rooster59 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Drunk driving remains top cause of holiday road accidents Tanakorn Sangiam BANGKOK (NNT) - 74 people have died on the second day of the New Normal road safety campaign to suppress accidents during the New Year holidays. The total number of accidents since yesterday was 586, with driving under influence the most common cause. The New Year road safety campaign recorded 1,000 accidents in total on 29-30 December 2020, with 117 deaths and 1,014 injuries. 586 accidents were recorded yesterday alone as people started to travel home on the last working day of the year. There were 74 deaths and 576 injuries associated with these accidents. Most accidents have so far occurred in Nakhon Ratchasima at 26 times. The province also holds the record for the highest death toll at 5, and the most cases of injury at 32. The number one cause of accidents is driving under the influence, at 33.96%, followed closely by speeding, at 33.45%. Most accidents so far have involved motorcycles, at a current 82.03%. Accidents have mostly happened in the period from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., while most injuries and deaths occurred among those aged 50 or more. The police have so far prosecuted 62,598 persons, with 19,102 bike riders charged with not wearing a helmet, and 16,135 persons over not having a driver’s license. -- © Copyright NNT 2021-01-02 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HaoleBoy Posted January 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) The number one cause of accidents is driving under the influence, at 33.96%, followed closely by speeding, at 33.45%. Most accidents so far have involved motorcycles, at a current 82.03%. Why doesn't the Gov add details that are fully relevant and easily available? Were the accidents due to scooters going the wrong way on roads trucks / cars going the wrong way on roads more than 2 people on scooters people without valid driver licenses for cars / scooters motorcycle / scooter people wearing helmets??? u-turns involved??? Edited January 2, 2021 by HaoleBoy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lujanit Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, rooster59 said: The total number of accidents since yesterday was 586, with driving under influence the most common cause. Surprise surprise, not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarteso Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 No brake failure ? ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 No migrants or foreigners to blame here. Got to take responsibility for this continuing disgrace all on your own, kon Thai. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Captain_Bob Posted January 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 2, 2021 "Drunk driving [in Thailand] remains top cause of holiday road accidents" And in other breaking news, water remains the top cause of being wet. It won't be newsworthy until the whole "mai pen rai" stupid mentality toward human safety and personal responsibility is given a total overhaul, and there is actual enforcement of anti-drunk-driving and decent road behavior laws. Until then, every every every time it's the same same same... Vast majority of traffic accidents and deaths are due to drunkenness, crappy 3rd-world mentality toward riding/driving, and pathetic lack of law enforcement right down the whole line of corruption from top to bottom. Happy new year Thailand - but nothing "new" about it, until there is a massive *wake up*. Ok, my first "bitching about Thailand" post of the year is done ???? 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 42 minutes ago, rooster59 said: Drunk driving remains top cause of holiday road accidents This statement was correct 30 years ago and unfortunately, still is, and probably will be for years to come....how do you educate people? this is the million dollar question... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mops59 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Well it doesn't surprise me. They have never has any practice lessons / training. They cannot stand booze. And when accidents happen only insurance shows up. So never any booze check on the actual accident sight during these days. Police has time of too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 1 hour ago, HaoleBoy said: The number one cause of accidents is driving under the influence, at 33.96%, followed closely by speeding, at 33.45%. Most accidents so far have involved motorcycles, at a current 82.03%. Why doesn't the Gov add details that are fully relevant and easily available? Were the accidents due to scooters going the wrong way on roads trucks / cars going the wrong way on roads more than 2 people on scooters people without valid driver licenses for cars / scooters motorcycle / scooter people wearing helmets??? u-turns involved??? You forgot 50% of motorcycles probably mowed down by drunken or speeding pickups. Of course 80% deaths be motorcycle riders, stats not fully disclosed. ????❤???????? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaiyen Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 6 hours ago, HaoleBoy said: The number one cause of accidents is driving under the influence, at 33.96%, followed closely by speeding, at 33.45%. Most accidents so far have involved motorcycles, at a current 82.03%. Why doesn't the Gov add details that are fully relevant and easily available? Were the accidents due to scooters going the wrong way on roads trucks / cars going the wrong way on roads more than 2 people on scooters people without valid driver licenses for cars / scooters motorcycle / scooter people wearing helmets??? u-turns involved??? Simple answer is that the government and the police DO NOT CARE about drivers and passengers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 A post with an image that contained Thai language has been removed. English is the only acceptable language anywhere on ThaiVisa including Classifieds, except within the Thai language forum, where of course using Thai is allowed. Short Thai translation of technical terms is permitted in specialty forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Was thinking about buying a big bike. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Pie 47 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1140985-drive-slowly-if-drunk-new-year-thai-road-sign stuns-the-japanese/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Going to get my wife to claim asylum in the UK due to road safety issues. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 7 hours ago, ezzra said: This statement was correct 30 years ago and unfortunately, still is, and probably will be for years to come....how do you educate people? this is the million dollar question... To Educate Low Intelligence takes a lot of time and effort. To Educate Arrogant and Stupid takes a whole lot longer. