Phuket maintains zero deaths in Seven Days road-safety campaign

[webfact]

Rescue workers recover one of the road accident victims last night. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

By The Phuket News

 

PHUKET: Phuket has officially recognised three accidents in which three men were injured on Day 2 of the Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for the Songkran Thai New Year holidays yesterday (Apr 11), bringing the number of injured to four, but with no deaths.

 

All three men injured were not wearing a helmet at the times of their accidents, reported the Phuket Provincial Office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket).

 

One of the accidents saw Prasert Saengsuwan, 48, riding at speed from Patong towards Kathu at about 6:45pm when he lost control and fell onto Phra Baramee Rd before he reached the Sikor Intersection.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-maintains-zero-deaths-in-seven-days-road-safety-campaign-79661.php

 

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[RichardColeman]

39 minutes ago, webfact said:

All three men injured were not wearing a helmet at the times of their accidents,

So 100% of their accidents were speeding and wearing no helmets.  Sure there is a link there somewhere.

 

Maybe they should have two counts of figures. 1. Normal, sane people, 2. Idiots.

[Phuketshrew]

Phuket police say they have issued 576 fines for moving violations during the previous 24-hour period, as follows:

• 21 fined for operating an unsafe/illegally modified motorcycle
• 28 fined for not wearing seatbelts
• 271 fined for driving without a licence
• 0 fined speeding
• 13 fined for ignoring traffic signals
• 13 fined for ghost driving (driving opposite traffic flow)
• 4 fined for dangerously cutting off other motorists in traffic
• 33 fined for using mobile phones while driving.
• 7 people were arrested for drunk driving during the period.
• 186 people fined for not wearing helmets

These are just the ones that were unlucky enough to get caught at a handful of check points within one 24 hour period. Tip of the ice berg. Clearly, most just don't give a flying <f.c.k.>.

[ronaldo0]

Find it hard to believe !

[bloodyholly]

19 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Phuket police say they have issued 576 fines for moving violations during the previous 24-hour period, as follows:

• 21 fined for operating an unsafe/illegally modified motorcycle
• 28 fined for not wearing seatbelts
• 271 fined for driving without a licence
• 0 fined speeding
• 13 fined for ignoring traffic signals
• 13 fined for ghost driving (driving opposite traffic flow)
• 4 fined for dangerously cutting off other motorists in traffic
• 33 fined for using mobile phones while driving.
• 7 people were arrested for drunk driving during the period.
• 186 people fined for not wearing helmets

These are just the ones that were unlucky enough to get caught at a handful of check points within one 24 hour period. Tip of the ice berg. Clearly, most just don't give a flying <f.c.k.>.

All that in a 24 hr period..... I suggest that Phuket police could, in any day of the week, catch those numbers within a 2 hour period