Flashermac Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 And you never know if they have a gun or influential friends or whatever. Which is why the police is not to keen on enforcing laws Police rarely stop a Mercedes or BMW for this reason. It could very well belong to a phu-yai. Instead, they seem to target taxis, pickups, tuk-tuks and older Toyotas. I have heard taxi drivers bitch about that quite a lot. Even so, ordinary traffic stops can be wild here. I remember some years back when a young policeman stopped a driver for a minor violation. As he was writing the guy up, the driver grabbed the officer's pistol from its holster and shot the policeman 3 times with it! Amazing, the policeman's companions did not blow the SOB away on the spot. They drew their weapons, and the perp dropped the pistol, immediately raising his hands. The police corporal was married, had a small child, and had just been recommended for promotion. He died. When asked why he'd shot him, the driver simply said he "was angry". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Songkran toll: 161 killed, 1,640 injured Motorcycles involved in 76% of accidents ... http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/404923/motorcycles-involved-in-76-of-accidents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Songkran's road death toll rises to 20r after four days The fourth day of the seven "dangerous Songkran holidays" saw 488 road accidents happen, killing 43 people and injuring 502 others, the Road Safety Directing Centre announced Tuesday. Deputy Education Minister Sermsak Pongpanit, chair of the centre, announced that drunk driving remained the major cause of road accidents on Monday, the fourth day of the road accident monitoring period. The accumulated death toll rose to 204 and accumulated figure of injuries rose to 2,142, Sermsak said. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Songkrans-road-death-toll-rises-to-20r-after-four--30231518.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Songkran road death toll hits 248 in 5 days THE FIRST five days of the Songkran holidays claimed 248 lives and injured 2,643 people in 2,481 road accidents nationwide, the Road Safety Directing Centre said yesterday. The cumulative accidents increased by 191 and injuries by 204 from the same period last Songkran, but there have been eight fewer deaths, said Pol Maj-General Surapol Yoonuch, deputy chief of the Royal Thai Police Office of Police Strategy. On Tuesday April 15alone, there were 454 road accidents killing 44 people and injuring 501 others. Most accidents resulted from drunk driving at 35.46 per cent and speeding at 24.89 per cent. Motorcycles accounted for most accidents at 79.40 per cent followed by pickup trucks at 10.94 per cent, he said, and 65.64 per cent took place on a straight section of road. About a third (32.60 per cent) occurred between 4pm and 8pm. Chiang Mai has had the most accidents so far at 91, while Nakhon Ratchasima has suffered the most deaths at 12. Nakhon Si Thammarat and Chiang Mai had the highest cumulative injuries at 101 each. Eight provinces had been free of any fatalities. These were Amnat Charoen, Chai Nat, Phetchaburi, Lop Buri, Angthong, Narathiwat, Phang Nga and Yala. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Songkran-road-death-toll-hits-248-in-5-days-30231588.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Narathiwat and Yala free of deadly injuries ... how ironic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Once again, the dangerous U-turns have not been blocked off on many of the highways! They can totally paint the road white as there are so many accidents at these absurd U-turns. TNL...Thais Never Learn! continue the same stupidity every year and then be surprised as the accidents and deaths increase... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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