7-Eleven Teams with British Embassy to Boost Thailand Road Safety

[In Full Agreement]

17 hours ago, connda said:

What a laugh -

 

 

 

If it saves just one life, I'd say more power to them.

[roo860]

1 hour ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Scabs sicken me.

You should see a doctor then.

[FolkGuitar]

If Thailand really cared about preventing road accidents, it would put some police on the roads where the problems are. We all know of these locations in our areas. It's not a surprise.

Yes... it is that simple.

[Moonlover]

13 hours ago, kickstart said:

The odds of any one at7 -11 speaking enough English to give advice about riding motorbikes in Thailand will not be high.

Unless it will be one with in shop leaflets?

4 hours ago, kwilco said:

no mention of the IDP or having a FULL licence then?

 

What's that on the poster just below 'wear a helmet' then?

 

16 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Ha ha ha. Any Brit, or anyone for that matter, who drives a motorbike without a helmet, unqualified and pi55ed, deserves all that happens to them. The British Embassy isn't going to help them out in any way.

It's precisely because the British embassy do have to help out when one of their nationals have an accident that they are participating in this initiative.

13 hours ago, kickstart said:

The odds of any one at7 -11 speaking enough English to give advice about riding motorbikes in Thailand will not be high.

Unless it will be one with in shop leaflets?

It's a poster campaign. Why should the staff need to speak English? It's not their job to give out advice anyway.

[lordgrinz]

6 minutes ago, FolkGuitar said:

If Thailand really cared about preventing road accidents, it would put some police on the roads where the problems are. We all know of these locations in our areas. It's not a surprise.

Yes... it is that simple.

 

Plus the money they could make off of towing, impounding, and ticketing would more than pay for their services. The knock-on effect would be less dead people, less medical costs, safer roads, less congestion, safer for tourism, etc, etc, etc. 

[Kenny Boy]

3 hours ago, Upnotover said:

Surprised the embassy didn't provide them a photo of a current UK passport rather than one phased out over 4 years ago.

They are BEING phased out, still valid if you have one 

[Andrew65]

24 minutes ago, FolkGuitar said:

If Thailand really cared about preventing road accidents, it would put some police on the roads where the problems are. We all know of these locations in our areas. It's not a surprise.

Yes... it is that simple.

Thailand has a bit of a problem with law enforcement generally. Part of their culture maybe?

[ChipButty]

They need to be aiming it at Thai's, High season here in Phuket it's crazy

[KannikaP]

41 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

What's that on the poster just below 'wear a helmet' then?

You mean the bit in small, hardly readable, writing.  555

[actonion]

13 hours ago, FruitPudding said:

Perhaps try educating Thais about letting their kids operate motorbikes.

Thai's can't / won't be told, simply because they  know everything, so my   (Thai) Mr.. tells me

[Moonlover]

48 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

What's that on the poster just below 'wear a helmet' then?

 

48 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

You mean the bit in small, hardly readable, writing.  555

Yes I do mean the writing on that small picture of a poster which, is in reality, around 1 metre tall. Duh!

 

[Ralf001]

2 hours ago, roo860 said:

You should see a doctor then.

 

Why ?

 

[CLW]

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The police are also intensifying checks on vehicle rental businesses and public transport drivers to ensure compliance with safety standards

 

Shouldn't that be standard? Both by the rental businesses and public transport drivers...

[mran66]

What??? 

 

Not surprised of Thai govt doing things like this, but British??? Where is this world going. 

[Unamerican]

8 hours ago, Upnotover said:

a photo of a current UK passport

Looks much the sane as mine!  What has changed? 

[Upnotover]

6 minutes ago, Unamerican said:

Looks much the sane as mine!  What has changed? 

It's blue.

[Aussie999]

9 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Which part of  'Any Brit, or anyone for that matter,' do you not understand. The OP mentioned the British Embassy, so my reply was to NOT signal them out for special attention. 

Of course targetted Brits, it's irrelevant if the Brirish Embassy is involved, as they are not targeting any particular ethnic group.... but you did.

[KannikaP]

2 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

Of course targetted Brits, it's irrelevant if the Brirish Embassy is involved, as they are not targeting any particular ethnic group.... but you did.

OK if that's how you took my meaning. 

[Unamerican]

2 hours ago, Upnotover said:

It's blue.

Shock horror!  But thanks for the update. 

[kwilco]

Around 80% of road deaths are riders and passengers of motorcycles - on top of that one needs to include serious, life-changing and minor injuries.

 

If the authorities can reduce those figures it has the possibility of making a sizeable impact on what is a major public health issue in Thailand and one of the main causes of death.

However, in Tourist areas like Phuket, Samui etc it is tourists who are at most risk.

A combination of lack of skill, poor clothing and driving without full licences means they are a danger to themselves and others.

 

Sadly many don't realise the risks or that they are driving illegally.

 

I only noticed when pointed out that the "poster" does have a reference to having the correct "permit" - as ever this is a poor piece of graphics and copywriting as it doesn't even use clear vocabulary - one must have a FULL licence accompanied by an IDP - many people don't even understand how to read the IDP and fail to grasp that the endorsement of "A1" is not valid in Thailand. I fear many police don't know that either - but you can be sure the insurance companies will.

Edited 6 hours ago by kwilco

[jchfriis]

Much better would be a campaign that tells tourist what a bad idea it is to rent a motorbike in Thailand and include the stats of deaths on motorbikes.

 

Friends og mine from the home country asked med to show their two teenage children around Chiang Mai. The first thing the kids asked about was about renting a motorbike. Luckily I managed to convince them not to. Even if they had a license and some experience, which they didn't, I would advice against it.

[kwilco]

I think motorbikes are great ways of getting around. Unfortunately  you need to have a couple of skill sets - one is to be a competent rider and the second is to understand how to drive in Thailand. People who scream and shout about how bad "driving" is in Thailand fail to recognise that it is they themselves that are not the good drivers.  THe very concept of "good" or "bad" driving indicates they don't actually understand the meaning of road safety.

 

Being confused would be a good indicator you shouldn't be driving

Edited 4 hours ago by kwilco

[bkk6060]

90% of the time I bet it is Thais crashing into tourists.  They are the worse most uneducated drivers I have ever seen.  And the ¨just wear a helmet¨ brigade seem very naive the cheap styrofoam or plastic helmets purchased at Tesco are basically worthless considering the high impact collisions often seen here.  

If people were off their phones and not following so closely, I bet the collisions could be reduced by half.

[kwilco]

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

90% of the time I bet it is Thais crashing into tourists.  They are the worse most uneducated drivers I have ever seen.  And the ¨just wear a helmet¨ brigade seem very naive the cheap styrofoam or plastic helmets purchased at Tesco are basically worthless considering the high impact collisions often seen here.  

If people were off their phones and not following so closely, I bet the collisions could be reduced by half.

- what evidence do you have for that?