Thai Alcohol Control Committee opposes selling booze till 4 AM

[webfact]

PHOTO: Khaosod

 

By Tanakorn Panyadee

National — The Thai Alcohol Control Committee opposed a proposal to extend the legal hours for selling alcoholic beverages to 4 AM, citing a potential rise in traffic accidents.

Dr. Opas Karnkawinongpop, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Public Health, revealed to Thai reporters today, November 25th, after completing a meeting with the Alcohol Control Committee that the committee initially opposed the idea of allowing the sale of alcohol from 5 PM to 4 AM.

 

The committee said it was too long because it meant alcohol could be sold for 11 hours per day, which could increase alcohol-related health problems, injuries, and casualties.

 

Dr. Opas stated the chance of drunk-driving-related accidents could also rise by more than 27% or 10-20 casualties per day if alcohol was allowed to be sold from 5 PM to 4 AM despite all-night police checkpoints.

 

The Thai Alcohol Control Committee had already considered the economic benefits of the proposal, but still had agreed that the extension should not be mandated, Dr. Opas added.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/11/25/thai-alcohol-control-committee-opposes-selling-booze-till-4-am/

 

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[smedly]

25 minutes ago, webfact said:

The committee said it was too long because it meant alcohol could be sold for 11 hours per day, which could increase alcohol-related health problems, injuries, and casualties.

it doesn't stop people drinking - it increases flexibility especially enetertainment venues in tourist locations which are right now being constantly harrassed by police who's time would be better spent policing the roads for drunks driving and killing people.

 

stupid nonesense as usual from this crowd who don't think of anything else but their own ego's 

 

all this is doing is pushing people to drinking behind closed doors and hiding - hardly satisfactory is it 

[Mac Mickmanus]

They need to close at 4 AM because it stops kids buying alcohol on the way to School 

[Dialemco]

Personally see no reason to extend alcohol sales to 4AM but the reason given is nonsense most alcohol accidents happen well before the present 2AM alcohol sales. 

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, Dialemco said:

Personally see no reason to extend alcohol sales to 4AM but the reason given is nonsense most alcohol accidents happen well before the present 2AM alcohol sales. 

I thought it was midnight except in entertainment zones?

[scubascuba3]

Thai logic, the committee must be drunk

[nobodysfriend]

This means that the ' entertainment venues ' will not be allowed to serve alcohol after 2 am , but can stay open until 4 am ?

May be , that is reasonable after all ... It would give time to drunk customers to sober up a little before closing time ?

One last drink at 2 am , after that only non-alcoholic beverages ...

[stoner]

i'll drink to that.

[hioctane]

How about no parking in entertainment zones after midnight forcing people to take taxis.

[hioctane]

4 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

This means that the ' entertainment venues ' will not be allowed to serve alcohol after 2 am , but can stay open until 4 am ?

May be , that is reasonable after all ... It would give time to drunk customers to sober up a little before closing time ?

One last drink at 2 am , after that only non-alcoholic beverages ...

This one mean people can buy one last bottle before the deadline.

[ikke1959]

At last someone with common sense. The bars and restauarants should be closed at 2.00 every day, and alcohol sales during should be lifted. Many ways to prevent youth to buy alcohol as for example obliged id when buying

[jacko45k]

4 minutes ago, hioctane said:

How about no parking in entertainment zones after midnight forcing people to take taxis.

There isn't a lot available now!

[nobodysfriend]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

the committee initially opposed the idea of allowing the sale of alcohol from 5 PM to 4 AM.

5 pm until 4 am ?

The death of all nightlife ... not a good idea ...

[Foghorn]

If had a proper police force that actively police the roads and a prosecution department that doesn’t accept bribes or favors then there would be fewer drunk driving and other road accidents, I see people on motorbikes all day and night right outside the police station with no helmets ,parking illegally and what do the police do ? Carry on playing phones with their fingers up their <deleted> 

[jaywalker2]

The current restrictions have had no effect on either alcohol consumption or traffic fatalities.

[jacko45k]

1 minute ago, jaywalker2 said:

The current restrictions have had no effect on either alcohol consumption or traffic fatalities.

