96.69 percent of cases taken to court during Songkran involved drunk driving

[webfact]

 

8,575 drunk driving cases represented 96.69% percent of all motoring related cases taken to court by the police during the seven days of Songkran celebrations, seeking to have the drivers be placed on probation, according to the Department of Probation.

 

The courts, however, only ordered drivers in 1,910 of the cases to be placed on probation. These include 1,870 cases of drunk driving and 40 of the 270 cases of drinking while driving.

 

The three provinces recording the most cases of drunk driving between April 11th and April 17th were Bangkok (530), Roi-Et (473) and Chiang Mai (458).

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/96-69-percent-of-cases-taken-to-court-during-songkran-involved-drunk-driving/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2023-04-18

 

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[KannikaP]

What happened to all the others?

[brucegoniners]

Good thing I'm on the wagon for a month.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

8,575 drunk driving cases represented 96.69% percent of all motoring related cases taken to court by the police during the seven days of Songkran celebrations, seeking to have the drivers be placed on probation, according to the Department of Probation.

So asking nicely didn't really work?

[hotchilli]

1 minute ago, brucegoniners said:

Good thing I'm on the wagon for a month.

I remember George Best once saying he went on the wagon once, worst 25 minutes of his life.

[dinsdale]

Makes me wonder how many 'on the spot fines aka tea money' was taken.

[Tarteso]

Buddhists soaked in alcohol..

[roietfortress]

How many sober people did you see last week? Maybe the weeklong insane blow out party isn't the best idea for the country.

 

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[Retfed50]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

So asking nicely didn't really work?

The same as it does every year!

[Road Warrior]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

So asking nicely didn't really work?

on probation !!!!!!  means told naughty boy thats it - 

[kwilco]

Does this mean everybody was drunk or is it that the police don't know how to spot and deal with other offences?

[ifmu]

I AM SO DISAPPOINTED IN THAILAND

[jabis]

Well that went rather well then, didn't it x)

[mikebell]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

96.69% percent of all motoring related cases taken to court by the police

occurred after an accident to which the police were forced to attend.  Only the other 3% offences involved active police 'work'.