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38 die on second ‘dangerous day’

Published: 29 Dec 2012 at 12.20
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A total of 38 people were killed and 504 injured in 495 road accidents nationwide on Friday, Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol, director-general of the Probation Department, reported on Saturday.

The road death toll was 33 on Thursday, the first day of the “seven dangerous days” road safety campaign over the New Year holidays, running from Dec 27 to next Wednesday.

The road accident death toll over the first two days of the dangerous period is 71, with total injuries rising to 826, according to the director general.

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tomo
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Discussion 8 : 29 Dec 2012 at 19.238
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Sad state of affairs but if half of them could slow down theyd get to thier destination safe instead of going to the Temple premiturely.And another fact,teach them to Drive first.
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pete
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Discussion 7 : 29 Dec 2012 at 15.307
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71 dead, 826 injured so far – presumably hospitalized. Who cares for those injured? Nurses do. A few days ago BP carried a report of 4 billion baht bonuses for civil servants; what did the nurses and other carers in state hospitals get? Zilch. Some of the lowest paid, yet most important people who work all hours deserve better.
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Discussion 6 : 29 Dec 2012 at 14.406
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Yes some booze related but most of it caused buy very bad driving and poor read management.To put this into context the UK has similar population to Thailand with 5 deaths over the Christmas period.
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Discussion 5 : 29 Dec 2012 at 14.285
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rontorre, re D.4
Thank you for the feedback, but you misunderstood my D.1.

I did not and do not advocate prohibition - that's a disaster, as the US experience plainly showed.
But current Thai drug policy is based on false notions that yaa baa and the like are in some way worse then alcohol, that they are more harmful: a seriously false belief. Any sane and just drug policy must treat alcohol the same as heroin and yaa baa - and as you rightly point out, prohibition is a known failure.

The legalisation of all drugs for adults would greatly benefit society and individuals by allowing effective regulation and a massive hit to corrupti
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rontorre
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Discussion 4 : 29 Dec 2012 at 14.114
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d1, you seriously need to get off of that Prohibition bandwagon and join the King of Vegans in his campaign
to abolish eating animal flesh and byproducts, you would have much more support.

read what d2 said, makes more sense, and would have more sesults, but the only problem with that is they would need to start using Breathalyzers every couple of hours on the police first.
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upena
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Discussion 3 : 29 Dec 2012 at 14.103
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More under-reporting from the Thai Government.
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borrocks
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Discussion 2 : 29 Dec 2012 at 12.582
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is it not about time that Thailand introduced a Zero alcohol tolerance for ALL drivers ALL YEAR
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felixqui
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Discussion 1 : 29 Dec 2012 at 12.581
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"32.88% were caused by drunk driving"

And some still believe that alcohol is not the most harmful recreational drug of addiction popular in Thailand?

If the yaa baa dealers get 10 years or whatever it is, the alcohol dealers and producers should clearly be getting double that time.
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