Thailand drafts in 80,000 police officers to prevent Songkran road accidents

[Artisi]

19 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

80,000 Layabouts that would normally be inside Cop Shops playing with their phones or counting Tea Money; do they seriously believe these people are going to actually do some 'work' ?

No!

[RichardColeman]

only 80,000 ? Expect it to go up again this year then

[pi2005ni]

Drafted in from where , they are in Thailand already . Sensation headline grabbing. Extra police deployed on traffic duties would not have had the same impact .

[toolpush]

3 hours ago, kwonitoy said:

I wish I had a business renting mobile tents, all those extra police will need a lot of shade to sit in and browse their phones

I was going to say : They are gonna need bigger tents.

 

[tonray]

1 hour ago, pi2005ni said:

Drafted in from where , they are in Thailand already . Sensation headline grabbing. Extra police deployed on traffic duties would not have had the same impact .

North Korea? 

https://youtu.be/zOIR3K8IiLo

[bronzedude]

Which days are the actual Songkran days that these 80,000  will be on duty?

[mrfill]

6 hours ago, KannikaP said:

From where will these 80,000 extra police officers be found please?

The ones moved to 'inactive posts' is my guess

[Curt1591]

Yes; the roadblocks can bring the roads to a crawl, making it safer for everyone!

[Burma Bill]

8 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Meanwhile, checkpoints will be set up on these major roads:

 Well I never, how stupid telling the travelling public in advance where checkpoints will be!! Study roadmaps and GPS systems to identify alternative "rat runs" to avoid these check points.

[NE1]

1 hour ago, mrfill said:

The ones moved to 'inactive posts' is my guess

I thought they were all inactive.

[jaiyen]

8 hours ago, KannikaP said:

From where will these 80,000 extra police officers be found please?

Sleeping behind a desk ?  Sleeping in their patrol cars ?

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Thairath reported that up to 80,000 officers will be deployed nationwide in a bid to reduce the accident and death toll during a period which is notorious for the large number of road accidents.

Maybe they will take the 50% plus who have no licences off the roads, instead of taking a "fine" and allowing them to continue?

[Geoffggi]

20 hours ago, KannikaP said:

From where will these 80,000 extra police officers be found please?

Maybe from the "Inactive Posts" we keep hearing about ...............LOL

[a977]

If they had these 80,000 or so police just sitting around playing with their <deleted>s, why didn't they unleash them on the public at Xmas and New Year or is this more <deleted> from 'ol fatty and his cronnies

[newnative]

As others have said, what are they doing the rest of the year?

[Andycoops]

One of the main problems is that the drivers are drunk before they get behind the wheel, how are the 80000 going to stop that, they're not.

[IvorBiggun2]

23 hours ago, colinneil said:

ban vehicles on the roads over songkran.

Spot on. And those vehicles should be motorcycles.

 

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Songkran road accidents: Mostly motorcycles

 

[IvorBiggun2]

1 hour ago, a977 said:

If they had these 80,000 or so police just sitting around playing with their <deleted>s, why didn't they unleash them on the public at Xmas and New Year or is this more <deleted> from 'ol fatty and his cronnies

Because it's holiday time for them as well as the public. Those 80,000 are those who won't be celebrating Songkran this year. Simple innit?

[Forza2002]

On 3/27/2021 at 8:59 AM, rooster59 said:

Thairath reported that up to 80,000 officers will be deployed nationwide in a bid to reduce the accident and death toll during a period which is notorious for the large number of road accidents.

They must be mobilizing all the police attached to inactive posts to actually do some work for a whole week...

[IvorBiggun2]

38 minutes ago, Forza2002 said:

They must be mobilizing all the police attached to inactive posts to actually do some work for a whole week...

 80,000 mobilized police is a small number compared to the 230,000 they have all together.