BANGKOK, Dec 27 (TNA) – With the long holidays approaching, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has opened the Road Safety Operations Center for the 7-day New Year danger prevention period.

The center, which will operate from Dec 29 to Jan 4 serves as a hub for collecting information to prevent and reduce road accidents during the New Year period.

 

Anutin stated that the Interior Ministry is fully prepared this year. They have conducted meetings with various network organizations and promoted the campaign to encourage people, who drink to refrain from driving instead of the ban on drunk driving.

 

Full story: TNA-MCOT 2023-12-27

 

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The highly intelligent Anutin states that: hub for collecting information to prevent and reduce road accidents during the New Year period!

A person with average intelligence will be able to understand that it is impossible to collect information, analyse what the major problems are, and act on this information within 6 days.

 

Sorry Anutin you are only 12 months too late!!

Nice badges boys ;)

7 hours ago, webfact said:

 

BANGKOK, Dec 27 (TNA) – With the long holidays approaching, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has opened the Road Safety Operations Center for the 7-day New Year danger prevention period.

The center, which will operate from Dec 29 to Jan 4 serves as a hub for collecting information to prevent and reduce road accidents during the New Year period.

 

Anutin stated that the Interior Ministry is fully prepared this year. They have conducted meetings with various network organizations and promoted the campaign to encourage people, who drink to refrain from driving instead of the ban on drunk driving.

 

Full story: TNA-MCOT 2023-12-27

 

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Ah good, they're taking it seriously - they have got a hub up and running.

 

Did they initiate proceedings by trooping outside to the big blue tent, opening and browsing Shopee on their phones whilst quaffing a large iced coffee delivered by a 7/11 girl on a scooter?

UPDATE:

 

Thai Authorities Initiate New Year Road Safety Campaign to Reduce Road Accidents and DUI Risks
By Kittisak Phalaharn

 

At 10:30 AM, on December 27th, 2023, Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, the Deputy Prime Minister, and relevant agencies held a conference on the initiative of prevention measures to reduce road accidents for the safety of drivers during the New Year holidays.

 

Anutin publicly revealed that the Thai government regarded the safety of drivers a top priority, especially during the New Year holidays as many people travel to their hometowns or visit tourist attractions. The risk of road accidents might occur more than usual.

The Thai government has integrated all relevant agencies to enforce road safety measures during the New Year’s celebrations. The purpose is to reduce road accidents, casualties, and injury rates to at least 5% compared to the statistics during the same period of the last 3 years, said Anutin.

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2023-12-28

 

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More BS from the Government BS factory.

No one cares at all, including the people. 

 

16 hours ago, webfact said:

With the long holidays approaching, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has opened the Road Safety Operations Center for the 7-day New Year danger prevention period.

Just make sure hospitals are open, ICU's are fully stocked and told not to turn away foreign patients who are dying.

Edited December 27, 20232 yr by hotchilli

11 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

Ah good, they're taking it seriously - they have got a hub up and running.

 

Did they initiate proceedings by trooping outside to the big blue tent, opening and browsing Shopee on their phones whilst quaffing a large iced coffee delivered by a 7/11 girl on a scooter?

The scooter girl never made it. She was involved in a vehicle collision. No helmet. One of the Minister's ready-mix concrete trucks delivered the drinks. 

8 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

The scooter girl never made it. She was involved in a vehicle collision. No helmet. One of the Minister's ready-mix concrete trucks delivered the drinks. 

Pedant head on - I can divert with the best of 'em - but I have noticed that 7/11 delivery drivers, in fact virtually all delivery drivers wear helmets. Company policy perhaps?

19 hours ago, webfact said:

the Road Safety Operations Center for the 7-day New Year danger prevention period.

AKA as a further excuse to pay police overtime for playing on their phones whilst ignoring the myriad of traffic offences yards away.

Next up out of control pickup wipes out road safety centre 🤔

 

I wonder what the cue/trigger is for when they all decide to wear their phraratchathan costume or a suit/tie combo.

My guess is it depends on the announcement, anything that might go international, western garb. Anything they think will only be local news gets the local fancy dress. 

 

 

And is that Sretta checking to see if his shocks are showing?.. they have to be showing at all times, that's his "thing" now.

 

 

19 hours ago, webfact said:

They have conducted meetings with various network organizations and promoted the campaign to encourage people, who drink to refrain from driving instead of the ban on drunk driving

Can someone explain this please.

Well, they couldn't have picked a more incompetent person to spearhead the impossible mission.

Opening DLT's that actually train people to be competant on the roads would be a good start. In combination with a system that bans people who are caught drink driving, driving without a licence and without insurance might start to reduce deaths on the roads.

 

15 hours ago, webfact said:

The purpose is to reduce road accidents, casualties, and injury rates to at least 5%

Statistically "low hanging fruit."

A minimum target of 30% and an upper target of 60% would be a significant goal. So the 5% seems more of a "check the government success box" for re-election.

if they put an on the road stop/checkpoint every 37 feet ...    it still would not stop the carnage