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13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand braces for a safer new year as the government unveils a comprehensive plan to control alcohol-related accidents during the festive season.

I sense a cunning plan to move new years eve to June 20th and New years day to September 10th

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13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand braces for a safer new year as the government unveils a comprehensive plan to control alcohol-related accidents during the festive season. Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin has revealed a four-pronged strategy by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee to address the rise in drink-fuelled mishaps, a grim aspect of the otherwise joyous holidays across the country.

Time to get tough

Mandatory one year in jail for DUI,

Injuries to third parties gets 5 years per victim

Death of a third party gets 10 years per victim

MANDATORY.

 

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14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The objective is to sever the lethal coupling between holiday merriment and road disasters that have become all too common.

How about severing the coupling between financing from Boon Rawd Brewery, Singha, et al and the government. You know, just so you can pretend better...

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16 hours ago, smedly said:

are they having a laugh, drink driving is a serious problem 365 days a year

 

The bigger risk than just drinking and driving is all these idiots outside the city that have a couple of drinks and drive without a helmet.

 

I am actually surprised that one has done a study on how many lives would have been spared if wearing a helmet.

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26 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

 

The bigger risk than just drinking and driving is all these idiots outside the city that have a couple of drinks and drive without a helmet.

 

I am actually surprised that one has done a study on how many lives would have been spared if wearing a helmet.

 

Given that 80% of road fatalities are motorcyclists...  and so many do not wear a helmet, it could be 'guessed' that somewhere in the region of 50% of those are from head injuries that would have been avoided had a helmet been worn...  thus: a very rough estimate: about 10,000 lives.

 

It needs to be restated before some bright spark highlights there is no way of knowing without studies - of course not, this is a pure layman's guess assuming half of road deaths on a motorcycle are from head-injury.

 

Knowing the mindset of some characters on this forum: Someone will of course mention - but those people might now be a burden on their family etc... I've seen all bizarre arguments and whatifery on here...  Any such points are moronic in the context of helmets preventing deaths.

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Just like their moves to "end flooding," and "end PM 2.5 haze, and "end corruption," ending drunk-driving in a country of alcoholics is a dead-end.  It will never happen.

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16 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Only 14% of those stopped and breathalysed at check points blew positive ????...  hmm... :whistling:

 

I'm going for...   14% of those who were stopped and breathalysed at check points blew positive met quotas... meanwhile a large proportion were able to circumnavigate official processing with a little lubricance.....

 

 

 

Holy ****.  14% of the people on the road are drunk!!!  One of the reasons I hang up the car keys during large holidays.

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18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand braces for a safer new year as the government unveils a comprehensive plan to control alcohol-related accidents during the festive season.

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How about making the Police do the job they"re paid to do, 31 December / Songkran  which ever New Year they wish to choose, put more Police on the roads, &  make them do their job

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8 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Given that 80% of road fatalities are motorcyclists...  and so many do not wear a helmet, it could be 'guessed' that somewhere in the region of 50% of those are from head injuries that would have been avoided had a helmet been worn...  thus: a very rough estimate: about 10,000 lives.

 

It needs to be restated before some bright spark highlights there is no way of knowing without studies - of course not, this is a pure layman's guess assuming half of road deaths on a motorcycle are from head-injury.

 

Knowing the mindset of some characters on this forum: Someone will of course mention - but those people might now be a burden on their family etc... I've seen all bizarre arguments and whatifery on here...  Any such points are moronic in the context of helmets preventing deaths.

 

The big thing that we have to consider is that outside of the city and burbs, people do not have a lot of choices.  It is a lot like it used to be in the country in Canada where you went to a party, had a good time, and hoped you could make it home because there is no taxi or anything.

 

The only thing that started to stop them in Canada was  

 

a. more check stops

b. harsher judges

c. society and the change in how they feel Drunk driving is not laughed off like it used to

d. car insurance

 

Because most Thais ride bikes and most Thais go out by themselves, it is very hard to have a designated driver.

 

Add in the lack of helmets and the need for speed and guess what 

 

Population control

 

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Ah the annual Government drink driving lip service sermon where serious repercussions will ensue if found to be driving/riding over the drink drive limit. We must be getting closer to a new year shame they don’t apply these alleged robust rules all the year round. Maybe it’ll be a really good year end and the AN resident drink driver will finally get caught.

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