A typical week on Thailand's roads

[Surasak]

The majority of Thai's cannot think ahead in any given situation, but on the road is a different story. On the road, they can get ahead by taking risks no ordinary person would dare or even contemplate. On the road, Thai's have to be first at all costs, even death, but they didn't see that coming in their haste to be first.

[Andrew Dwyer]

Always looking for that short cut ……. sometimes it works……. sometimes not !!

[mdr224]

The road there is so scary that you can do everything the right way every day you live there and still be killed by some idiot

[alien365]

As most fatalities include bikes, I'd say no.  There seems to be a lot more speed cameras around now on the larger roads that I think are starting to make people in cars slow down a bit. The current speed limit of 80/90 on most sections of these roads is simply too low though. As people slow down for the cameras and speed back up again, all they do in my opinion is generate money and cause traffic jams. A steady 110/120 would work a lot better in my opinion.

[Gottfrid]

On 10/7/2024 at 8:15 AM, anchadian said:

Never changes and never will.  Shame on Thailand's road safety:

THAI NEWS REPORTS: #RoadSafety summary for 29 September - 5 October 2024:

 

306 killed (43/day) & 17,057 injured in road accidents

34 children and 11 foreigners killed

80% of fatalities were motorcyclists

10,543 people have been killed and 642,620 injured this year

 

https://x.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1843086727248007491

 

I would say that your statistic numbers that you seem to blindly believe are wrong and the deaths are misinterpreted. Regarding the 34 children, I think they have counted the victims in the bus fire. Something that would mean, that during the time mentioned 20 children and 2 adults were killed in that accident. Something that makes it impossible to reach 80% motorcyclists in the fatalities.

Edited 2 hours ago by Gottfrid

[GmailJen]

Insurance is the key !   Nothing will change whilst Insurance remains in Government hands and DLT hands out Insurance like Candy .

[RocketDog]

On 10/7/2024 at 8:15 AM, anchadian said:

Never changes and never will.  Shame on Thailand's road safety:

THAI NEWS REPORTS: #RoadSafety summary for 29 September - 5 October 2024:

 

306 killed (43/day) & 17,057 injured in road accidents

34 children and 11 foreigners killed

80% of fatalities were motorcyclists

10,543 people have been killed and 642,620 injured this year

 

https://x.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1843086727248007491

 

It will never change because the Thai people are satisfied with the situation as it is now and they accept the losses to their family and friends.

[Elkski]

20 hours ago, HuaHinNew said:

Interesting to learn about the stunt team and those engineered poles they did the stunts on. They trusted science the first go.