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As drink-driving is the main cause of road casualties, authorities yesterday reminded the public that any drunk driver involved in a fatal road accident could be jailed for up to 10 years and pay a Bt200,000 fine.
Πέμπτη 22 Απριλίου 2010
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Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the first three days of the "seven dangerous days" of the festival, saw 166 deaths �" 27 more than in the same period last year �" and 2,149 injuries, 431 more than last year. There were 1,994 road accidents, 389 more cases than last year, the Road Safety Centre announced yesterday.
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήNakhon Ratchasima recorded the highest number of fatalities at 11 deaths, followed by 10 deaths in Ubon Ratchathani, said Uthairat Chaiprasert, assistant to the Justice Minister.
Nakhon Si Thammarat had the highest number of injuries at 94 cases and the highest number of accidents at 83, he said.
On Wednesday alone, 52 people were killed and 613 injured in 567 accidents, Uthairat said. Phitsanulok had the highest deaths for the day at six cases and Chiang Mai had the highest injuries at 27 cases. At checkpoints, 25,339 motorists were arrested for not wearing helmets and 23,057 others were nabbed for failing to present driver’s licences.
Uthairat warned that drunk drivers �" meaning those with over 50 milligrams of alcohol in their blood �" could face a maximum imprisonment of one year and/or a fine of Bt20,000, and their driver’s licences could be suspended for at least six months or be revoked.
Drink-drivers held responsible for the accidental deaths of other people would face a maximum 10 years’ imprisonment and a fine of Bt200,000 as well as a revocation of their driving licence, Uthairat warned.
In related news, Niruth Uthaya from the upper northeastern region’s anti-alcohol network said yesterday that an average of 118,704 people per day visited the Songkran celebration site at Khon Kaen’s Khao Niew Road, with its goal of "creating the world’s biggest wave of no-alcohol merry-makers".
Niruth said the alcohol drinking rate there was down 17.4 per cent down from last year to only 9.15 per cent �" the first time that the annual celebration’s booze-drinking rate has dipped below 10 per cent.