3,730 drunk drivers handled by Probation Department on first five days of Songkran

[webfact]

Picture: Bangkok Business News

 

Director of the Probation Department Witthawan Sunthornkhajit said that 3,743 people had been placed under probation for offences related to driving from Saturday 10th to Wednesday 14th April inclusive. 

 

Of these 3,730 were DUI cases, 11 involved drug taking and two were for negligent driving. 

 

On the 14th alone there were 1,648 cases with 1,646 of these DUI and 2 negligent driving, reported Bangkok Business News.

 

The three provinces with the most offenders were Chaiyaphum with 290, Chiang Rai 264 and Buriram with 251. 

 

Nineteen people in total have been fitted with EM electronic monitoring bracelets as part of which they havge to observe curfew at home from 10 pm to 4 am. 

 

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[J Town]

Just now, webfact said:

3,743 people had been placed under probation for offences related to driving from Saturday 10th to Wednesday 14th April inclusive. 

 

Is this probation pending charges or were they just given a light slap on the wrist?

[richard_smith237]

3724 Drunk drivers given back their keys and told not to do it again? 
 

 

 

 

[keith101]

3,730 drunk drivers handled by Probation Department on first five days of Songkran

That's probably 1% of the actual drunk drivers on the roads .

[colinneil]

So 3730 drivers did not hand over an envelope, the many thousands of other drunk drivers paid up and got off with it.

[trainman34014]

Won't make the slightest bit of difference when the majority have heads full of Sawdust.    Tomorrow, next week, next month and next year things will just continue to get worse until SERIOUS punishment is dished out; like fines over 20,000 for each offence, Car Crushing, Jail Time etc etc.    Sadly the Sawdust may still win !

[ThailandRyan]

An endemic problem within this society.  Families tolerate it and allow the individual to get behind the wheel and drive or ride.  Until there are strict sentencing and fines enacted as well as mandatory classes to attend, then it will continue as well as the many road deaths caused by these folks as well as others. Prison sentences, mandatory fines and seizures of vehicles for repeat offenders need to be undertaken.  Habitual drinkers that drive have only been empowered by a lax system and an attitude that is is not a problem.

Edited April 16, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[ezzra]

And the authorities are still wondering and at a loss as to why so many road fatalities  every year (not counting injuries).. well, wonder no longer, the answer is in front of your eyes...

[J Town]

17 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

An endemic problem within this society.  Families tolerate it and allow the individual to get behind the wheel and drive or ride.  Until there are strict sentencing and fines enacted as well as mandatory classes to attend, then it will continue as well as the many road deaths caused by these folks as well as others. Prison sentences, mandatory fines and seizures of vehicles for repeat offenders need to be undertaken.  Habitual drinkers that drive have only been empowered by a lax system and an attitude that is is not a problem.

I got a DUI decades ago in Washington State. The memory of the chunk they took outta my a$$ will stay with me forever. Until something similar happens here, they won't care. C'mon! Probation?!?

[rudi49jr]

So they caught about 0,1 % of the actual number of drunk drivers then.

[RichardColeman]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Of these 3,730 were DUI cases,

should = 3730 crushed vehicles in my opinion

[mark131v]

3730 drunk drivers caught, 19 fitted with electronic tags and given curfews...

 

Blimey those 19 must have been absolutely <deleted>faced!!!

[Aomelia]

I heard 50,000 were caught 

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, Aomelia said:

I heard 50,000 were caught 

Catch and released after tea money paid, the rest well they have to pay the big money apparently.

[chilly07]

Thais have never heard of a designated driver? You can take the alcohol out of Thailand but never the alcohol (moonshine/ lowcow)out of a Thai!

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, J Town said:

 

Is this probation pending charges or were they just given a light slap on the wrist?

Pending fines to be paid... probation solves nothing.

[jaiyen]

3730 done for drunk driving but they could only get 11 for drugs !  That's ridiculous ! You could find more than that in an hour. Check bus and truck drivers and mini van drivers. 

[overt2016]

8 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

3724 Drunk drivers given back their keys and told not to do it again? 
 

 

 

 

I certainly hope not. If they were  DUI they deserved loss of licence'

[thailand49]

This is how they keep their jobs, the thinking is they actually think they are doing offenders a favor, it is like go to the Temple or even teach English and all is forgiven.  Probation but if you are a foreigner you teach English that is as tough as it get here!  It is so lacks it makes one think maybe I should get drunk if I was a drinker?????