webfact Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 During the Songkran festival, perhaps even more so than during other long holidays, the issue of road safety is taken seriously. The fact that we still call the Thai New Year holidays “the 7 dangerous days” and report the daily death and injury tolls says a lot about the situation. Pandemic or not, Thailand’s roads remain the deadliest in Southeast Asia, and among the top 10 in the global hall of shame. As Thais travel for vacations or to their homes during the major festival, which this year ends on Sunday, April 17, the number of road injuries and deaths increases. The pattern is repeated every year and the reasons behind the injuries of fatalities are always the same – drunk driving, speeding, and not wearing helmets. Sadly, all the causes of accidents can be prevented. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe Every time the road safety issue is highlighted such as during festivals or after shocking accidents, the authorities go on high alert and react. But most of the time, it is the same old Thailand where lax law enforcement, negligent police, and irresponsible drivers meet on the streets. That’s the reason why Thailand’s road fatality rate is more than double the global average of 18 per 100,000 population. In 2012, Thailand’s fatalities caused by road accidents were 36.2 per 100,000 people according to the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s report. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/dicing-with-death-thai-motorists-continue-to-play-with-their-lives-on-the-roads/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-04-15 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post keith101 Posted April 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2022 Nothing new TIT . 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dmaxdan Posted April 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2022 The problem is that they don't see it as dicing with death. They are brought up to believe Budda will protect them and therefore they can do what they like, when they like and no harm will ever befall them....If only life was that simple. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Reading the article makes me think that the Title should be Dueling ....not Dicing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post klauskunkel Posted April 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) Quote Thai motorists continue to play with their lives on the roads I don't mind at all if they play with their lives. Let them play! But, if they play with innocent people's lives, health or property, then they need to be taken away. Edited April 15, 2022 by klauskunkel 10 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 37 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said: The problem is that they don't see it as dicing with death. They are brought up to believe Budda will protect them and therefore they can do what they like, when they like and no harm will ever befall them....If only life was that simple. I run 10 amulets, Iam safe. If it does turn to kaka I will be reincarnated. All is good. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NanLaew Posted April 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2022 58 minutes ago, webfact said: Pandemic or not, Thailand’s roads remain the deadliest in Southeast Asia, and among the top 10 in the global hall of shame. Since neither Myanmar or Vietnam publish any statistics, this regional or global rating is questionable. Yes, it's bad here but it's pure supposition to state categorically that Thailand's on the podium. The fact that around 80% of these fatalities are on motorbikes after dark on rural roads, then the "Thailand's roads" is taking things out of context. 3 2 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2 is 1 Posted April 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2022 Thailand is only country in this planet where everybody think DUI is normal behavior! Everybody do it and mostly not get any fine or any judgement from it! Only if you crash you get fault from crash but you can buy you way out of it easily, even somebody die in that crash! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted April 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2022 9 minutes ago, NanLaew said: Since neither Myanmar or Vietnam publish any statistics, this regional or global rating is questionable. Yes, it's bad here but it's pure supposition to state categorically that Thailand's on the podium. The fact that around 80% of these fatalities are on motorbikes after dark on rural roads, then the "Thailand's roads" is taking things out of context. You better do some research before you back yourself into a corner sir. https://news.sky.com/story/killer-roads-why-thailand-has-one-of-the-worst-death-rates-from-driving-in-the-world-12051841 At least 20,000 people die on Thailand's roads every year, making them the ninth most dangerous in the world, according to research by the World Health Organisation (WHO). In the UK - a country with a similar sized population - the figure is about 1,800, according to the WHO report. Look at the chart below and you will see that Thailand leads all of Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate Bangladesh Asia 13.6 1020.6 21,316 2013 Bhutan Asia 15.1 167.2 114 2013 Cambodia Asia 17.4 107.2 2,635 2013 China Asia 18.8 104.5 261,367 2016 East Timor Asia 16.6 295.8 188 2013 Hong Kong Asia 1.3 12.2 7.3 97 2020[12] India Asia 16.6 130.1 207,551 2016 Indonesia Asia 15.3 36.7 38,279 2016 Iran Asia 20.5 54.1 16,426 2016 Iraq Asia 20.2 151.2 6,826 2013 Israel Asia 4.2 10.7 5.9 345 2016 Japan Asia 4.1 5.7 6.4 5,224 2016 Jordan Asia 7.65[15] 49.9[15] 750[15] 2016[15] Kazakhstan Asia 24.2 101.4 3,983 2016 Kuwait Asia 18.7 34.2 629 2013 Kyrgyzstan Asia 22.0 127.3 1220 2016 Laos Asia 14.3 67.5 971 2013 Lebanon Asia 22.6 64.8 1088 2016 Malaysia Asia 23.6 29.8 7,374 2016 Maldives Asia 3.5 19.5 12 2013 Mongolia Asia 21.0 88.4 597 2016 Myanmar Asia 20.3 250.8 10,809 2013 Nepal Asia 17.0 399.8 4,713 2013 Oman Asia 25.4 85.3 924 2013 Pakistan Asia 14.2 283.9 25,781 2013 Philippines Asia 10.5 135 10,379 2013 Qatar Asia 6.0 27.1 161 2021 Saudi Arabia Asia 27.4 119.7 7,898 2013 Singapore Asia 3.6 20.2 197 2013 South Korea Asia 6.5 13 13.8[7] 3,349 2019[16] Sri Lanka Asia 17.4 70.9 3,691 2013 Taiwan Asia 12.1[nb 3] 2,865[nb 3] 2019[nb 3][nb 2][17] Tajikistan Asia 18.8 374.9 1,543 2016 Thailand Asia 32.7 60.2 22,491 2016 Turkey Asia 12.3 46.4 9,782 2016 Turkmenistan Asia 17.4 107.8[nb 4] 914 2016 United Arab Emirates Asia 18.1 62.7 1,678 2013 Uzbekistan Asia 11.5 3,617 2016 Vietnam Asia 24.5 55 22,419 2013 Yemen Asia 21.5 436.6 5,248 2013 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CLW Posted April 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2022 Wearing mask but no helmet or seat belt pretty much sums up the situation here. No further comment needed.... 