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m Stender Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 In other "normal" countries is an alcohol test performed at all traffic accidents, and if more alcohol than allowed (0.5) the driver is taking to court and an he/she will loose their driver license for min. 2 year, and if the driver still are driving without license the vehicle will be impounded for sale. When will Thailand learn that driving and alcohol is an deadly cocktail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 10 hours ago, rooster59 said: The New Year road safety campaign What does the road safety campaign involve and are the people informed of this ? I never heard what the campaign Details are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, digger70 said: What does the road safety campaign involve and are the people informed of this ? I never heard what the campaign Details are. I do believe that these 'campaigns' are a waste of time. They do nothing to change the habits of generations and that is what we are dealing with when we talk about Thais, drink and drugs. If they are too stupid to work out for themselves that its not a good idea to drive drunk, then all the great campaigns in the world will not stop them. We see this same phenomena in western countries, albeit not on the scale of Thailand. The only thing that seems to work, and it worked in the UK to a great degree, is to have strong enforcement by the Police and very stiff penalties for offenders, neither of which happens here, unless death is the penalty. Start by jailing offenders for 6 months, crush their vehicles and take away their licences and maybe after a few thousand suffer this treatment, it will start to work. Edited January 2, 2021 by Pilotman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfill Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 10 hours ago, ezzra said: This statement was correct 30 years ago and unfortunately, still is, and probably will be for years to come....how do you educate people? this is the million dollar question... And the million dollar answer is that you a) have draconian laws against drink driving and b) you enforce them rigorously. Thailand stopped at a). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 11 hours ago, rooster59 said: driving under influence the most common cause Jing law? Who would have thought? So, driving slowly while under the influence and reducing the number of roadside breathalyzer tests didn't solve this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Can someone please publish a statistic about those other 350 not so important days of the year which are just normal days? How many drunk drivers did the police catch each day? How many of them were prosecuted and lost their driving license? How many continued driving without license and were arrested and jailed? And how many vehicles were confiscated? That little statistic should answer a lot of questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soikhaonoiken Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 No <deleted> sherlock... ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 11 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said: Can someone please publish a statistic about those other 350 not so important days of the year which are just normal days? How many drunk drivers did the police catch each day? How many of them were prosecuted and lost their driving license? How many continued driving without license and were arrested and jailed? And how many vehicles were confiscated? That little statistic should answer a lot of questions. Who wants answers, you and I might - but those in charge couldn't give a rats a rse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 11 minutes ago, Artisi said: Who wants answers, you and I might - but those in charge couldn't give a rats a rse. I am not sure if it's that easy. Imagine if the police would start to enforce all those traffic laws all of the time and everywhere inside Thailand. No motorcycle riders without helmets anymore. No pick-up trucks with people on the back. No drinking and driving. People have to wait at every red light. No mobile phones in vehicles. And and and. How would the majority of Thais react to that? Imagine traffic law enforcement also in all those villages where nobody cares. Somehow I don't imagine the majority of Thais would like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said: I am not sure if it's that easy. Imagine if the police would start to enforce all those traffic laws all of the time and everywhere inside Thailand. No motorcycle riders without helmets anymore. No pick-up trucks with people on the back. No drinking and driving. People have to wait at every red light. No mobile phones in vehicles. And and and. How would the majority of Thais react to that? Imagine traffic law enforcement also in all those villages where nobody cares. Somehow I don't imagine the majority of Thais would like that. For any country a vast majority don't like or try to get around the "law", but the law is the law and any developed and forward thinking country endeavours to apply their law for the benefit of everyone. So, if Thailand was to enforce their laws that are already in existence and anybody doesn't like it - that's tough, isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Warrior Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 this is the season for Thais to carry out their own "culling" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 42 minutes ago, Artisi said: For any country a vast majority don't like or try to get around the "law", but the law is the law and any developed and forward thinking country endeavours to apply their law for the benefit of everyone. So, if Thailand was to enforce their laws that are already in existence and anybody doesn't like it - that's tough, isn't it. Yeah, law enforcement would be really tough. No business anymore for the girls in Nana, Pattaya, Patong, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nong Khai Man Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 18 hours ago, m Stender said: In other "normal" countries is an alcohol test performed at all traffic accidents, and if more alcohol than allowed (0.5) the driver is taking to court and an he/she will loose their driver license for min. 2 year, and if the driver still are driving without license the vehicle will be impounded for sale. When will Thailand learn that driving and alcohol is an deadly cocktail When will Thailand learn that driving and alcohol is an deadly cocktail.......Possibly...NEVER !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavodavo Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 On 1/2/2021 at 11:18 AM, lujanit said: Surprise surprise, not That cant be right cause the police would have caught them and put them off the road before they crashed ..with all the breath testing that they are NOT doing.!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said: Yeah, law enforcement would be really tough. No business anymore for the girls in Nana, Pattaya, Patong, etc. No problem for me ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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