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A new YouTube video campaigning against drink-driving during the Christmas and New Year period highlights the fact that Thailand has the highest rate of road-accident fatalities in the world outside of a war zone.

Prominent businessman Sermsin Samalapa on Wednesday uploaded the 55-second “Drink Drive Death” clip, of which he was executive producer, with the intention of raising awareness among the public about the danger of driving while drunk. Sermsin cited statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO), Probation Department, and Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, which indicate that drink-driving is the main cause of road accidents during the New Year holidays.
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det går jo godt :( sprit festen forsætter på de thailandske veje ((1((


A total of 727 people have been arrested for drunk driving on Thursday and Friday, the first two days of the seven-day monitoring period of drunk driving, a senior official said.

Thawatchai Thaikhiew, deputy permanent secretary at the Justice Ministry, said the statistic was collected by the Corrections Department.

The department has been informed that 1,107 motorists had been arrested and would be given social service punishment because of bad driving during the first two days.

Of this, 727 were arrested for drunk driving, 43 for reckless driving, one for road racing, and 336 for testing positive for drug use while driving. He said 70 of the cases happened in Bangkok, 48 in Surin, 45 in Mahasarakham, 36 in Nonthaburi, and 24 in Chachoengsao.

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Det er trist, men det er vel det samme i Danmark, bortset fra at her straffes der.

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her i hua hin koster det ca 10,000 baht hvis man har drukket ved kasse et.....og efter de har været ved atm og hævet og betalt for de lov til at køre vidre i deres brandet...

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den pris er vel kun for falanger

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det ved jeg ikke men dem jeg kender er blevet taget i div sprit razzia..og de har betalt fra 10,000 til 13,000..........

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her er de nye officielle regler


Weerachai said that this year the punishment for drunk driving became hasher.

Those found to be drunk driving will face a jail term of up to one year, a fine of up to Bt20,000 and a six-month driver’s licence suspension.

Those who caused an accident while drunk will face a jail term of one to five years, a fine of up to Bt100,000 and a one-year suspension of their driver’s licence.

If a crash involving a drunk driver led to a death, the drunk driver will face 3-10 years in jail, a Bt60,000-Bt200,000 fine and a life-long suspension of their driver’s licence, said Weerachai.



Source: http://www.nation...l/30335047

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Jeg koere hverken bil eller mc idag, jeg har lao khao eftervirkninger fra igaar.

Godt nytaar.((5))

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Med eller uden lao khao det kører A H T((1((