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 And your point is? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalGuy Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said: And your point is? ???? Low IQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 18 minutes ago, TropicalGuy said: Low IQ Maybe not ???? They are all Buddhists. Maybe they chose the shortest way to paradise? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted April 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said: Maybe not ???? They are all Buddhists. Maybe they chose the shortest way to paradise? No short cuts and bad driving and drunk driving sure as hell wont get them paradise, maybe reincarnated as the next bug that splatters on my windscreen... 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted April 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2022 Until they have an enforced policy to remove these people from the roads nothing will change. At the moment it seems to be an attitude of tolerance to allow people to do what they wish. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 21 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said: No short cuts and bad driving and drunk driving sure as hell wont get them paradise, maybe reincarnated as the next bug that splatters on my windscreen... Thank you. Your comment will make my day ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BusyB Posted April 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2022 2 hours ago, klauskunkel said: I don't mind at all if they play with their lives. Let them play! But, if they play with innocent people's lives, health or property, then they need to be taken away. That's the whole point - it's not just their lives they're 'playing' with. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 2 hours ago, NanLaew said: The fact that around 80% of these fatalities are on motorbikes after dark on rural roads, then the "Thailand's roads" is taking things out of context. got any links to stats to back that up ? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketDog Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: Reading the article makes me think that the Title should be Dueling ....not Dicing. Duels involve matched weapons. Death has an extensive arsenal. Thai drivers have only luck and amulets. Not a duel but a slaughter. More to the point, they are killing each other with wild abandon. Don't blame it on Death or Buddha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Bones Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 3 hours ago, Dmaxdan said: The problem is that they don't see it as dicing with death. They are brought up to believe Budda will protect them and therefore they can do what they like, when they like and no harm will ever befall them....If only life was that simple. Maybe not quite that simple. I think they are brought up to believe that if you give BIG to Buddha, you will be OK in the NEXT life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalGuy Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 2 hours ago, sawadee1947 said: Maybe not ???? They are all Buddhists. Maybe they chose the shortest way to paradise? Or first they can be reborn …. Circles back to low IQ ???????????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevc Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Just looking the UK has about the same population as Thailand but UK roads deaths in 2020 1,490 Thailand 17,830, talk about scary. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 48 minutes ago, TropicalGuy said: Or first they can be reborn …. Circles back to low IQ ???????????? Yeah, ashes to ashes ???? or a**** to a**** 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobU Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 4 hours ago, 2 is 1 said: Thailand is only country in this planet where everybody think DUI is normal behavior! Everybody do it and mostly not get any fine or any judgement from it! Only if you crash you get fault from crash but you can buy you way out of it easily, even somebody die in that crash! UK in the 1920's being drunk was accepted as a reasonable excuse and waiver from criminal prosecution if you caused death, injury or damage to property whilst driving a motor vehicle or horse drawn carriage or riding a horse. It seems that is the attitude in Thailand today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandeventer Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 5 hours ago, klauskunkel said: I don't mind at all if they play with their lives. Let them play! But, if they play with innocent people's lives, health or property, then they need to be taken away. The shame is if they go to other countries they will drive the same as they do here, and nobody will make allowances for them there as they do for them here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobU Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 2 hours ago, vandeventer said: The shame is if they go to other countries they will drive the same as they do here, and nobody will make allowances for them there as they do for them here. Unfortunately in the UK they may get off lightly. There are many cases of foreigners being let off or getting reduced sentences/fines because they claimed they 'didn't understand our road rules'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 I have no problem with Thai motorists dicing with their own deaths. It's when they dice with mine that I get concerned. I write this almost weekly/weakly; things will never improve till Thailand gets a police force. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 20 hours ago, webfact said: and the reasons behind the injuries of fatalities are always the same – drunk driving, speeding, and not wearing helmets. Ah... I see it's exactly the same reasons as during the entire rest of the year. The truth is that Thailand actually is in a perpetual state of "dangerous days" as far as road traffic is concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actonion Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Its not only their lives they're playing with... its everyone elses lives who share the road with these dumb nutters...and the more dumb government who do nothing about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actonion Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 1 hour ago, mikebell said: I have no problem with Thai motorists dicing with their own deaths. It's when they dice with mine that I get concerned. I write this almost weekly/weakly; things will never improve till Thailand gets a police force. And a decent government who can make sure the police do their jobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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