World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2014 to be observed on Nov 16

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World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2014 to be observed on Nov 16

BANGKOK, 13 November 2014 (NNT) – The Road Safety Directing Center is to hold an event to commemorate the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2014 on 16 November. The event will be held in memory of those who died or were injured from road crashes and to raise public awareness on road safety.

According to Director-General of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, the event not only follows a United Nations resolution to observe the day on every third Sunday in November.

It is also in line with the policy of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and the Thai government stipulating road accident reduction as a national agenda, aiming to promote sustainable road safety in Thailand.

This year, the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims will be observed nationwide on Sunday, 16 November from 8 to 9 a.m.

Those who live in Bangkok can attend the event in front of the United Nations building on Ratchadamnoen Road while others may contact their respective provincial administration in order to be part of the efforts to prevent road accidents.


-- NNT 2014-11-13

[robertthebruce]

For Thailand and other similar countries.

Just educate people how to drive, and to slow down, rather than drive like Formula 1 drivers.

It's not,rocket science

[jonclark]

"...sustainable road safety in Thailand."

Does that mean killing people on the roads at a rate below that at which people are born to replace them?

[ronrat]

And enforce underage driving, Dui and helmet laws.

[seajae]

wow, a couple more days yet, I bet Thailand can increase the road deaths so they win the "most killed" section, we can become the hub of road deaths(sarcasm for those that dont recognize it).

Instead of wasting money on this why dont they do something like start enforcing the road laws, putting police on the roads to pull over offenders and making thais actually do driving tests on the roads to get a licence. Charging and fining parents that buy their kids cars and bikes when they are underage and allowing them to use them on the road before they are licensed would really remove a lot of the idiots too, it really is a joke when you see 12 y/o riding a bike with 2 or 3 mates on it with them, their parents must have rocks in their heads to let these kids ride/drive that young.

[emilymat]

According to the article the campaign will last for 1 hour from 8-9am !!

I suppose that is enough in order to not interfere with the normal carnage.

[bangrak]

Good grief, and what next, I'd like to know who came up with this concept, and how much he's making with it... Not Thaky and Robert, is it?

OK guys, let's be creative, think big! ... I got it! Igot it! A World 'hit', for sure: 'World Day of Remembrance for Taxpayers Victims of Politicians 2014'!

To be observed on April 1st...

[bangrak]

wow, a couple more days yet, I bet Thailand can increase the road deaths so they win the "most killed" section, we can become the hub of road deaths(sarcasm for those that dont recognize it).

Instead of wasting money on this why dont they do something like start enforcing the road laws, putting police on the roads to pull over offenders and making thais actually do driving tests on the roads to get a licence. Charging and fining parents that buy their kids cars and bikes when they are underage and allowing them to use them on the road before they are licensed would really remove a lot of the idiots too, it really is a joke when you see 12 y/o riding a bike with 2 or 3 mates on it with them, their parents must have rocks in their heads to let these kids ride/drive that young.

The idiots are the parents, and they have thin air between the ears! And don't have any of those kids crash into your car, even when well parked and you out of it, the riot in seconds, Pharang pay, Pharang pay!

[Cake Monster]

Amazing Thailand

Allow the citizens to be mowed down due to lack of driver / rider education and training, along with the most lax " laws " for traffic offences, and you create a day to remember them all, the dead, pemanantly maimed and children without parents.

Well, remember them for 1 hour at least ! - life is indeed, very cheap in LOS

[cup-O-coffee]

Typical trend here.

Let's keep nurturing the victim mentality by remembering... victims.

Left to their own interpretations, that would be... everyone?

..and again, there is that irritating word, "sustained", being used again.

They really love showing off that they can use this word in just about every sentence: like "HUB".