Stiffer drunk-driving penalties urged

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Stiffer drunk-driving penalties urged

Published: 5 Jan 2013 at 18.26
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BANGKOK - The Don’t Drive Drunk Foundation has urged the government to clamp down on drunk driving with harsher sentences.

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Dr Taejing Siripanich, the foundation’s secretary-general, said on Saturday that during holidays, such as New Year and Songkran, authorities should zealously crack down on driving under the influence of alcohol, just as they do on narcotics.

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sibley
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Discussion 7 : 05 Jan 2013 at 20.247
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365 people killed that's 1 for every day of the year so sad, I have seen people drink 7 or 8 bottles of beer get on their bikes or car and drive home, even today I have seen people drinking and driving, the question is if I can see it the police can see it, well of course they can but they just do not want to do anything about it, I will say again 365 people have died how many were injured, no legs no arms, come on Thailand theses are you brothers and sisters who are dying. do some thing about it.
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Discussion 6 : 05 Jan 2013 at 20.116
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So that means its 200 Baht instead of the usual 100 Baht, but of course this does not include the hiso people, as they are exempt of course!!
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Discussion 5 : 05 Jan 2013 at 19.535
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in fairfax, virginia, driving under influence of alchohol, the judge will send you to jail for 3 months with a fine of 600 dollars for first time with the 6-jail term suspended and 300 dollars also suspended, but you have to attend ASAP course (alchohol-related driving course) wirh yournown expenses Zabowhile your driver's license is suspended fro threee months or until compldete ASAP course and the Dep[artment of Motor Vehicles issues you a new drivers' license upon the condition that you complete the ASAP course. Such heavy penalties are aimed at teaching the drunk-driving people to refrain from drinking befoe driving, not even two cans of
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Discussion 4 : 05 Jan 2013 at 19.514
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The police might want to try driving around and stopping the people that are driving drunk maybe stop them before they kill someone. But that would require them to do real work. Not just ganging up at one location and waiting for the drivers.
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Discussion 3 : 05 Jan 2013 at 19.483
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As with most of Thailand's problems, education is the key.

Thais don't see anything wrong with drink driving.

A series of hard-hitting commercials showing the aftermath of drink-driving accidents and a sea-change in the way drink driving is perceived is necessary. If Thais can be taught that it's anti-social, dangerous and very 'uncool', perhaps the younger generation will be the first to act responsibly.
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Discussion 2 : 05 Jan 2013 at 19.422
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"He also proposed offering a cash incentive of one million baht for provinces that successfully reduce the number of road fatalities each year. During the past decade, the number of drunk-driving accidents had risen constantly, he added."

Won't work. Too many lie and under-report. Plus a road fatality isn't counted if the person dies in the hospital. Real and honest statistics, enforcing current laws, and enforcing them year-round and not just during the Seven Dangerous Days.
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Discussion 1 : 05 Jan 2013 at 19.141
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Why not ask the police to calibrate their breath-analysers and start doing their job first?
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