How can Thailand curb its appalling road fatality rate?

[HHTel]

04:00.
Yep. That's what I understood. This was getting on for 08:00!!

[Nereus]

This should help. Bigger loads, less traffic!
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Date 24 May 2566 A viral clip that has been reshared and criticized a lot on social media reveals the behavior of a pickup truck overloaded as if it were a trailer. In the clip, a pickup truck loaded with recyclables can be seen overflowing and driving down the road before turning at a red light intersection.

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https://www.msn.com/th-th/news/national ... 14c77&ei=2

[Dannie Boy]

I’ve never seen one quite as overloaded as this one, but it’s an all too common sight, due to the inadequacy of the traffic cops policing the roads!!

[Big Boy]

Actually, driving home from Ratchaburi after the footie, we always pass a convoy of hay bales (Ratchaburi must be the hay bale capital of the world). Most are proper lorries, but always overloaded. However, we do occasionally see a pickup overloaded in a similar way. Such a load of hay must be far worse than fairly light plastic bottles. We do frequently see traffic cops on that journey, but they just turn a blind eye to the hay bale convoys.

[Dannie Boy]

I think they’re all subject to the vagaries of the weather - a strong gust of wind would likely cause havoc!!


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[Dannie Boy]

As much as you can admire this person and hope that such an article might make an impact, we all know that the chances are very, very slim, still we can only hope!!
https://www.thaienquirer.com/52092/opin ... s-driving/

[Big Boy]

A scene you can watch multiple times each day outside Bluport and Bangkok Hospital - usually minus the accident I hasten to add.

[hhinner]

As much as you can admire this person and hope that such an article might make an impact, we all know that the chances are very, very slim, still we can only hope!!
https://www.thaienquirer.com/52092/opin ... s-driving/

Why would this article have an impact? It's in English in a not very major online news outlet.

The fact that the accident the writer refers to results in a broken arm and a broken leg, rather than the death of someone considered newsworthy, means it won't make any mainline news reports.

That's just the way it is here. Sadly.

[dundrillin]

I’ve never seen one quite as overloaded as this one, but it’s an all too common sight, due to the inadequacy of the traffic cops policing the roads!!

I’ve never seen one quite as overloaded as this one, but it’s an all too common sight, due to the inadequacy of the traffic cops policing the roads!!

A few years back 2 Italian tourists were killed when an overloaded pickup shed its load. It's surprising it doesn't happen more often.

[Dannie Boy]

As much as you can admire this person and hope that such an article might make an impact, we all know that the chances are very, very slim, still we can only hope!!
https://www.thaienquirer.com/52092/opin ... s-driving/

Why would this article have an impact? It's in English in a not very major online news outlet.

The fact that the accident the writer refers to results in a broken arm and a broken leg, rather than the death of someone considered newsworthy, means it won't make any mainline news reports.

That's just the way it is here. Sadly.

The article is aimed at the enforcers of the law rather than those that break it, as such there’s half (ok maybe a much smaller fraction) a chance it will be read by some who can influence things.

[buksida]

Like the comments about the cameras ..."The cameras always work when they have to prosecute the 3-finger salute or the establishment protestors, but when it comes to prosecuting those breaking the law every day, these cameras don’t work."

[Big Boy]

Yes, after the Hua Hin bombings, they went overboard with cameras here, but it would be interesting to know how many times they've been monitored and used in anger as a result. Usually a crime is committed before anybody checks the footage.

[Dannie Boy]

The article I posted also mentions the Traffic Cops - I’m sure that most of us only see them when they’re doing “escort duties” for so called VIP’s!!

I can remember following a traffic car once and a pickup came by at break-neck speed and what did the traffic car do - continued on its normal route!!

[buksida]

The traffic cops here do not patrol or police the roads to make them safer as they do in most countries; they lurk under trees at roadblocks, nabbing passers-by for easy money. This is why they'll ignore obvious traffic violations as it isn't their job to give a shit about dangerous driving; they're just there to clean up the mess afterwards.

[Dannie Boy]

I’m not sure I’d agree that it’s not their job, but like so many things out here, there’s no accountability so they can get away with lurking under trees and picking up small value fines for minor infringements like not wearing helmets or seatbelts.