Thailand’s deadly roads: 72 people killed on Monday, almost 12,000 killed this year

[talahtnut]

The simple solution is to lockdown all cars and bikes and vaccinate all drivers against stupidity.

[cardinalblue]

Who cares? Thais certainly don’t...

 

 

[jaiyen]

A 10 wheel truck with 40 tons of steel mesh !!!  Way overloaded and highly dangerous as was proven.

[jerolamo]

I see a lot of Thai people doesn't know to drive.

They are thinking they know to drive because they can move their car/pickup/truck, and they are thinking they are good because they are moving fast, but they just show how much they are stupid and ignorant about what is kinetic energize and the relation between weight, velocity and friction.

They totally failed with safety distances, indicate before to turn and looking by turn the head. They are also totally crazy on a motorbike, most of them.

They also failed to understand what is the right way to go, and for win some 5 minutes, they run on wrong way in opposite side. That is so terribly stupid. Which kind of dumb can not understand by himself that it is too bad ? There is no possible excuse for that kind of comportment.

They also failed to understand, for some of them, that run without light in night time is dangerous for them, but also for many other on their way.

This kind of dumb person are close to criminals comportment.

If they have an idea but do, they are bad more than the stupid one, but in both case, they are unable to get responsibility and then to drive  (bike, motor bike, car, or what ever).

And when it is a bus driver, it should directly go to jail for almost one year and loose authorization to drive for ever.

All these kind of dumb and asocial people in this previous list are like killers. They can kill child, dad, mum, cats, dog, everybody ! Just because they are to much stupid and/or asocial.

Stop these people, it is much more important than stop COVID, they kill much more.

Also, to see how many they are on the road is a proof that card drive serve nothing and it should be much more selective to get it.

[Stargeezr]

So many people in Thailand, and even in most places of the world, drive like idiots,

or worse. The law enforcement have to do a much better job of enforcing the laws.

 Until then the third world countries like Thailand, and some others will not change

in our life time.  In Canada it is against the law to ride in the back of pickups or

trucks, since the 70s. There is even fines for riding in a car without seat belts.

  Thailand has to get modern if it wants to leave the 3rd world status, and I do

not see that happening.

Geezer

[NeoDinosaw]

When Sweden decided that they would drive on the wrong side of the road (back in the 1960s) by changing from the left-hand side (as in civilised countries such as Thailand and the UK), to the right-hand side,  they put a very strict speed limit for several weeks (or months ?)  so that any accidents would be very minor. I can't remember what the limit was (20 km/h to start ?).    Thailand needs to do something similar then they would see how many lives can be saved.

I know it will never happen.  Just thought I'd thow a different idea into the discussion

[smew]

Covid1 9 total = 59

 

Road stupidity = 72 died on Monday 2 Nov 2020 

 

need I say more??

[Venom]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

 

The pick-up, in the far right lane, was propelled onto its side spilling the workers into the path of a 10 wheel truck carrying 40 tons of metal mesh.

 

Exactly! Overloaded / under braked pick up truck blocking the passing lane. TIT 

[George FmplesdaCosteedback]

What has been done to stop the carnage in the last 10 years?   Nothing.

Everything remains the same. All the letters and TV comments, media reports and TV coverage add up to a big fat pile of dead people whatever we say.

The cure is known, unlike Covid-2020, but the medicine is not administered.

It brings worldwide shame on Thailand.

[Mywayboy]

10 year plan Highway To Hell

[Happyman567]

When you see kids riding bikes amongst traffic as young as 10 no helmets and 4 on bike you might as well hang a sign around their necks saying "Please kill me" The keystone cops are nowhere in sight that is the problem

Saw one the cop sitting at set of lights the other day reading a book  Why was he sitting at the lights? They are automatic are they not? He had no intention of grabbing the ones that went through the red lights because plenty did that right before his eyes

[nasa123]

And 13,6 % of all dead are children under 14 years. Parents give <deleted> about helmets, seatbelt +++. This parents should be jailed for many many years, for killings kid’s. 

[Jorgendk]

And we all know that the death toll shown is far from the actually number, as it only count persons dead at the scene.
Like to know the number inc.  persons dead within 3 month after, because of injuries from a accident.

Would also be interesting to know how many get severely injured for life, because of traffic accidents.
With the amount of accidents involving motorbikes with driver and passengers without helmet, there must be some with sewer head injuries, where the person nearly would be better off being dead.

[garyk]

After getting caught in the holiday traffic in Thailand a couple of time and seeing a few people run over I vowed to never drive on a holiday again. I would check into a hotel and wait it out. 

It is carnage that has got to be seen to believe.

[Stoker58]

Don’t forget that for every hundred killed there’s at least that many again seriously injured.

[brianthainess]

16 hours ago, vandeventer said:

So many small trucks are miles over weight or their good stacked so high that if they get a tire blow out the truck loses control. I have seen it happen but no one seems to care.

