Most Crashes in Chiang Mai Over New Year 7 Dangerous Days

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Most Crashes in Chiang Mai Over New Year 7 Dangerous Days
by CityNews

CityNews – Chiang Mai has seen the highest number of crashes and injuries during the ‘seven dangerous days’ over the New Year period, with a total of seven dead.

The number of crashes across the country between December 29 and January 3, famously dubbed the ‘seven dangerous days’, stood at 3,092 crashes with 3,216 injuries. Chiang Mai held the highest number totally 125 crashes over the period.

However, despite the military government’s hard-line approach to cracking down on drink driving, with strong repercussions including jail time as standard for anyone caught driving under the influence and car impounds, the number of accidents, injuries and death all increased by over 13 percent.

Full story: http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/most-crashes-in-chiang-mai-over-new-year-7-dangerous-days/


-- Chiang City News 2016-01-06

[flare]

It's pretty amazing that with all the added checkpoints (and there were a lot this year- even more than last year) so many accidents and deaths occurred- I guess you can't scare the 'stupid' out of people with the threat of legal enforcement.

[jphantom]

Stupid and mentally slow learn slowly….. but with persistent effort and a more conscious police, accidents will decline… Stay the course

[terminatorchiangmai]

Not surprising with all these high so Bangkokians coming here for a holiday.

Chiang Mai drivers are bad and Bangkok drivers think they own the roads, that's a waiting for accidents to happen.

[legend49]

Did anyone notice when approaching the checkpoints, not only motor bikes but cars driving away from the checkpoint on the wrong side of the road to avoid detection? Quite alarming when its night time.

[slapout]

Just to set and watch the things that take place on the streets of CM on a regular workday is like a big bumper car concession. Add the hordes from elsewhere who come for holiday and it seems both groups try to play ''chicken'' with the other, and neither knows when to slack off or stop or be polite in driving.

I blame it partly on the practice of carrying the kids around when young instead of letting them learn to walk, run into things, hurt themselves and only then learn to respect self inflicted pain / loss and thus slow down in life.

[worgeordie]

Did I not read that the Government said there was a

DECREASE in deaths,one hand not knowing what other

is doing.

regards Worgeordie

[NCC1701A]

"However, despite the military government’s hard-line approach to cracking down on drink driving, with strong repercussions including jail time as standard for anyone caught driving under the influence and car impounds, the number of accidents, injuries and death all increased by over 13 percent."

good job everybody. here is another parachute medal. now lets all take a group photo.

[puukao]

[Asiantravel]

Stupid and mentally slow learn slowly….. but with persistent effort and a more conscious police, accidents will decline… Stay the course

huh ? pardon me if i dont bet the farm on that one

[CarolJadzia]

Stupid and mentally slow learn slowly….. but with persistent effort and a more conscious police, accidents will decline… Stay the course

Really? Such assumptions only demonstrate your Correspondence Bias rather than a true reflection of the situation.

So with all the extra enforcement this year accident rates were still up on last year. Yet still people want to shout more enforcement required.

No, more eduction is required. When you look at the majority of daily Thai accidents they are not caused by horrible nasty criminals speeding and hell bent on law breaking.

They are the same as drivers and riders elsewhere, just going about their daily lives. But as there is only limited training if any required to get a Thai driving licence then many Thai's revert to what they know - they use the roads by pedestrian rules.

Add to that road users not looking because they fear eye contact may lead to confrontation. Also the belief that this life experience is part of a greater journey.

When you put it all together it is easy to explain why there are so many altercations when rule systems collide.

When we get away from assumptions about a persons intelligence levels we can start to work on ideas on how to address the situation without the confrontation and enforcement.

https://thairoadcraft.wordpress.com/

[WinnieTheKhwai]

The increase probably has more to do with really nice low fuel prices than anything else. At current fuel prices it wouldn't be a difficult decision from someone in Bangkok to drive up-country.

That said I was still expecting a decline, with all the checkpoints and serious fines.

In practice all the checkpoints didn't actually do a whole lot in actually stopping vehicles. (All the ones at police boxes around town.) But speaking with people I know, there was some increased concern about checkpoints.

Although with these things it's also good to keep in mind that we mostly get exposure to the city area and surroundings, where Chiang Mai province is a seriously big place. The statistics are for the entire province, from Om Koi all the way to Mae Ai. Who knows what enforcement was like over there.

Edited January 11, 2016 by WinnieTheKhwai