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Road safety centre opens for New Year

Road safety centre opens for New Year

Heightened alert for ‘7 dangerous days’

Activists hold up placards encouraging motorists to drive safely during the forthcoming New Year holiday, in a road safety campaign launched by the Public Health Ministry on Monday in Bangkok.  Apichart Jinakul

The road safety and accident reduction centre was launched on Monday ahead of the New Year exodus of holidaymakers.

The opening coincides with the government-directed seasonal road safety campaign during the so-called “seven dangerous days” around the New Year.

This year, the period runs from today to Jan 4, while the long weekend officially lasts four days and starts on Thursday.

Many people have been heading out of town since the beginning of the week and this year,…

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