531 accidents, with 47 deaths, and 560 injured. The total number of accidents since the first day of the campaign (27-29 December 2019) is 1,504, with 1,549 injured, and 159 killed.

 

Consequently, the RSOC has adjusted its checkpoint setting’s strategy to correlate with the cause of an accident, as well as implementing an area-based mechanism to target hazardous behavior. Especially, the risk of drunk driving among youths under 20 years of age; when identified, they must prosecute such offenders along with their guardians and the shop that sold liquor to the minor.

 

Moreover, strict supervision of the use of safety equipment has been redoubled to reduce the loss of life in road accidents as much as possible.

 

[RichardColeman]

19 minutes ago, webfact said:

The Road Safety Operation Center (RSOC) is maintaining its concentration on screening for drunk driving along every route and in festival areas.

I feel so safe now that they are continuing their screening.

19 minutes ago, webfact said:

A summary of road accidents on 29th December 2019 recorded 531 accidents, with 47 deaths, and 560 injured. The total number of accidents since the first day of the campaign (27-29 December 2019) is 1,504, with 1,549 injured, and 159 killed.

Now I don't. 

[Somtamnication]

Like, what wet dreams. Thais would have learned how to drive one year since the last 7 days of bs? Weally?

[HuskerDo]

There will obviously be a lot fewer poor/dangerous drivers on the road next week.  

[legend49]

Any long term TV reader wouldnt expect any changes from the above outcomes. It repeats itself every year.

[Lungstib]

For 30 years the Dept of Land Transport handed out licenses to anyone who walked into their offices and offered a suitable donation. Now we have an ROSC thinking it can undo that damage. Thats the wonder of Thai bureaucracy!

[mogandave]

They have got to crack down on automobile ownership.

[prakhonchai nick]

Drunk driving as usual the main cause of death and injury. Everyone caught drunk driving should initially have their vehicle confiscated, and the courts (NOT THE POLICE) should hand down as a minimum serious fines running into the thousands of baht with a prison sentence whenever an accident has been caused

[Moonlover]

37 minutes ago, legend49 said:

Any long term TV reader wouldnt expect any changes from the above outcomes. It repeats itself every year.

Along with the predicable responses from TVF members! ????

 

[30la]

The carnage continues ... until now you have done a "good" job ...

[Sticky Wicket]

6 minutes ago, prakhonchai nick said:

Drunk driving as usual the main cause of death and injury. Everyone caught drunk driving should initially have their vehicle confiscated, and the courts (NOT THE POLICE) should hand down as a minimum serious fines running into the thousands of baht with a prison sentence whenever an accident has been caused

The prisons are absolutely rammed full. Where can they put all these extra people?

[MasterBaker]

...sponsored by Singha beer

[patongphil]

BIL was topped the other day and was WAY over. Had a bottle of Lao Khao to keep awake for the drive.

Anyway 1,500 baht later was on his way again - still driving. Go figure!!!

[Sticky Wicket]

13 minutes ago, patongphil said:

BIL was topped the other day and was WAY over. Had a bottle of Lao Khao to keep awake for the drive.

Anyway 1,500 baht later was on his way again - still driving. Go figure!!!

Bloke I know (foreigner) got done.

Straight to the monkey house and then up in front of the beak the next day

6,000 baht fine and on his way.

Will it stop him? NO!!

[ebean001]

Young people, motorbikes, drinking. It is that simple. The rest seems to be below normal accidents. many are probably in rural area. not much can be done. the numbers would probably be the same in any country that had a large rural population along with huge motorbike usage and young men/women who seem to drink a lot because...maybe....their frustration with life on the farm. more house parties might help with adults not allowing them to drive home. more police at bar exits. ok if they have been drinking but when they mount a bike...bingo...test them for DUI.

I am trying to be sympathic with the life on the farm for young people. How can they enjoy life and keep from hurting themselves and others. That should be a huge focus. Parents can help but they are also limited in what they can do.

[Classic Ray]

The RSOC and RTP really need to carry out intense investigation of exactly where and what are the root causes of the majority of deaths and injuries on the roads, and then concentrate their efforts On those rather than blanketing the nation with so called checkpoints filled with officers playing with their phones.

