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Speeding remains biggest factor in road accidents in Thailand


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There are only two peddles in a typical Thai sedan.
 

80% of the licensed drivers don’t know, haven’t been told what one of them is for. No exaggeration. Ask a Thai, see what occurs.

 

Same number don’t know what indicators are for. 

 

The only reason the yellow lines are sometimes dashed is cos they ran out of paint. I kid you not.

 

 

 

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3 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

How many times does it have to be said ?  Thailand needs to insist that people learn to drive PROPERLY and take PROPER written and DRIVING tests before they are allowed on the roads.  To ensure this happens the POLICE should be ORDERED to do their job PROPERLY and stop being just an arm of the Government cash collecting dep't !

Thete are no highway traffic police patrolling for speeders, drunk drivers, wrong way drivers, etc. Those hideous brown/yellow cars seems to be used to escort bus caravans, self proclaimed VIPs (Very Intrusive Persons), and hiding from doing serious enforcement.

 

Reform of the police was somehow overlooked by this latest gang. Pathetic. The Thai people deserve better.

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Drivers aged 20-24 have the most collisions in all countries. Add to that that half the modern population of Thailand is under 25. Then factor in mobile phone usage which is on an exponential upwards curve. etc, etc.

 

Policing here is different, the weather is different, the landscape is different, the road system is different, the food is different, the whiskey here is different (actually rum), OK the beer is the same Euro p i s s but...

 

So we add all that up and the underlying factor is different to what most moaners on here are familiar with. 

 

THE END

 

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3 hours ago, thequietman said:

Nope, there is a lot more to it than that. 

 

A lot more!

 

 

We should think that all the bad driving takes out so many of them....but like "bash a mole' they keep popping up

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I'm surprised that it's not pulling out of sidestreets without looking, or overtaking when it's not safe to do so, oh, but that's OK, because they flash their lights to oncoming potential victims. 

Oh, and not to forget the old favourite of cutting the corner at a junction when turning right, or stopping on a roundabout to give way to cars approaching the roundabout. 

I don't see many problems on the road, involving speeding cars, but I have seen cows walking on the road with more road sense than most of the drivers. 

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It is not going over the speed limit so much as totally reckless drivers.

 

Interesting in that they say only 16% of accidents involve motorcycles yet over 70% of the fatalities are those on motorcycles.  I would say over 50% of the accidents I have seen had a motorcycle involved.

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5 hours ago, webfact said:

Speeding accounted for 75% of accidents followed by 9% cutting in front suddenly, and 6% microsleep. 

 

The top three locations for accidents were 66% on straight roads, 14% at bends and 6% on bridges.

Crashes were not due to lack to driving test standards,  lack of driving licence or drink driving. 

 

 

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5 hours ago, thequietman said:

Nope, there is a lot more to it than that. 

 

A lot more!

 

 

Just about sums up everything wrong on Thai roads.

Lack of driving skills, lack of attention. And a sprinkling of a suicidal tendency.

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6 hours ago, webfact said:

These represented small improvements on the stats from the previous year. 

Should've been a Giant improvement ,because of the Lockdown Virus period. 

But Hey, they've got to keep up the numbers for the Gold Medal    ????

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It's the lack of driving skills and awareness + distraction and reckless driving, more than just speed. Most Thais can't drive safely even at low speeds. And those freakin' insane motorbike antics!!! :post-4641-1156693976:

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9 hours ago, Grumpy one said:

What did it cost to come up with pearls of wisdom 

what is the current cost of a couple of committees, factoring in lunches, morning and afternoon breaks, coffee etc   

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4 hours ago, Deli said:

So, build finally better roads, problem solved. Now we still jump from one pothole to the next and use a jet ski after 30 mts of rain, coz all is flodded

building super highways will not make one iota of difference, Thais are more than capable of killing themselves without even trying. 

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