PHOTO: File photo / Sawang Prateep Thammasatan Si Racha Rescue Team / Siam Sea Port

 

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

Pattaya – The Pattaya City Police is preparing to set up multiple checkpoints for the annual ‘Seven Days of Danger’ road safety campaign for the New Year which will start next week.

 

The Pattaya City Police Chief Colonel Kunlachart Kunlachai told The Pattaya News, “The seven days of danger for this New Year’s festival will be from December 28th to January 3rd.”

 

“Pattaya City Police, Pattaya Tourist Police, Banglamung district officers, and volunteers will patrol around the Pattaya area.”

 

“Multiple checkpoints will be set on the main roads. Our main checkpoint for this coming Seven Days of Danger campaign in Pattaya will be in front of the Big C store in South Pattaya on Sukhumvit.”

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/12/21/pattaya-preparing-for-new-years-seven-days-of-danger-traffic-program/

 

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Thailand is about to get more road deaths than tourist arrivals a day soon.

judging by the huge number of parked motorbikes around all the open drinking venues every night - drink driving is rampant and that goes for foreigners and Thais, I really hope many are caught

Proactive policing year around? Mobile traffic patrols? 

I think 7 days is a bit low!  It is more like particularly in Pattaya 365 days!????

Usual Horse doo doo .

Does this mean we will catch a glimpse of that rare breed; Pattaya Plod?  They have been singularly missing on the roads for at least two years.  Now they are about to emerge in full daylight to draw a week's overtime for staring at their phones.

51 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Does this mean we will catch a glimpse of that rare breed; Pattaya Plod?  They have been singularly missing on the roads for at least two years.  Now they are about to emerge in full daylight to draw a week's overtime for staring at their phones.

Seen them on the Railway line bypass Rd, Northbound a couple of time lately.....  didn't wave me over though surprisingly. 

I doubt they can count to 7

'Checkpoints' in this country; meeting places for Cops to socialise whilst sitting on their Butt's for the most part with the Booze under a table and the empty metal mugs to pour it into.  And all this on Overtime !

A dickie bird told me that no Thais are going on holiday this silly season

On 12/22/2021 at 8:21 AM, jacko45k said:

Seen them on the Railway line bypass Rd, Northbound a couple of time lately.....  didn't wave me over though surprisingly. 

I used to see them doing traffic duty on Rot Fai junctions like Kao Noi/Talo during rush hour.  Then this singular proof of their existence disappeared.  I assumed they'd been deployed to beat up students in Bangkok.

Expect more of this........

 

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2 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Expect more of this........

 

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSeamn21L/

That was nasty, wonder what the 'Grab' m/c driver thought he was doing?

As ever barking up the wrong tree - the accident rate is usually LOWER over this period.

BTW - the OP photo shows a commercial vehicle which is banned over the holiday period 

 

On 12/22/2021 at 12:07 PM, trainman34014 said:

'Checkpoints' in this country; meeting places for Cops to socialise whilst sitting on their Butt's for the most part with the Booze under a table and the empty metal mugs to pour it into.  And all this on Overtime !

and playing mobile phones !!!!