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Songkran road accidents: Mostly motorcycles
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/04/2013
» 321 dead, 3,040 injured, 78.11% motorcycles, 21% no helmet, alcohol 39.11%, speeding 23.59%, 232,600 no helmet violations.
Road killing of police: Police want charges dropped
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/04/2013
» Red Bull heir was not speeding when he hit police officer say police experts & might have been drunk after accident not before. Police want 2 year max jail sentence.
Safe driving: App to help UK tourists in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/03/2013
» Worried about auto accident deaths of UK citizens in Thailand, Spain & Australia, British govt developed a mobile phone app to keep British tourists safe.
'Mai pen rai' on our roads means death
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/04/2013
» Little pickup truck overloaded with 350 boxes of ceramic tiles, drops them all over the highway causing accidents & traffic jam, fined only 500 baht.
Songkran: No water fights from back of trucks
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/03/2013
» Water fights from the back of pickup trucks, a common sight during Songkran, are against the law starting this Songkran for road safety reasons.
New alcohol laws: No drinking in cars or factories
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/08/2012
» 30 killed in road accidents every day rising to 50-60 during New Years & Songkran. New alcohol laws to improve safety, reduce injuries & deaths.
Health watch: Late night football sleep loss
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/06/2012
» Sleep loss leads to weight gain, memory loss, dark baggy eyes, road accidents, horrible sleepy feelings, anger, impatience & lack of concentration. Alcohol makes it worse.
The difficulty of enforcing motor speed laws
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/04/2011
» Speed laws are only enforced in Bangkok at over 110 kph, whereas the legal limit in safety conscious Singapore is 50 kph.
Queen's Birthday: Helping people to walk again
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/08/2012
» 24,000 people in Thailand have lost legs, mostly from auto accidents. New artificial leg reduces cost to 35,000 from 50,000.
Micro-insurance for the poor
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/03/2013
» For sale in 7-11 soon, low-cost insurance policies for poor people to deal with risks such as cancer, Songkran accidents or home fires.