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Connecticut; USA - Over 700 small white flags will represent those who have died on our CT roads in 2022 & 2023.
Connecticut will hold its first statewide event in Bushnell Park, Hartford, 1 – 3 p.m. The goals of WDoR are to provide a platform for road traffic victims and their families to: – Remember all people killed and seriously injured on the roads – Acknowledge the crucial work of the emergency services – Draw attention to the generally trivial legal response to culpable road deaths and injuries and advocate for an appropriately serious response – Advocate for better support for road traffic victims and victim families – Promote evidence-based actions to prevent further road traffic deaths and injuries We anticipate having a few families of victims speak, a roll call of those who have died, prayers given by a faith leader, and lastly legislators speak. A sea of over 700 small white flags will represent those who have died on our CT roads in 2022 & 2023. Other family members and loved ones will carry photos of victims.
Connecticut World Day of Remembrance 2023 2023-11-19 @ 12:00 AM Bushnell Park, 1 Jewell Street Hartford 06103 United States
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Woman Killed by Speeding Driver in Northern Thailand
Woman Killed by Speeding Driver in Northern Thailand
A 55 year-old woman was killed and her husband seriously injured when their car was rear-ended by a speeding pickup in Northern Thailand, Tuesday night. The accident occurred about 9.30pm on the Lampang-Phayao road.
Pol Lt Col Kamol Kid-an, told Thai media that witnesses said the car was travelling out of Lampang in the far left lane. It was hit from behind by a speeding Isuzu pickup going in the…
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Police Create Action Plan to Reduce Road Accidents in Thailand
Aiming to reduce road accidents year-round, the Royal Thai Police will be keeping a closer eye on riskier drivers. Especially drunk driver, speeders and the elderly, as Songkran approaches.
Deputy Commissioner-General Pol General Suwat Chaengyotsuk announced at a seminar on Wednesday that accident records from New Years had identified which preventive measures had been most successful.
An action plan highlighting those measures has since been drafted the Nation reports.
To reduce accidents during Songkran holiday, the plan includes a campaign to encourage motorcycle riders to wear helmets. Also lists of drivers who are accident risks in every village and sub-district,” Suwat said.
Police will coordinate with the relevant groups to hold a training course for village heads and sub-district chiefs. Training courses on how to instill road discipline among citizens. Police will also have patrol teams monitoring traffic conditions and driver alcohol test throughout the year.
People need to be more fully aware of the law, General Pol Gen. Suwat said. This can be achieved through stricter enforcement, resulting in a sustainable reduction in accidents.
Thailand had the world’s second-highest rate of road fatalities per capita, surpassed only by war-afflicted, lawless Libya, according to a 2015 report from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
When it comes to per-capita motorcycle deaths, the country is number one.
Source: The Nation
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Highway Speed Limits to Be Raised to 120km/h in Thailand
Thailand’s Transport will increase speed limit to 120 kilometres per hour on sections of selected highways. This announcement comes after Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said a surveys show most people support it.
The minister said they conducted opinion surveys which showed 71% agreed with increasing the highway speed limit from 90 to 120 km/h.
Ministry officials are now drafting a ministerial regulation for the new speed limit. It will be submitted to the government’s land traffic management committee this month, Mr Saksayam said.
Furthermore the new regulation sets different speed limits for different traffic lanes on selected highways. On selected section of highways, there will be separate lanes for 80-120 km/h. On fast lanes, officials will enforce both minimum and maximum speed limits.
“The 120 km/h limit will also apply on some sections of some routes. Traffic must be slow at curves and near communities and schools,” Mr Saksayam told the Bangkok Post.
He planned to initially introduce the new speed measure on a 150km section of Highway 32 (Asian Highway). Between Bang Pa-in district of Ayutthaya province and Nakhon Sawan province. Sections of Mitrapharp Highway in the Northeast and Vibhavadi Rangsit Road in Bangkok.
The minister said that 29% of the respondents who disagreed with the speed limit increase. Because it could increase road accidents; highway conditions were not good enough for faster speed; motorists lacked discipline and might again violate the new speed limit; and law enforcement could also be lax.
Mr Saksayam also said that highways would be improved with better traffic barriers. They would be installed to suit the faster speed limit.
Lack of enforcement
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization estimated 22,941 people die each year in traffic-related incidents in Thailand. Making its roads the deadliest in Southeast Asia.
One of the biggest obstacles to safer roads is poor enforcement of traffic rules. The Interior Ministry’s Road Safety Thailand unit said the majority of deaths during the New Year period. 41.5% of road death were caused by drunk driving and 28% by speeding.
Highway Police Division chief Pol Maj Gen Ekkarach Limsungkask said the number of traffic offences in 2018 was as high. The most common type of vehicles found violating traffic laws were freight trucks, buses and passenger vans.
Pol Maj Gen Ekkarach said many Thais do not abide by the law because punishment for violating traffic laws are weak. He also said that after the new Road Traffic Act comes into effect, the Highway Police Division would be able to impose a “point deduction” system.
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Road Accidents in Thailand Kill 45 People Daily and Injured 2,523
When asked why so many people die on Thai roads, officials here ascribe it to a “sabai sabai” culture.
Sabai sabai is one of those untranslatable phrases, but it denotes a kind of relaxed contentment. Sabai sabai is one reason Thailand is a great place for a beach holiday. But it’s not a helpful attitude when building national safety standards.
Weak Enforcement, Compounded by Corruption
Speeding, drunken driving and failing to wear proper helmets are the primary causes of traffic deaths in the country, Thai officials said. While the laws are there to combat each of those factors, enforcement is not.
Road accidents killed 45 people and injured 2,523 each day on average from January to October this year. This is according to data compiled by the central road accident claims company.
Road Accident Victims Protection Co was jointly set up in 1998 and owned by all insurance companies at the time to ensure quick payments of compulsory compensation to road victims under the 1997 Protection for Motor Vehicle Victims Act.
According to the company’s data in the first 10 months of this year, 13,692 people died and 757,010 were injured in road accidents.
Jarut Visalchit, director-general of the Land Transport Department, said safety measures had been implemented and planned to reduce Thailand’s road accident fatalities to below 10 per 100,000 population, the goal set for next year.
Based on the population of 66.4 million last year Thailand’s goal of 664 road traffic deaths a year or 1.8 per day on average is a tall order, given the 10-month data.
GPS systems and GPS-based monitoring centres
Mr Jarut said several measures had already been implemented. For instance, public transport vans must use terminals. All public vehicles and lorries must install GPS systems and GPS-based monitoring centres were set up to monitor them for violations.
Online systems on vehicle conditions and their fuel systems were also put in place while more checkpoints were set up at accident-prone spots nationwide, told the Bangkok Post.
Public drivers with past records are monitored 24 hours while drivers’ working hours are required to be reported and checked. Drivers must also be tested for alcohol and receive training.
For cargo trucks, twist locks are required to be installed
Next year, public transport vehicles must be no more than 3.8m high from 4m currently while double deckers must be no more than 4.3m high. Vehicles 3.6m or higher must also pass rollover tests and standards will be set on doors and interior materials, he said.
Since the government made its promise to halve road deaths, Thailand has barely inched upward. Moving from the country with the next-to-worst per-capita death tally to the eighth-worst.
Thailand has the eighth worst record in the world for fatal road accidents, as measured by deaths per 100,000 population, according to the World Health Organization.
The ranking in the most recent WHO survey in 2018 is actually an improvement from the previous two surveys, when the country ranked second, behind only Libya. The survey on road accidents is conducted every three years.
Source: New York Times, Bangkok Post, WHO