Buriram police offer free 'drive home' services

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Buriram police offer free 'drive home' services

BURIRAM, 30 March 2015, (NNT) - In a bid to prevent road accidents from drunk driving, the Buriram Provincial Police, Office of Land Transport, Office of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation and other related units have set up extra parking and free taxi services for holiday-makers.

Officials stated that a large number of domestic and foreign tourists have been pouring into the province recently. Checkpoints have caught several motorists with blood alcohol content past the legal limit of 50 mg percent.

Officials have recommended that these holiday-makers refrain from drunk driving and leave their cars at parking lots overseen by police. There are also taxi and motorcycle taxi services to ferry drunk motorists home. These services are being offered free of charge.

The police said these programs are designed to prevent road accidents and the loss of life and property. The provincial police department also hoped the program would reduce public animosity against officers working nighttime checkpoints.


-- NNT 2015-03-30

[Costas2008]

Yes also give them a cuddly toy to make them happy.........

Put them in prison, issue a hefty fine and then I'll tell you if they keep on drinking and driving.

[Thian]

What bunch of softy's there. This is unheard of.

Why not give them a big fine, confisticate their license or let them walk home?

I won't go there with so many drunks on the road.

[dinger]

So the above posters would rather have a drunk guy drive around until the police catch him so they can give him "a hefty fine", rather than keep him completly off the road by giving him a free ride home and a place to park his car.

[Brit_Doggie]

When does this scheme start in pattaya i haven't had a good binge in walking street for ages,oh btw need some shopping from bigc if you wouldn;t mind collecting it for me and after you have packed it away the laundry needs doing i'll be at the first bar ouside of my complex i'll tip you 20 baht for your trouble ty.

[wabothai]

They can pay the free services out of a hefty fine.

Seems good to me.

[Jip99]

Good initiative

Posters can take the p!ss all they like but I applaud this sort of thinking - quite un=Thai like. You are not going to stop drinking over Songkran but this sort of gesture is the best that the authorities can do.

I doubt there will be any real practical benefit but good ideas have to start somewhere,

[dinger]

Been doing this for years in the States, usually sponsered by some organization rather than police. But if you can keep 1 drunk guy off the road then it's well worth it. Who knows he might just be that one guy....

[Gandtee]

When does this scheme start in pattaya i haven't had a good binge in walking street for ages,oh btw need some shopping from bigc if you wouldn;t mind collecting it for me and after you have packed it away the laundry needs doing i'll be at the first bar ouside of my complex i'll tip you 20 baht for your trouble ty.

And when you have dropped him off come back for me to give time for another beer.By the way, you do go to Sattahip don't you?

[cookee68]

I would rather a drunk person leave his bike or car at home to start with, failing that, the free taxi home means, that many will be rumbled at not know it till the morning, positives and negatives for it

[fatfather]

What does 50mg percent mean? Should be 0.5 Promille, shouldn't it?

Fatfather

[lostinisaan]

What does 50mg percent mean? Should be 0.5 Promille, shouldn't it?

Fatfather

Promille = mg per ml.

http://www.icap.org/Table/BACLimitsWorldwide

Edited April 1, 2015 by lostinisaan

[maidee]

"holiday-makers refrain from drunk driving and leave their cars at parking"

which tourist will have their own car ? and for many european countres, thais are driving on the WRONG side anyway

[electric]

My apologies for dredging up an old post. First time I've seen it. Had a good laugh. What a load of rubbish. Free taxis for drunks 555555555

 

I've  lived in M.Buriram 5 years. This story is news to me !! 555 Same for my wife, and all expats and Thais that I know.

 

By all means, have some taxis on standby at the police checkpoint. Drunk drivers ? Just park your car over there sir. Leave your keys and ID with us. Taxi will take you onwards from here, at normal full fare.

 

What .... no money for taxi ? ..... see that brown truck over there with POLICE on the side. Get in.

 

Then tomorrow, you can come to the local Police Station to pickup your car keys and ID card, after a suitable amount of folding stuff has changed hands, of course.

 

Oh .... by the way .... your car is still parked on the roadside 25km away. You want a taxi ?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 16, 2016 by electric

[DILLIGAD]

Sounds like there might be too many drunkards around that vicinity?


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[manxninja]

If you cant drive straight after 6 or seven pints, you shouldn't drink.

 

3 or 4 beers is fine. But the initiative in itself is sensible and seems like a good idea.

 

Used to do it all the time in Pattaya, probably three times the limit, wouldn't do it now, to risky.