 

That this isn’t done already just leads me to conclude that the Government doesn’t care about the mostly poor victims and the police cannot be diverted from their primary purpose of making money.

[prakhonchai nick]

The RSOC and RTP haven't got a clue when it comes to preventing road accidents which cause untold injury and death.

 

Time to accept that they need to seek help from other countries who have largely mastered the problem

[4MyEgo]

Until the Thai's IMHO seek outside assistance to show them how it's done overseas and the Thai police force are serious about getting off of their rear ends, then the carnage will continue, what I am saying is the Thai mentality is all wrong when it comes to enforcement, again IMO, that or I am missing some point ?

 

[saminoz]

Let them be and allow evolution and the Darwin effect to find its own level.  In about 300 years, they should have a balance of deaths to overall population (not allowing for the introduction of flying cars and personal jetpacks, of course!).????

[AhFarangJa]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Assistant Commission–General, Royal Thai Police, chaired the announcement of the Road Safety Operation Center’s progress.

Progress.........What progress........

2 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Consequently, the RSOC has adjusted its checkpoint setting’s strategy to correlate with the cause of an accident, as well as implementing an area-based mechanism to target hazardous behavior.

Yet again an example of the Thai authorities total incompetence with their reactive approach to every problem instead of being more proactive. However, being proactive would need at least a modicum of common sense, along with an understanding of the core problems. Something seriously lacking in just about every department where the people in charge are made up mainly of buffoons who have paid their way up the ladder. 

[DennisE]

So far traffic is going pretty smooth but we only left 30 minutes ago. 

[keithkarmann]

34 minutes ago, ebean001 said:

Young people, motorbikes, drinking. It is that simple. The rest seems to be below normal accidents. many are probably in rural area. not much can be done. the numbers would probably be the same in any country that had a large rural population along with huge motorbike usage and young men/women who seem to drink a lot because...maybe....their frustration with life on the farm. more house parties might help with adults not allowing them to drive home. more police at bar exits. ok if they have been drinking but when they mount a bike...bingo...test them for DUI.

I am trying to be sympathic with the life on the farm for young people. How can they enjoy life and keep from hurting themselves and others. That should be a huge focus. Parents can help but they are also limited in what they can do.

Parents in the villages are part of the problem. Yesterday I saw an ambulance drive past our near the end of the road house and my wife told me it was for a 50-60 year old woman who had drunk too much. Now I admitt to have been very drunk in the past but never needed an ambulance.

[TKDfella]

2 hours ago, HuskerDo said:

There will obviously be a lot fewer poor/dangerous drivers on the road next week.  

Either that or more space for others to jump in and take their place, Ha!

[chainarong]

Looks like the program is working well.

 

[HuskerDo]

1 hour ago, Sticky Wicket said:

The prisons are absolutely rammed full. Where can they put all these extra people?

An easy fix would be to have a third of them be required to stand 8 hours in a row like they would when they are selling street food. Then rotate shifts every 8 hours. LOTS of room for others to sleep that way. 

[Chongalulu]

1 hour ago, patongphil said:

BIL was topped the other day and was WAY over. Had a bottle of Lao Khao to keep awake for the drive.

Anyway 1,500 baht later was on his way again - still driving. Go figure!!!

If only he was "topped"(sic),it’s probably the only solution!

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

A summary of road accidents on 29th December 2019 recorded 531 accidents, with 47 deaths, and 560 injured. The total number of accidents since the first day of the campaign (27-29 December 2019) is 1,504, with 1,549 injured, and 159 killed.

Another normal day then.. Thais will not change their habits.

[rossco1]

In Thailand when getting your license you get it for life 

most other countries you need to apply every 5 years and e tested 

Do you think its time that rules change people tested point system lose of licenses point system

caught drink driving license taken away car impounded driver taken to Jail tested blood alcohol fines come on people how hard is it

Stop making life hard just for expats start looking in back yard    

[whaleboneman]

Anyone know what the actual death rate is (including those that die sometime after removal from accident scene)?

[Nkpjed]

2 hours ago, Sticky Wicket said:

The prisons are absolutely rammed full. Where can they put all these extra people?

They need to put to death all the murderers in prison that should free up a lot of room.