I think this is why they hog the outside lane, so dangerously overloaded, that to change lanes would cause them to tip over, with all that weight on the back the front wheels barely touching the ground, making steering extremely dangerous.

[ChipButty]

5 minutes ago, Stoker58 said:

Don’t forget that for every hundred killed there’s at least that many again seriously injured.

And, die later after the accident

[brianthainess]

16 hours ago, malibukid said:

god forbid if you farang and involved, this is why its stupid to buy a car here and drive.  

Really? I would rather drive myself than risk this.

[WhatsNext]

If that clown show that they call government here, would spend the same amount of money, effort and time on the road safety as they do on the virus then maybe we could actually save some lives.

[Bkktodd]

8 hours ago, smew said:

Covid1 9 total = 59

 

Road stupidity = 72 died on Monday 2 Nov 2020 

 

need I say more??

They should have a new daily posting.  Foreigner Covid infected in quarantine = number.    
 

daily tally of thai killed and injured on thai roads = number. 
 

 

[brianthainess]

Part of the driving test could be to give them a model train set or a scaleextric set and see what happens when you take a corner to fast. 

[vandeventer]

The thing that almost killed me yesterday while riding on my bike, was a truck in front of me making a right hand turn. As he was turning he is indicating at the same time and I happen to be passing him. It was a good think I was on my cbr650 which I managed to get in front of him. This happens much to often, they indicate and turn at the same time no 50ft warning.

[mikebell]

17 hours ago, shady86 said:

The authorities must be very proud of this remarkable achievement.

Do you mean police? These figures will not come down until RTP is given encouragement to work.  Extra baht every time the weekly casualties drop below an agreed figure.  Deductions for every new corpse.  Speed kills and this is easily combatted by cameras then stern measures.

[Harveyboy]

17 hours ago, song0674 said:

It’s crazy how close Thais will tailgate each other. Your meant to leave space of 2-3 car lengths ahead you when driving, especially on highways.

Your typical thai driver follows the car ahead so closely, it’s almost bumper to bumper. How are you meant to stop in time, if the car ahead suddenly brakes?!? This is just basic road safety.

 

yes my wife is terrible for it tailgate and speeds till the last minute at stops and traffic   lights been telling her for years tried to retrain the way she Thinks she can drive ..lost cause  Thais shouldn't have a dog licence let alone a car  one ... thinking about they don't do they . ha

[Mr Meeseeks]

15 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Do you mean police? These figures will not come down until RTP is given encouragement to work.  Extra baht every time the weekly casualties drop below an agreed figure.  Deductions for every new corpse.  Speed kills and this is easily combatted by cameras then stern measures.

The Police are too busy with their extra-curricular activities, their nightlife businesses, gambling dens, restaurants, shakedowns, extortion and even hired guns.

 

There was a survey recently that found 70% of traffic police didn't even know about the Thai highway code.

 

This indicates it's not about the Police being poorly paid, but having other priorities.

[Mr Meeseeks]

21 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

The thing that almost killed me yesterday while riding on my bike, was a truck in front of me making a right hand turn. As he was turning he is indicating at the same time and I happen to be passing him. It was a good think I was on my cbr650 which I managed to get in front of him. This happens much to often, they indicate and turn at the same time no 50ft warning.

They lack many of the basic skills and habits that make for a competent driver.

 

They have not received any proper training and the test is nothing more than a joke.

 

Most of them have been taught by a mate and pick up all bad habits.

 

I would conservatively suggest 70% of them are not able to operate a motor vehicle correctly.

 

Sad to say but there's no fixing this, they simply do not have the ability or will to fix this disgraceful problem so it will continue in perpetuity. 

[jomtienisgood]

23 hours ago, keith101 said:

More people on the road every year equals more accidents and deaths , so the death toll is never going to come down unless you remove every unlicensed and under age driver/rider and commit to proper training and not testing just in the DLT carpark .

I'm not joking when say, You forgot to mention the over-aged people.....

[jomtienisgood]

17 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

72 fatalities in one day is staggering....remembering that the count is at the site.....

Like 6 football teams!

And not even get the same salary... makes you think..

[jomtienisgood]

14 hours ago, teacherclaire said:

The likely death toll each year has been admitted to be in excess of 20,000 by deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwan in 2018.

 

 

Did he dream the numbers or were they from his fortune teller?

 

Nobody here really knows any real numbers about anything. And that's not Thai bashing, it's just how all here works.

 

  How many innocent bystanders and drivers/riders got killed who had absolutely nothing to do with it?

 

  Please be careful these weeks, the dogs are in heat and almost everywhere on each road, Soi, etc. It's wise not to ride a bike now, or at least very slowly.

 

  

At least you're safe where you are in quarantine, unless some orange comes rushing in. lol

[teacherclaire]

25 minutes ago, jomtienisgood said:

At least you're safe where you are in quarantine, unless some orange comes rushing in. lol

I don't  get the plot. Are you for real?