Officials Combat Road Accidents By Monk Prayers

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[buck99]

Relax Guys I've got it covered. I just set out a bottle of red Fanta with a straw in it! I think we can all feel safer on the roads now.

[samjaidee]

This'll work.....just need to start roadside stalls selling amulets.....buy one get one free....way to go..

They believe this stuff!!

It's almost as ridiculous as a Christian believing that a man named Jesus was the son of God isn't it? Or praying to that god, asking for it to perform miracles.

[jonesthebaker]

Relax Guys I've got it covered. I just set out a bottle of red Fanta with a straw in it! I think we can all feel safer on the roads now.

why is red fanta so popular with the spirit world. personally i think it is way to sugary - then again maybe i will get to appreciate when i cross over. i know it goes very well with pigs heads. mmmmmm!

[fakename]

Went down to the 7 yesterday, ordered a few sticks of bbq chicken, outside. There is a T intersection there, and in the 5 minutes it took to get my order, there were at least 20 near accidents there. I almost decided to sit and watch, and didnt know if I should cry or laugh. Cars backing out blindly into the intersection, other cars running the stop sign (have never seen a car stop there), passing on the blind turn, cars parked on the blind turn, and cars going on the wrong side of the road. And this is out near the end of Soi Siam, where the traffic isnt so heavy.

[DocN]

This'll work.....just need to start roadside stalls selling amulets.....buy one get one free....way to go..

They believe this stuff!!

It's almost as ridiculous as a Christian believing that a man named Jesus was the son of God isn't it? Or praying to that god, asking for it to perform miracles.

The difference is, that most of the ones you mentioned ...or at least a big part...tries prayer AND road safety rules, law inforcement, driving tests...

[propreperic]

i am sorry to say an ex colleage of mine would say of this whole situation "you cannot teach pork"

[MJP]

This'll work.....just need to start roadside stalls selling amulets.....buy one get one free....way to go..

They believe this stuff!!

It's almost as ridiculous as a Christian believing that a man named Jesus was the son of God isn't it? Or praying to that god, asking for it to perform miracles.

The difference is, that most of the ones you mentioned ...or at least a big part...tries prayer AND road safety rules, law inforcement, driving tests...

Read post number 23 on page 1.

[Ulic]

So you figure that will help, thats the answer is it. OK.

[robblok]

Again a topic that attack the Thai religion. Pure hypocrisy if you ask me how is this any more dumb then believing that a guy that was nailed to a cross was the son of god and died for our sins and then came back to life. Sounds just as crazy as this. It always amazes me how religious people can attack an other religion for being crazy as they are all as crazy and there is no proof for any of them.

Saying that this is any more stupid as going to church and praying for world peace or that winning lottery ticket is just crazy.

There is no doubt in my mind this won't work as none of the religions have proven to work (except for keeping the poor and uneducated down)

So please let people believe what they want and if you believe something else your the last to pass judgement as your religion is just as unproven.

[Thaddeus]

None of you have actually read the report, have you?

You've all just responded to the thread title.

I read it all MJ, even past the part,

"However, Mr. Wachira also stressed that road safety depends on.................."

Which should be the primary focus of the message, and needs hammering home.

I wonder how many of the locals didn't get past the headline either, that's the scary part.

[tetleythedog]

It's true that evil spirits are to blame for most road accidents, mostly whiskey.

Yeah, Gotta be the spirits..............Thais are infallible and perfect at everything, i know cos they tell me so !!!

[notmyself]

According to the officials, the eviction of bad spirits will prevent future accident and help boost the morale of motorists.

This is a very risky approach that could easily back-fire.

What if the number of deaths rises significantly compared with other years?

What will these officials say then?

Never backfires. They will claim that it did work and the toll would have been even higher.

[Rimbuman]

Guess someone swiped the budget for driver safety program and this was all that was left

Fricken banana republic

NOT TO SELF - stay away from Chumpon

But, I like Chumpon

[bangarang]

It's true that evil spirits are to blame for most road accidents, mostly whiskey.

You especially have to watch out for drivers under the influence of Black Cock. Thats a big one you might want to avoid.

[Rimbuman]

Are these morons for real?

Yes they are.

[MJP]

None of you have actually read the report, have you?

You've all just responded to the thread title.

I read it all MJ, even past the part,

"However, Mr. Wachira also stressed that road safety depends on.................."

Which should be the primary focus of the message, and needs hammering home.

I wonder how many of the locals didn't get past the headline either, that's the scary part.

I mean this is true and I am clutching at straws I suppose, but I wanted to explore other reasons they're trying it like this.

