webfact Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Culture Ministry unveils 'Better Driving through Thainess' campaignBANGKOK, 30 March 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry or Culture has unveiled its “Better Driving through Thainess” campaign, training 600 public transport drivers to apply Thai cultural values to their work.Deputy Prime Minister Gen Thanasak Patimaprakorn launched the campaign, which began with a training session under the topic “Smiles on Every Thai Road”. The project was organized by the Ministry of Culture and 14 relevant agencies with the aim to increase safety on Thai roads by encouraging classic Thai values.Established ahead of the Songkran holiday, the campaign will seek to create value in proper and courteous driving and will include passing out recognition and stickers to exemplary drivers. The 600 drivers undergoing initial training have also been invited to a midnight prayer on April 12 to symbolize the beginning of their new driving habits. -- NNT 2016-03-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesetat2013 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 O can see how well this will go if the cultural minister gets the same response as he did with that car show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbrock Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I would love for these 600 trained drivers to have dash cams fitted to their cars. T'would be a great larf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laolover88 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) All drivers to adopt Lotus position, Wai, and close eyes? Attitude adjustment videos beamed 24/7 at all drivers. Edited March 30, 2016 by laolover88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartempion Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 If that ain't an oxymoron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 How about better driving through education. You know - proven methods of safe driving and how to apply it...... Oh, forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaltsc Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) "The Ministry or Culture has unveiled its 'Better Driving through Thainess'..." Nothing leads to safe and responsible driving better than "Mai Pen Rai." Edited March 30, 2016 by jaltsc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisH Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 So being polite and courteous constitutes Thainess now....by that logic, there are a lot of westerners who also exhibit "Thainess". Or is the general feeling that westerners are rude, aggressive and arrogant? Yet, I see many Thais exhibiting these characteristics, especially when driving. I think we should request a booklet be made in English, on Thainess....once the culture ministry get's it's head out of it's a$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Wasn't it "Thainess" - i.e. a cultural tendency to blatantly disregard laws in general and being all "me, me, me" - that created that road mess in the first place? Besides that, this "Thainess" moniker really has been flogged to death by now in the local press, tourism ads and official pamphlets that it has entirely lost its erstwhile "novel effect". To be frank, I can't hear it anymore. And I'm probably not the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Better luck with a dry Songkran to conserve water campaign....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertthebruce Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 "Smiles on every Thai Road" ???? More like "Deaths on every Thai Road"...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynical Sailor Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Ooh, look. A unicorn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaExport Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 The 600 drivers undergoing initial training have also been invited to a midnight prayer on April 12 to symbolize the beginning of their new driving habits. I guess getting adequate sleep before getting behind the wheel of a public transport vehicle won't be one of the Thai values. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMFarang Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) I still like "Amazing Thailand" campaign the best. I drive with Thainess. And when I return to my home country, it takes about 3 days for me to remember, watch speed signs, school zones, police will actually chase and stop me, that sort of thing .. so is Thainess when I smile at someone or refuse to look at someone after I have just cut them off ? Edited March 30, 2016 by CMFarang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Midnight prayer for new driving habits. Recognition stickers. Classic Thai values. This Ministry is completely bonkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Classic Thai values. i.e. Me me me ...... and can I borrow your comb and mirror. Prayuth will love this and meanwhile people will continue to die because of bad driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user82374298374 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I think that Thai driving habits are the epitome of 'Thainess'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaywalker Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) Jesus wept. Now I know why. Edited March 30, 2016 by jaywalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iReason Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) Training them with cartoons on the stage. Say's a lot... Edited March 30, 2016 by iReason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnx Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 And with a single suggestion, Thai road deaths were instantly reduced by 98.4%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuananddon Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Oh come on people, this guy is trying the kind way to improve the dangerous highways in Thailand. But it's about the same logic as talking kindness and understanding with ISIS at one their mass executions. The Thai police got to get off their lazy asses and get tough on traffic law enforcement. Seems like they only show up after there's been an accident. Where I reside here Highway 11 goes through and there are frontage roads on each side. Those frontage roads should have a speed limit no more than 40KPH, oh no those morons act like its the highway and blast through there going way over that. Police should post that at 40 use a radar gun and make more money then they'd know what to do with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Are they totally unaware of how stupid they look when they come out with this guff? No........I guess not (sigh). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Ooh, look. A unicorn! No it wasnt it was my flying pig in fancy dress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDbkh Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 All drivers to adopt Lotus position, Wai, and close eyes? Attitude adjustment videos beamed 24/7 at all drivers. Would that be the Formula 1 Lotus position?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardy99 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 What a joke.. the current style of driving seen in Thailand IS Thainess or Thai style! This man must be blind or driving around his country with closed eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Are they totally unaware of how stupid they look when they come out with this guff? No........I guess not (sigh). Thai bible-belt folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chongalulu Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 If that ain't an oxymoron?Certainly the second syllable.....and isn't thainess a large part of the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphMichaels Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) I've said it before, I'll say it again. Get police seriously ticketing offenders..., speeding, driving on emergency lanes, tailing too close..., no need to reference more. Then levy SERIOUS FINES. Impose ticket quotas on traffic cops for all I care. If that's what it takes, do it. Watch things change fast. It works. Edited March 30, 2016 by AlphMichaels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siliconvalley Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Wow... Everyone has a great idea. Put a Camara in each taxi, have a auto GPS meter, and give each customer a tag that is given back to driver that rates him, which is uploaded to a star system. Just like Booking.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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