Another nonsense statement. How can you possibly know this? It would even seem illogical to claim restricting alcohol sales has had no impact on alcohol sales and consumption.

[kennw]

1 hour ago, nobodysfriend said:

This means that the ' entertainment venues ' will not be allowed to serve alcohol after 2 am , but can stay open until 4 am ?

May be , that is reasonable after all ... It would give time to drunk customers to sober up a little before closing time ?

One last drink at 2 am , after that only non-alcoholic beverages ...

And then after 2am the "drinks" must be served in tea cups

[kingstonkid]

4 hours ago, smedly said:

it doesn't stop people drinking - it increases flexibility especially enetertainment venues in tourist locations which are right now being constantly harrassed by police who's time would be better spent policing the roads for drunks driving and killing people.

 

stupid nonesense as usual from this crowd who don't think of anything else but their own ego's 

 

all this is doing is pushing people to drinking behind closed doors and hiding - hardly satisfactory is it 

Thai police will still have to maintain checks on businesses because if you let them stay open until 4 they will be serving breakfast to customers at 6 along with another beer.

 

Something that is not taken into consideration is

 

a.  how do these people get home at 4 all the transit systems are shut down. 

b the longer hours that people are going to have to work

c. what is an entertainment area and how does it affect the people living near it.

 

Are there going to be a lot of people showing up at 3 to get a girl in NANA

 

I question whether it will make a difference for bars that is financially profitable once they have to find staff and pay extra bills.

 

I do not see it being a bon to NANA or Cowboy

 

I really don ot see it being a boon to the small bars in villages.

 

[kennw]

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

There isn't a lot available now!

And the illegal parking mostly motorbikes makes it difficult and dangerous for cars to drive thru the narrowed road trying to avoid the people walking on the road, 

[swm59nj]

That's going to put a damper on tourism and a lot of the expat community.  

[herfiehandbag]

 

The clue is in the name, to be specific the last two words of it: " control committee"

[actonion]

They gotta stop serving at 2am   ... it gives the police  more time to raid bars, and get  pocket money 

[kcpattaya]

In most other countries, worldwide, alcohol is available at "any" time of day.
How many road accidents we see elsewhere?

[riverhigh]

The alcohol control committee has my full support. There is no need whatsoever for people to be drinking in bars until 4 am. These self-absorbed baby adults running around, shouting and playing loud music without consideration for anyone else. The good people who get up early in the mourning to go to work and contribute to society should not be deprived of a good night's sleep. 

[smedly]

48 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

Thai police will still have to maintain checks on businesses because if you let them stay open until 4 they will be serving breakfast to customers at 6 along with another beer.

so what, we need to get back to normal in this country as it was pre-covid, I have been here a long time I know exactly how it was

 

as I have said many times on these forums - there is no such a thing as "New Normal" as things are it is encouraging police abuse and corruption - their time would be better spent protecting people from prolific drunk drivers who are only caught after they have an accident and either killed or seriously injured themselves or an innocent member of the public

[smedly]

33 minutes ago, riverhigh said:

The alcohol control committee has my full support. There is no need whatsoever for people to be drinking in bars until 4 am. These self-absorbed baby adults running around, shouting and playing loud music without consideration for anyone else. The good people who get up early in the mourning to go to work and contribute to society should not be deprived of a good night's sleep. 

wow - glad you have no say in the matter

[Will B Good]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

despite all-night police checkpoints.

What?......Never seen one in my life.

[seajae]

they need to do as they used to do in Australia, 10am to 11pm, outside these hours they need to have a special licence, anyone caught selling to under age kids  loses their licence to sell alcohol, large fines and jail time, same for anyone caught selling to drunk people but to do this you would need a working police force, something Thailand does not have

[Robin]

The problem is not the hours that Alcohol is served, but that Thais and Tourists cannot control their drinking

[crazykopite]

These clowns are out of touch with todays society you can drink 24/7 in your home and go out and kill someone a few years back I was knocked off my bike at 8 in the morning by a <deleted> up Thai who lost control fortunately I could se it coming and although he clipped me had I not had such a notion of what was to happen I would of been in the temple the guy was on his way to work