I responded the same way everyone else has on this thread but to a similar thread about having a tambon for passenger airplane safety, I'm sure many can remember this, it was the plane that got the Thai Air name painted out in black after the nose gear failed.

There was a poster who set me straight as to why they were having the tambon and although I struggled to comprehend it at the time, it did kind of make sense from a cultural point of view.

[Rimbuman]

It's true that evil spirits are to blame for most road accidents, mostly whiskey.

You especially have to watch out for drivers under the influence of Black Cock. Thats a big one you might want to avoid.

How do I know if they had some black cock?

[yussiesamui]

Lao Khao = ****Thai language removed****

Very Bad Spirit!!!

[Maggusoil]

The first and 3rd Posts were sufficient, weren't they?

and here with the 3rd world in mind, thank you MJP endeth the lesson.

What is more dangerous? A tea drinking muslim or a drunken buddhist?

Don't answer that.

[gp2002]

Bad spirits? They are absolutely right!

I ALWAYS see those bad spirits........driving against the flow of traffic OR turning off a side soi into traffic without looking OR driving through a red light OR driving in the middle of two lanes OR driving without working tail or headlights OR.........

Yes......they are EVERYWHERE!!

[biggles45]

The worst part of this report is that the officials are supposed to be the best educated and presumably the most intelligent people in the community? Makes you worry for the rest !!

[PatOngo]

I put my faith in the tooth fairy and have never had an accident in LOS...so all you cynics eat you words!

[gp2002]

It's true that evil spirits are to blame for most road accidents, mostly whiskey.

You especially have to watch out for drivers under the influence of Black Cock. Thats a big one you might want to avoid.

How do I know if they had some black cock?

They usually have trouble walking afterwards

[techboy]

Well, the Thai officials found the solution that has been evading us for years. Here I was silly to think that law enforcement was the answer but all that is really needed was a bunch of monks taking time out from shopping for iPhones and digital cameras to chant a few prayers. The answer is so simple and so obvious! No wonder it took an OFFICIAL to figure out the answer!

Too bad for us that the drivers believe that the monks prayers will protect them even if they are blind drunk and driving like they OWN the road.

The rest of us better look for some lucky rabbits feet.

Solution evading you for years eh? Frankly I thought that any lightweight could figure out that driving sober, alert and being attentive to the road was the primary solution for avoiding road accidents. Thai drivers believe that the monks' prayers will protect them as much as you or I do. To anyone with an ounce of literary aptitude the article provides little contextual detail and strives to give misleading impression of the extent that Thais believe the ceremony will protect them. It is designed to elicit a scoffing response and the header provided by Thaivisa is cooperative in this respect.

[YoungBrit]

According to the officials, the eviction of bad spirits will prevent future accident and help boost the morale of motorists.

This is a very risky approach that could easily back-fire.

What if the number of deaths rises significantly compared with other years?

What will these officials say then?

Nothing I imagine!

It will just be put down the bad karma like everything else.

[lostmebike]

a group of monks blessed holy water and sprayed the said substance on the road to chase away evil spirits which are believed to have caused frequent deaths and accidents on the road

Do I believe this ....?

“It is crucial not to drink and drive, not to drive too fast, and not to drive while you are too tired”,

Or do I bring logic into the equation?

[MJP]

Well, the Thai officials found the solution that has been evading us for years. Here I was silly to think that law enforcement was the answer but all that is really needed was a bunch of monks taking time out from shopping for iPhones and digital cameras to chant a few prayers. The answer is so simple and so obvious! No wonder it took an OFFICIAL to figure out the answer!

Too bad for us that the drivers believe that the monks prayers will protect them even if they are blind drunk and driving like they OWN the road.

The rest of us better look for some lucky rabbits feet.

Solution evading you for years eh? Frankly I thought that any lightweight could figure out that driving sober, alert and being attentive to the road was the primary solution for avoiding road accidents. Thai drivers believe that the monks' prayers will protect them as much as you or I do. To anyone with an ounce of literary aptitude the article provides little contextual detail and strives to give misleading impression of the extent that Thais believe the ceremony will protect them. It is designed to elicit a scoffing response and the header provided by Thaivisa is cooperative in this respect.

Yup.

The title of the thread is misleading. Read the text and you soon learn they're using the tambon to promote safer driving and to stop drink driving. The tambon is just being used as a vehicle means to communicate the message. Make it look like Buddha is telling them.

Whether this is wise I don't know, perhaps they're at their wits end with it all.

That's my take on it anyway.

[srn89]

Not alcohol or bad driving related ????????

[Bpuumike]

ohhh so now its the ghosts fault ? ............................. riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

Same as aircraft incidents.

He raised the important points, which will be ignored, as ever.