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Constructive Thoughts for the Day
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Monday , September 29 , 2008
Reducing Road Accidents through Correct Enforcement
Posted by Kriengsak , Reader : 2879 , 20:37:23   | Category : Society  
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          As drunk driving is one cause for car accidents, campaigning to eradicate this problem       is therefore an important necessity. While alcohol checkpoints can help to reduce accidents, many other accident factors are also involved that require investigation and resolution. Bangkok’s accident statistics collected in January 2008, for example, discover other accident causes to be excessive speed (18.83%), sudden driving interferences (17.17%), failure to signal (3.65%), driving in the wrong lane (2.82%), failure to heed stop signs (2.69%), not keeping in the left hand lane (1.76%), unprofessional driving (1.76%) and failure to give way (1.76%). These statistics do not differ greatly nationwide.
 
          According to statistics, lack of discipline to keep traffic rules is a significant cause of accidents. In addition, not only is there a loss of life and property for accident victims, but their family members and relatives are also certainly affected. Therefore, in order to solve this problem, a disciplined observance of traffic rules should be seriously enhanced.
 
          However, in addition to arranging rule-drills for people, especially juveniles, the discovery of a solution to control or punish those who break the rules would also be significant, also requiring rapid and effective attention. For example, in 1989 a policy was established to catch speed riders in every city area in Victoria, Australia, with cameras installed to detect cars driven at high speed. Due to this policy, the accident rate was reduced by 30%.
 
          It is therefore necessary to solve Thailand’s road accident problem using law reinforcement against high speed riders and those who break traffic rules. This can be achieved using such technology as a camera watch system linked to electronic gadgetry that can issue tickets and extend the validity of road licenses. Such measures should be combined with a “drive without drink” campaign in order to reduce the occurrence of road accidents. 
 
          Restrictive legal measures combined with the attentiveness of traffic police are very important so that all drivers will be helped to respect each other while driving on the road. Road safety in Thailand will then proportionately increase.
 

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comment 16
Kriengsak date : 27/10/2008 time : 16.15
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I agree with you, Khun Guns. Also welcome Khun
DeinHerzkenntdieWahrheit.
comment 15
DeinHerzkenntdieWahrheit!!!! date : 26/10/2008 time : 15.24
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Sawasdee ka
I'm not so good in English but I tried to do the best
in this communities, please correct it, if I have some mistake. Thanks.
comment 14
guns date : 17/10/2008 time : 08.02
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paul

Enforcement, is the key, however having lived here for 5-6 yers, i see the Police breaking the traffic laws as much as I see the people.
No seat belts incorrect truns, lack of indicators, to name but a few.
Stopping peoole for no helmets is a waste of time,
What you need to do is to get the Insurance companies enforcing the law by stating any infringement of traffic laws could lead to lack of insurance cover.
for example,
no licence No insurance, no helemt, head injury nort covered by insurance, no tax, no insurance, ok it may force many Thai's off the roads, but it so often the untaxed unlicensed driver/rider who is the cause of many accidents.
The other option is to make the driving test 200% harder and for it to reflect thailands traffic, not as now.
comment 13
Kriengsak date : 10/10/2008 time : 16.05
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Thank you for all encouragements. Also thank you for all valuable comments.
comment 12
Ian date : 01/10/2008 time : 20.53
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99% of all the problems, from politics to traffic crimes, are not due to lack of laws, Thailand has plenty (I venture to say too many), what it lacks is any enforcement of these laws.
comment 11
naive date : 01/10/2008 time : 09.25
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Narrow and wide by "Naive" point of view. ...................................*v*....................................................................For Thai reader visit http://www.oknation.net/blog/wickedgirl

Hey you'll have one vote from me No.2!
for this policy and the "Get-rid-of-those-rats" idea. Come Bangrak-Opposite Robinson areas.. plenty of luxery hotels around but street is so dirty.

One thing i think it's important is you really have to use fine quality material..slowly make it cuz will be more expensive but it will worth long time.

