Another massacre on Thai roads

Done about 2,000 Km on des Buddha's roads in the past few days, and again survived many assassination attempts. The tightened controls do not represent a ball to me. Usually a number of pawns are accidentally placed on the road, which in itself often leads to dangerous situations, also for good and sober drivers, and then there is a table at the side of the road where some volunteers and possibly a policeman drinking some coffee. For the sake of convenience, I will assume that it is indeed coffee or another non-alcoholic drink. Best example: a thick black pick-up that turned full throttle against traffic at such a table at an intersection on the hard shoulder without anyone dazzling or blushing, let alone taking action. I think the Thais have already given up; rescue vehicles and personnel are regularly stationed at these 'checkpoints'. Kind of in the sense of 'if we can't prevent the crashes, let's at least make sure we act quickly'. Skeptics could even suggest financial motives of the rescue operations; after all, one catches per delivered wounded/dead.

The Bangkok Post recently ran an opinion piece about that 16-year-old girl and that terrible accident, which stated that parents have a responsibility to teach their children how to drive and control vehicles. So people just don't get it. Buddha help us if, in a country where the average adult is unable to drive a car responsibly, the 'skills' are passed on to the children. And here too, corruption plays a role; many Thais simply buy their driver's license.

I'm certainly not one of 'everything is better in the Netherlands by definition' – on the contrary – but when it comes to driving training, the Netherlands hits the nail on the head (apart from the rudely high costs for driving lessons and driving licence). Even in England and the USA, which are reasonably well developed, people do not learn and do not test driving on motorways. You can 'try' that yourself after you have obtained your driver's license.

Deeply sad about all the dead and injured, especially because it can all be prevented fairly easily.

86% motorcycle accidents and a small 40% of all accidents are related to alcohol abuse.
I see little difference in driving behavior during these busy days and normal days. It's always a disaster.
It is only considerably busier and hence more victims.