Rescue workers recover one of the road accident victims last night. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

By The Phuket News

 

PHUKET: Phuket has officially recognised three accidents in which three men were injured on Day 2 of the Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for the Songkran Thai New Year holidays yesterday (Apr 11), bringing the number of injured to four, but with no deaths.

 

All three men injured were not wearing a helmet at the times of their accidents, reported the Phuket Provincial Office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket).

 

One of the accidents saw Prasert Saengsuwan, 48, riding at speed from Patong towards Kathu at about 6:45pm when he lost control and fell onto Phra Baramee Rd before he reached the Sikor Intersection.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-maintains-zero-deaths-in-seven-days-road-safety-campaign-79661.php

 

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39 minutes ago, webfact said:

All three men injured were not wearing a helmet at the times of their accidents,

So 100% of their accidents were speeding and wearing no helmets.  Sure there is a link there somewhere.

 

Maybe they should have two counts of figures. 1. Normal, sane people, 2. Idiots.

Phuket police say they have issued 576 fines for moving violations during the previous 24-hour period, as follows:

• 21 fined for operating an unsafe/illegally modified motorcycle
• 28 fined for not wearing seatbelts
• 271 fined for driving without a licence
• 0 fined speeding
• 13 fined for ignoring traffic signals
• 13 fined for ghost driving (driving opposite traffic flow)
• 4 fined for dangerously cutting off other motorists in traffic
• 33 fined for using mobile phones while driving.
• 7 people were arrested for drunk driving during the period.
• 186 people fined for not wearing helmets

These are just the ones that were unlucky enough to get caught at a handful of check points within one 24 hour period. Tip of the ice berg. Clearly, most just don't give a flying <f.c.k.>.

Find it hard to believe !

19 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Phuket police say they have issued 576 fines for moving violations during the previous 24-hour period, as follows:

• 21 fined for operating an unsafe/illegally modified motorcycle
• 28 fined for not wearing seatbelts
• 271 fined for driving without a licence
• 0 fined speeding
• 13 fined for ignoring traffic signals
• 13 fined for ghost driving (driving opposite traffic flow)
• 4 fined for dangerously cutting off other motorists in traffic
• 33 fined for using mobile phones while driving.
• 7 people were arrested for drunk driving during the period.
• 186 people fined for not wearing helmets

These are just the ones that were unlucky enough to get caught at a handful of check points within one 24 hour period. Tip of the ice berg. Clearly, most just don't give a flying <f.c.k.>.

All that in a 24 hr period..... I suggest that Phuket police could, in any day of the week, catch those numbers within a 2 hour period