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Finally it's happened! It has been recognised that Samui has a problem with road accidents.

Un-named "transport officials" are reported to have dusted off their thinking heads and come up with some proposals - although unconfirmed reports indicate that the "officials" are being pressurised by their immediate superiors, therefore are not required to  suggest ideas that have any actual practical use, merely to come up with . . . . absolutely anything, really.

Their proposal  . . . 
Foreign tourists wanting to rent a vehicle will have to undergo driving lessons and also an orientation course in Thai traffic rules for a minimum of two hours before they can ride off with the rented vehicle.

 

However, all is not yet lost as the TAT are working in parallel on a high-tech solution - namely someone in their employ is developing a software application (presumably for hand-held devices) so that tourists can look at this and get information about why Samui is unsafe. It has the intriguing title of "Samui Safety Navigator". (But this is reported to be currently on hold as the software developers can't find the right kind of rat-a-tat-tat drumrolls, boings, bloops, yo-yo-whistle and toot-toot-toot sound effects.)

Whereas these radical new proposals are seen as a major breakthrough - (even though the official figures still remain at a giggle-making "50 road deaths each year" ) - this appears to be the first time ever that the authorities have actually acknowledged that Samui has a problem on the roads. However local authorities (probably) dismissed  the proposal for regular breath-tests and speed checks as unrealistic and (no doubt) too difficult to effectively administer, and refrained from comment as to why the wearing of compulsory motorbike safety helmets were enforced on Samui's roads on only one day every month.

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/officials-mull-measures-reduce-road-accidents-koh-samui/
 

Edited by robsamui
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