webfact Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Police launches campaign reducing road accidents BANGKOK, 17 December 2013 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Police has launched a campaign to discourage drunk driving in hopes of reducing road accidents.The campaign, introduced by the Thai Traffic Police, is aimed at raising awareness among drinkers of effects alcohol has on human bodies and discouraging driving when under the influence.According to Assistant to the National Police Chief Pol Lt Gen Ruangsak Jaritake, this is the second time the campaign has been held in Thailand in an attempt to reduce road accidents and fatalities; following the first campaign which was focusing heavily on strictly enforcing law and punishment against drunk drivers. This year’s campaign will emphasize on providing information for drinkers and helping them avoiding harming themselves and others around them.The campaign will kick start on December 20. Entertainment venues and liquor stores that are interested in joining the campaign should contact the Thai Traffic Police at 1197.-- NNT 2013-12-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DLock Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 Raising awareness without strictly enforced and severe penalties is useless. Fail. Please try again. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sloopydee Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 Why don't they just enforce all the laws properly? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DocN Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 ...groundhog day...again??? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 First the BiB high rankers must ''find'' their staff and get them out there............................ Or perhaps give them their individual ''orders'' for the day, thats if they managed to find them that is................. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nong38 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 THey drive poorly enough without drinking alcohol. Please send any ideas about where we go from here in a plastic bag to your nearest policeman ( they have brown uniforms with lots of badges). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nong38 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 First the BiB high rankers must ''find'' their staff and get them out there............................ Or perhaps give them their individual ''orders'' for the day, thats if they managed to find them that is................. Down the karaoke bar I think trying to impress some floozies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Briggsy Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 Meanwhile down at National Police HQ "Damn, these annoying govt ministers and civil servants telling us to do stuff about drink driving. Suppose I will have to make it look like I am making an effort. Might find myself shifted sidewards and out of the promotion rung for a year or two. Right, what do I do about drink driving? I know I will set up some roadblocks. Maybe collect some cash too, 2 birds with one stone. I will print some posters too. With a tough-looking image of me on it too. And hold a press conference announcing a campaign. That should do it. Right, nong, nong, come and demolish this Red Label with me before we all drive home legless around midnight. Sorted. " 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mancub Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 One would like to think that drinkers are aware of the effects of drinking ....which are presumably why they do it ? Raising their awareness of the effects will probably serve to encourage them further !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Another year another campaign, what will change,nothing, its the same every year,too many families left grieving because their loved ones have drunk too much and still think they are fit to drive,then theres the innocent victims who happen to get in their way. Its well known Thai drivers are terrible on a good day,add too much liquor and you don't want to be anywhere near them,if you value your life. regards Worgeordie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tuky Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 (edited) this is the second time the campaign has been held in Thailand in an attempt to reduce road accidents and fatalities; following the first campaign which was focusing heavily on strictly enforcing law and punishment against drunk drivers. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results Albert Einstein Edited December 17, 2013 by tuky 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtgruen Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 this is the second time the campaign has been held in Thailand in an attempt to reduce road accidents and fatalities; following the first campaign which was focusing heavily on strictly enforcing law and punishment against drunk drivers. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results Albert Einstein That's not an Einstein quote, it's an AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) quite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spalpeen Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 What's the latest on the Ferrari-driving drunk who ran down and killed a cop before fleeing the scene and trying to get a servant to take the blame? Is he in jail yet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurnell Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Balls. Msz was nicked for being over the limit and paid 1,000 baht to drive away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Local Drunk Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 (edited) BANGKOK, 17 December 2013 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Police has launched a campaign to discourage drunk driving in hopes of reducing road accidents. An RTP spokesman went on to explain their policy. "Public executions are the only way to end this horrific scourge of senseless deaths on our roadways so a get tough policy has been mandated. We've issued a shoot on site order to all RTP for all of those committing traffic violations. Our policy is designed to be in the best interests of this country. Kill as many bad drivers as we can to insure safety for the rest." Edited December 17, 2013 by Local Drunk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soi Sauce Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 BANGKOK, 17 December 2013 