As another deadly Songkran comes to an end with no reduction in road deaths, there is great concern over what approaches the government can still employ to curb the carnage each year.
"All agencies did the best they could to lower road deaths, but it's possible that we placed our focus in the wrong areas. This year's focus was on public transportation safety, which led to no deaths this year, but motorbike-related incidences have always been around the 80% mark," according to Nikorn Chamnong, a member of the Leadership Council of the Global Network for Road Safety Legislators and President of the People's Safety Foundation.
With the nation's combined force of highway police officers and the Royal Thai Police covering 80,000 kilometres of road, a lot of other roads were left to local policemen.
Mr Nikorn claims that there is a habit among locals to appease each other over road safety violations, which he sees as "part of the country's DNA".
"I support PM Prayut Chan-o-cha's proposal to set up an information centre which will help gather data and analyse patterns in road accidents nationwide for the government to have a clearer picture of the real root causes. The government should also enter talks with the UN Road Safety Trust fund for proper support," Mr Nikorn added.
Stricter laws have already been put in place, such as driving without a licence which can carry a prison sentence of up to three months instead of the previous maximum penalty of only one month.
However, petty road crimes which account for the majority of accidents, such as speeding, not wearing a helmet and driving through red lights are poorly enforced.
According to a study by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Thailand is among the countries with the highest fatality rate per 100,000 population.
A proposal made by both experts and the government to tackle these types of violations was to purchase better equipment such as speed cameras to enhance enforcement.
In Khon Kaen province for instance, where the local municipality was given state-of-the-art speed cameras donated by the Safer Roads Foundation, road violations decreased by 10% but the improvement would likely be greater if people actually had to pay their fines.
"The camera system which is directly linked to a police station costs 1.3 million baht per fixed location and has a 100% success rate in catching people running red lights or those who drive over the speed limit," says Thaned Satiennam, an associate professor at Khon Kaen University's Faculty of Engineering.
"Unfortunately, only 20% of speeding tickets are paid, and only 10% for running red lights and riding without a helmet.
"The police are doing what they can, but with human capital as a constraint, a majority of unpaid fees are not chased after. That's why they don't pay," Mr Thaned said.
This statistic is a lot more optimistic than data collected by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion which finds that only 4% of people who violate traffic laws nationwide pay their fines, and only 20% of violators are given tickets.
In December 2017, Interior Minister Gen Anupong Paojinda mentioned that he had signed off a purchase of 849 handheld speed guns for a total of 573 million baht at 674,000 baht a piece.
The public was outraged by the original 900,000 baht base price, which led to the Interior Ministry setting a price of 674,000 baht per gun. However, experts believe this will result in inferior equipment.
"Equipment from the EU and particularly the US guarantees near-perfect results. Either mobile or fixed surveillance systems from the West will cost at least one million baht," Mr Thaned said.
Phuket was another place which the Safer Roads Foundation provided support.
"Phuket was granted five fixed speed cameras and several mobile speed guns, so the signs were good.
"Between 2015-16, road accidents decreased from 267 to 120," said Wiwat Seetamanotch, program manager of the Strengthening Road Safety Programme in Thailand.
"We have similar statistics to Krabi, with only 20% paying for running red lights.
"However, the technology we use is crucial regardless, as it minimises the chances of bribery, while reducing the risk police officers take by physically monitoring drivers on fast roads," he added.