Alcohol bans in vehicles and factories

Published: 8 Aug 2012 at 15.12
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Two Prime Minister's Office announcements - one banning drinking of alcoholic beverages in vehicles and the other banning sales and drinking of alcohol in factories - have been published in the Royal Gazette and were effective from today, Aug 8.

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The two announcements were issued under the Alcoholic Drinks Control Act of 2008.

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bern1005
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Discussion 22 : 09 Aug 2012 at 09.0622
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Banning drinking in cars is a small and probably good thing (if it signals more strongly disapproval of drink-driving) but it can have little impact on the vast majority who drink before driving. Better enforcement of the existing laws would be a much better step, but it will not be until attitudes in society change (when your friends and neighbours look down on you if you even consider drinking and driving) that the problem will significantly improve.
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Discussion 21 : 09 Aug 2012 at 03.5321
? ? ? Drinking alcohol in vehicles, now that's fine, but what about the passengers in those vehicles ? Buses also, will this include the passengers too. Who has reported this ? Not clearly outlined by the reporter, may be an amateur.
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Discussion 20 : 08 Aug 2012 at 23.0920
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Most developed countries ban open alcohol in a vehicle anyway .I think the time restrictions and holiday restrictions on drinking treat the public like they are children .People can decide for themselves when they want to buy alcohol .Drinking and driving laws have to be enforced .When was the last a policeman gave a ticket for talking on a cell phone while driving ?
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Discussion 19 : 08 Aug 2012 at 22.5919
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On average, about 30 people are killed in road accidents every day and the figure rises to 50 to 60 people every day during the New Year and Songkran festivals because of alcohol, he said. The actual figure is probably nearer to 3x that figure, its the second most dangerous country in the world to drive with Honduras first over 100 deaths per day, the third country has 60 so Thailand must have more than 60. How can you see into the cars with totally blacked out windows which actually from experience with a hire car recently, means at night you can see absolutely nothing even on main beam.
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Discussion 18 : 08 Aug 2012 at 22.1418
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I remember 30 years ago in Canada coming out of a pit party being stopped by cops. They asked if I had been drinking and I said no. Then they asked me to open my trunk in which I had a 24 case of beer with 12 bottles missing and 12 remaining. They told me it was illegal to have opened beer cases even in the trunk. So they took the case with 12 beers left and let me go with a warning. I think they drank those beers..grrrr...
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Discussion 17 : 08 Aug 2012 at 21.5017
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renbe, discussion 11, "alcohol is a highly addictive drugs" is only partly true. While some have a tendency to get easily addicted, others can drink daily, yet never become an alcoholic. Alcoholism is hereditary, but many people are not prone to it.
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Discussion 16 : 08 Aug 2012 at 21.2716
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Madlaplain Disc 13
You are exactly right! So much negativity from farangs on BP, it's depressing not to mention embarassing to the rest of us farangs here, also.
Efforts like this should be applauded - then people would also be more willing to listen when it is pointed out, that, maybe, it is a good idea to enforce the rules as well as make them!
I see so many things wrong in Thailand, but the number of good things here far outweighs them.
Things improve much faster when people encourage, rather than criticise every step.
You would think, sad middle- old age farangs would realise that, but maybe not! (yes, I am one of those but see the good aswell as the bad!)
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Discussion 15 : 08 Aug 2012 at 21.0415
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D2: I've been here for a year and a half so for the most part the "shock" of being here wore off a long time ago. Thanks for your snarky remark though. The point I was making was that it seemed odd that a factory owner, who should care about their bottom line, would allow a practice that could result in loss of productivity as well as jeopardize expensive equipment that would have to be replaced were it to be destroyed by a drunk employee.

D8: I'm even surprised to see that drinking on a factory floor is tolerated in Germany. I know that Germans love their beer, but with the perception I have about their on the clock efficiency I'm surprised by your revelation. If your company was on the line, I'd forgo a "know when to say when" policy for "wait 'till you get home".
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Discussion 14 : 08 Aug 2012 at 19.4714
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50-60 reported deaths daily during Songkran and New Years - most likely 2-3 times as many.
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Discussion 13 : 08 Aug 2012 at 19.4013
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Can anyone of you guys be positive when something good happening is this country! Thailand is not the place that you all come just to get yourself drunk, if you want to get drunk to it in your home.
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