Songkran road carnage thread 2019

[PeteC]

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/genera ... ue-to-drop

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[HHTel]

And those same people produced this chart last year. Notice the difference:

[buksida]

Drink-driving cases during Songkran pass 8,000

Drink-driving cases accounted for 98% of traffic offences during the past five days of the Songkran holidays, with 8,222 cases sent to courts.

On April 15 alone, there were 4,264 traffic offence cases sent to the courts, and 99.95% of them -- all but two -- were drink-driving cases, The other two were reckless driving cases, Department of Probation chief Prasarn Mahaleetrakul said on Tuesday.

The courts ordered use of electronic monitoring (EM) devices for 203 drunk drivers placed on probation. Those drivers would have the devices attached to their ankles and be barred from leaving their homes between 10pm and 4am for a period of 7-15 days, said Mr Prasarn.

The drunk drivers must report to probation officials four times and perform community service for 24 hours during the one-year probation period.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/genera ... pass-8-000

[hhinner]

^^ Two days ago 71,307 had been charged for drink driving. viewtopic.php?p=488725#p488725
Confused.

[Big Boy]

Here we go again - 2.5% of drunk drivers placed on probation and devices attached to their ankles and be barred from leaving their homes between 10pm and 4am for a period of 7-15 days.

So what about the other 97.5%? Can anybody explain the logic please?

[PeteC]

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https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/genera ... njury-toll

[Dannie Boy]

Here we go again - 2.5% of drunk drivers placed on probation and devices attached to their ankles and be barred from leaving their homes between 10pm and 4am for a period of 7-15 days.

So what about the other 97.5%? Can anybody explain the logic please?

Thai logic has no logic


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[Big Boy]

Yeah, silly question I suppose.

[hhinner]

Here we go again - 2.5% of drunk drivers placed on probation and devices attached to their ankles and be barred from leaving their homes between 10pm and 4am for a period of 7-15 days.

So what about the other 97.5%? Can anybody explain the logic please?

Nothing about suspending licences either. The curfew isn't much either.

[HHTel]

I can't believe any of these figures any more. The source of the charts this year have different figures for 2018 than was displayed in the chart produced last year. Both charts from the same source. So it would seem that if they inflate the figures for the previous year, it will look better in the current year.

Some may say that the inflated figures for last year takes into account deaths occurring following the accident. That being the case, then it's not comparing like with like.

Absolute hogwash!

[Dannie Boy]

As has been said, it’s difficult to know what to believe, but whatever the figure is for drink-driving arrests, I wonder what % of offenders the police are actually catching - I suspect it is very low so there are probably millions drinking and getting away with it - drive carefully or better still, stay at home!!

[handdrummer]

stay at home!!
YES.

As long as you or someone you know is not part of statistics, be thankful and don't fret the rest.

[fabman]

We were out on Friday night in Soi 94 area, must of counted at least 7 ambulances at different times of the evening

[hhinner]

Has this alternative source for the road accident figures been mentioned yet? http://thairsc.com

[Norseman]

Has this alternative source for the road accident figures been mentioned yet? http://thairsc.com

Yes. It works if you try http://www.thairsc.com/