And don't worry if you're not elected this time cuz people still hope Apirak will be back to fix and complete what he've been doing during 4 years (but he've never changed the way to deal with garbage).. Then you have another 4 years to promote your idea.
comment 10
Ian date : 30/09/2008 time : 16.41
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Dalmation, I have given my son a portable reverse osmosis water filter, it is hand powered and very effective. He has been to Cuba and Brazil, and Bangkok, so it won't be a complete shock to him
comment 9
Dalmasian date : 30/09/2008 time : 12.58
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In Taiwan, for example, the police have been using cameras and speed radars everywhere to control over-speeding on the highways and traffic violations in cities and towns with great success.

Highway patrol police use big-bore BMW vehicles and motorcycles exclusively because they were powerful and fast. That's the only way for them to catch criminals who almost always drive in high-powered Mercedes Benz and BMW motor cars for their getaways.

-- Dalmasian
comment 8
Dalmasian date : 30/09/2008 time : 12.46
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Ian,

When I used to travel to India in the past for business from Hong Kong, half of my luggage was water -- bottled drinking water. It was that bad in those days.

In the mornings, I would use beer to brush my teeth because I do not trust the water from the tap in many hotels. They were yellowish in color.

Maybe things have improved a lot these days, but one never knows. Ask you son to bring some medications with him, including Lomotil or other stomach trouble medicines plus antibiotics. They could save his life.

-- Dalmsian
comment 7
Ian date : 30/09/2008 time : 12.20
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Kriengsak, The picture is of a multiple pile up in Hydrabad, do you have any for Thailand. I have forwarded the picture to my son as a warning, he will be touring there in November:-)
comment 6
rad date : 30/09/2008 time : 12.04

This is not an easy problem to solve, Thailand has done traffic planning like the rest of its planning, after the problem exists, or not at all.

To control traffic three things are required, education, enforcement and engineering.

The most non existive of the 3 seems to be engineering. Education seems to be something that people die trying to learn and enforcement is spelled differently here, 'enrichment.'

But, I must say I have seen something positive, improved helmet quality. I see less and less of those joke hats and more and more offering more and better coverage. So maybe the people are geting ahead of the government and doing some of their own planning. That could be a very bad sign for politicians.
comment 5
wch date : 30/09/2008 time : 11.36

Basically reducing car on street is the solution.

Thailand must impose the life limit of car, say, 10 years old cars pay doubled tax and more saftety measurement, to encourage owner to scrap them.
comment 4
FOS date : 30/09/2008 time : 00.59
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K. Kriengsak,

I've been waiting for someone to write Blogs as this for a long time and finally it came from you, no one seemed to care much about the people being kill by irresposible drivers, especially the one that drives public transport. The government also laid a blind eye on this serious issue. No proper measures has ever been implemented and even if it did, it was never enforced until the authority need some cash to spent.

I have seen twice (I repeat "Twice")on the toll way to the old airport that the police used the speed detecter and you can see how many cars was lining up by the Toll box being directed to one side of the road. It's effective but sadly I only saw it twice and only on that particular Toll way.

I really don't understand, is it our government couldn't afford that particular machine or is it of any particular reason that they are not using it even knowing it's effective.

Campange is a waste of time and money, only harsh penalty can do the job.

Get on a Taxi and your heart will jump 2 times faster, get on a long distance bus, it will jump 3 times. Speeding in this country seems to be a normal thing and the government had done F all about it.
comment 3
Tow date : 30/09/2008 time : 00.21
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Close to nature ...

^^ I'll see what you can do...
If you are elected, I wish you could do as you said.

At least, Please do not waste the money for nothing...
comment 2
Dalmasian date : 29/09/2008 time : 21.33
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Traffic is not the only thing that is broken in this country. We should start with politics and work ourselves down the list of priorities. We need good, honest, qualified and hard-working leadership from the very top down to the lowest-ranked government servant. Then and only then can this country become a great and respectable country.

-- Dalmasian
comment 1
Ian date : 29/09/2008 time : 21.21
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Ah Gatsos, there goes your chance of getting elected
http://www.speedcamerasuk.com/gatso.htm

The local police sergeant was chatting to me on Saturday when the local godfather drove up in his chevrollette, blasting his horn and obviously drunk.
The policeman immediately hastily got on his motorbike and drove off, he did not want to risk a confrontation.
How would you deal with this?
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