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Home » News from Thailand » Day 1 of Seven Dangerous Days: 39 dead and 461 injured in 447 traffic accidents
Wednesday was the first day of the infamous 7 days around Songkran and that already brought the counter to 39 road deaths. Drunk driving was the cause of 40,49% of accidents, followed by speeding at 26,62%, Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsuwat said on Thursday.
Most accidents involve motorbikes (81,96%). Most accidents happened between 16.00 p.m. and 20.00 p.m., Weerasak said.
Authorities have set up 2.031 checkpoints, staffed by a total of 65.413 police officers, soldiers, civil servants and volunteers. A total of 678.566 vehicles were inspected. And 128.260 people have been fined, including 35.582 motorcyclists without helmets. More than 3.000 people have been arrested for alcohol abuse. And 146 vehicles were seized on Wednesday. The driver's license was taken away from 82 drivers.
Source: Bangkok Post
Last Wednesday the 11th I arrived at Ekamai early in the morning with a VAN from Rayong and wanted to return quickly so I chose a Motorsytaxi to quickly get to the Dutch Embassy. It was chaos on the road in the capital, but I was terrified on the back of that motorcycle. He couldn't see anything in his mirrors because I was too wide, I had to make a lot of effort to hold on during clumsy shifting and maneuvering between slow-moving and stationary traffic jams and the many motorcycles that were trying to find their way through them. . You never know if and when a car will deviate from its line or a door will be opened. I was most afraid of losing my legs, so I squeezed them as hard as I could against the rider. It was very tiring and I was oh so happy when I arrived at the embassy on time. That would never have been possible with a regular taxi. I had negotiated the return trip for a good price and he would only have to wait 1 hour. I was back outside in 30 minutes and at 14.00 p.m. I was back in Ban Phe after picking up my car at the bus station in Rayong. It doesn't have to be Songkran for me to be annoyed by the driving behavior of most Thais. That's always been the case. I have been driving without any damage for about 50 years and I feel quite dominant among the Thais. I just don't trust any of them and since you don't see faces through the black windows so you can never be sure they have seen you, I follow the movements of the vehicles closely. Actually, I find it a fun challenge every time.
Why not take the metro from Ekamai to Chit Lom: fast and safe.
From Chit Lom walk a bit towards the embassy and further motorbike taxi: 10 minutes.
Soi Tonson is long and I often had to wait a long time for a taxi or motorcycle taxi because those who came to the Soi were all occupied. Moreover, I hate public transport in Bangkok and Bangkok myself. If I can stay away at all, I will do so while I lived there for 7 years a long time ago and worked at 4 different locations. I like to drive myself, also in the city no problem, but traveling alone by car is relatively too expensive ..
The figures show that there is quite a lot of checking. The government is doing what it can but cannot put a police officer on every street corner.
I have the strong impression that people put on their helmets less and less when they start riding a motorcycle and outside Pattaya and Hua-Hin (eg) I see foreigners happily participating because there is little control. Just take a look along the coast at Rayong and a pretty busy town like Ban Phe. But also in my previous place of residence Ban Phet near Chaiyaphum, everywhere they don't care about traffic rules if they don't expect the police.
So this week when I was sitting on the back of a motorcycle in Bangkok with a plastic cap on my head, I made comments about the absence of the police. Then I saw 3 standing on a corner of Sukhumvit and yes, a motorcycle with a woman sitting sideways on the back, without a helmet and who was casually fixing her hair, was stopped and a good thing.
Only on heydays like this period when the danger of traffic in Thailand is widely reported in the International Media and statistics, then there are many checks with the hope that Thailand will score better in the statistics every year.