Authorities in Thailand are vowing to get serious about drunk driving during Songkran. Drunk drivers caught between Monday and Sunday next week, during the time of the holiday, are more likely be jailed without suspension if convicted. A police major general said yesterday that police recently discussed measures to discourage drunk driving with officials.
The major general said police and officials agreed that courts should not suspend jail terms for drunk drivers. This news comes after Phuket Governor Narong has started planning this year’s Seven Days of Danger campaign, a road safety campaign. Last year, the campaign focused on ending drunk driving, and inspecting “risk points” where accidents had happened. Narong’s goal for Songkran this year is to have zero casualties.
Across Thailand last year, 277 people were killed, and 2,357 were injured in almost 2,400 road…
