ExPenhMan wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 12:53 pm

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:18 am

Alex wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:01 am

DaveG wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 2:00 am Madness over there, more than 57 have been killed on the roads in the last 4 months, what they going to do next....Ban all motor vehicles and put then all in to quarantine, ffs

Spot on. I really have to laugh when people say the Thai government implements these extreme virus elimination measures because they care about their people and want to avoid tens of thousands of "unnecessary" deaths. If they really cared, they would have been busy reducing the road kill year after year.

I agree, BUT HOW?
even with increased traffic stops and checkponts during holidays, numbers increase.
I see more and more kids, ( like 10-14) riding around on bikes with 1-2 of their friends on the back.
More and more over loaded pickups in the news having accidents, more an more trucks/bus's also involved in deaths.

wait and see what the numbers are for the last week of this month with the upcoming 4 day holiday

At one point while sitting on the the terrace of a Darkside bar, I watched a young woman rider one-hand her motorcycle and hold a small baby against her left shoulder. And . . . helmets? What helmets? Shot this photo below on Nern Plub Waan a few nights ago. At first I guessed 30-40% of riders were hatless. As the minutes passed, I moved my guess up to 60-70%. Down on Khao Noi easily 80% rode without helmets. They don't understand the consequences of their mad behaviour. I remember commuters arriving at Sukhumvit on their way to the beach side and stopping to finally don a helmet only to avoid police fines.



alexvanlaar:

Police dont check anymore since 4 months, no alkohol, helmet check etc. Responsibility is a word thais aren't aware of , NOT for others NOT for themselves.