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Police has launched a campaign to discourage drunk driving in hopes of reducing road accidents. An RTP spokesman went on to explain their policy. "Public executions are the only way to end this horrific scourge of senseless deaths on our roadways so a get tough policy has been mandated. We've issued a shoot on site order to all RTP for all of those committing traffic violations. Our policy is designed to be in the best interests of this country. Kill as many bad drivers as we can to insure safety for the rest." So you want to kill every driver? Must do coz there ain't any good ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meand Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 More meaningless reform. What a surprise. The country seems to be in a perpetuating cycle of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Local Drunk Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 BANGKOK, 17 December 2013 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Police has launched a campaign to discourage drunk driving in hopes of reducing road accidents. An RTP spokesman went on to explain their policy. "Public executions are the only way to end this horrific scourge of senseless deaths on our roadways so a get tough policy has been mandated. We've issued a shoot on site order to all RTP for all of those committing traffic violations. Our policy is designed to be in the best interests of this country. Kill as many bad drivers as we can to insure safety for the rest." So you want to kill every driver? Must do coz there ain't any good ones. It's called a "spoof" Soi Sauce... It maybe even be ironic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thairookie Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Does that mean my neighbourhood "win motorsai" will force me to put on one of his dirty helmets ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gp2002 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 What's the latest on the Ferrari-driving drunk who ran down and killed a cop before fleeing the scene and trying to get a servant to take the blame? Is he in jail yet? I think the better question is..........is he back in Thailand yet or is he still sick in Singapore on his phantom business trip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 absolute joke,they must have read the stastistics,the driving standards are so poor across the board,i for one will be staying well away from the road over new year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 (edited) this is the second time the campaign has been held in Thailand in an attempt to reduce road accidents and fatalities; following the first campaign which was focusing heavily on strictly enforcing law and punishment against drunk drivers. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results Albert Einstein That's not an Einstein quote, it's an AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) quite We stole borrowed it. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins133991.html But maybe not from Einstein Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.From Narcotics Anonymous circa 1980; in print in an 1981 "approval version" of the Narcotics Anonymous "Basic Text" – see that page for details. This and variations on it have also been variously attributed to Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Rita Mae Brown, and an old Chinese proverb, but this is the earliest known appearance and probable origin. Source: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Insanity Edited December 17, 2013 by impulse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesMad Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 ...sigh... it is that time of the year again... As usual, all talk and no REAL action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post easybullet3 Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 "Life is so short, Let's be Happy" is NOT promoting safety ! - that is a terrible statement!! it is promoting to live life like you don't care about tomorrow !!! I think it encourages recklessness! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokay Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 (edited) Maybe a national drunk driving day is in order. Once a month. Drive as fast as you want as drunk as you want to be. Natural selection will run its course from there. Over time the roads will become safer for the rest of us. Edited December 17, 2013 by Tokay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 It has taken years of education and enforcement in the US to drive down alcohol related offenses and road fatalities. I imagine the same will happen in Thailand, slowly yes, but unfortunately it will never satisfy those that are professional critics of all things Thai. Putting the beer bottle down is much more difficult for some than thinking before typing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcrab Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Damned if they do - damned if they don't. Some people will never be happy. Thailand isn't going to turn into the West overnight. I , for one, hope it never does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokheat Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 the traffic police must have got together over a few beers to discuss how they can reduce the road toll, then they all rode home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mancub Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Damned if they do - damned if they don't. Some people will never be happy. Thailand isn't going to turn into the West overnight. I , for one, hope it never does.They wouldn't be damned if they actually DID , rather than repeatedly just talk a good game . Anyway ,a campaign shouldn't be just for Xmas ,as the saying goes , it should be a continuous matter ...365 days a year ! Sorry to disagree ,but I believe that emulating the West in terms of road safety measures and thereby lowering the number of road deaths , is in fact, something that should be embraced ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSmiles Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I can notice from the picture in the OP that they take it serious once again, ZERO drunk driving and Zero accidents. Expect some tables along major roads with some coppers sitting at them drinking beer and not moving their ass, similar to other campaigns during major holidays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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