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256 people killed during road safety campaign, Phuket boat safety shake-up - Tim Newton Today - Jan 5


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Thailand news - Thailand's new year road safety campaign has finished with another 256 people dead, another five boat captains test positive for drugs in Phuket, a white whale spotted in Phang Nga Bay near Phi Phi Islands, smuggled heroin, on its way to Australia, is intervened, and where is Bangkok's new Yellow Line network rolling stock manufactured? Thai government chases up complaints about the new 4am closing times.

 

Tim Newton Today is a daily take on Thai and regional news and issues of interest to expats and foreign tourists.

 

 

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9 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

What about the other 364 days in the year? Maybe an idea to cut down on all road accidents.

It is just PR.  If you run the numbers, then the daily death rate during these new year days was only marginally above the average death rate over the entire year using last year's data  (42.7 vs. 40.4 deaths per day).  So these horrible year end days do not really exist at all.  This is just the rate people die in Thailand in traffic accidents every day and nobody cares.

 

 

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11 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

What about the other 364 days in the year? Maybe an idea to cut down on all road accidents.

 

Most other places yes ...

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16 hours ago, K2938 said:

It is just PR.  If you run the numbers, then the daily death rate during these new year days was only marginally above the average death rate over the entire year using last year's data  (42.7 vs. 40.4 deaths per day).  So these horrible year end days do not really exist at all.  This is just the rate people die in Thailand in traffic accidents every day and nobody cares.

 

 

Using the daily rate is not exactly comforting is it? A total overhaul is required to get road deaths right down to single figures.

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