The great holiday exodus

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Published: 29 Dec 2012 at 00.07
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The traffic jams have been building since Friday as all of Bangkok seemed to want to get out of the city for the New Year. A total of 71 people died in road accidents on the first two "dangerous days" of the holiday, while upcountry, cars are not being allowed into the two largest national parks.

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 casualties followed 33 fatalities 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.

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tamsin
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Discussion 7 : 29 Dec 2012 at 08.587
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ploydonut. I believe keeping cars out of wildlife habitats and using shuttle buses better, don't you?
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Discussion 6 : 29 Dec 2012 at 08.396
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"The traffic jams built up all day Friday as all of Bangkok seemed to want to get out of the city for the New Year." Good! Now don't let the cars come back - traffic problem solved.
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Discussion 5 : 29 Dec 2012 at 08.235
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D3 ploydonut - You have obviously never dealt with wildlife before, large animals will jump a fence and small animals will dig under to get to where they want to go. Plus the parks and forests were theirs long before we came along. It is we humans that must watch out for them and allow them space to live. Keeping cars out and using buses is a fantastic idea for places like Doi Inthanon,and should be done year round.
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Discussion 4 : 29 Dec 2012 at 08.184
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I am think there should be more activity to do in the national park. For example more elephant for riding, and the monkey show, or make open zoo, because sometime nothing to do for the children except see the green tree.
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Discussion 3 : 29 Dec 2012 at 04.113
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I am think that can put the electric wall by the road in the park so animal cannot go onto road and so can not dead by the car. It also help keep animal in the park otherwise they all run away.
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Discussion 2 : 29 Dec 2012 at 01.362
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Happy new year !
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Discussion 1 : 29 Dec 2012 at 01.041
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That is a very good idea .
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