Importance Of Road Safety In Thailand

Nowadays, exactly everyone has to go anywhere all the time, whether to go to work, study or travel. Certainly, a lot of people have to travel by road as the main route inevitably. Since people have to take the road on a regular basis, they deserve to be safe in using the road. In Thailand, there are about around 5 million people use vehicles on the road which is quite a lot ever. Moreover, in Thailand, every hour an accident on the road killed 1 million people in the country 70 million people which this loss ratio can indicate road safety. Because of Thailand, people have a lot of vehicles on the road. So, vehicles are increased significantly each year, the more common one is the issue of "dangerous road condition ". Especially, traffic jam …show more content…
The number of vehicles has increased rapidly, but the roads are not enough to the number of vehicles. Some roads are damaged, including road building and some are not standardized. Signs of traffic and traffic lights are installed on roads, are not enough, some are damaged or some are installed in places that are not suitable. Both motorists and road users lack understanding rules of traffic. Vehicle users are prone to lack of discipline or neglect, no respect for traffic law, thus causing accidents lead to loss of life, body, and property to a large number. Moreover, when compared to other countries, Thailand has the third highest road death rate in the world. According to Global Status Report on Road Safety, they provide the fact that Thailand has 38 deaths from road accidents per 100,000 population, and it seems to be increasing every …show more content…
Especially, during the festive season. In Thailand, during the "seven dangerous days" on New Year, road traffic fatalities more than tripled from 27 per day to an average of 52 per day or about 2 per hour. These figures demonstrate the importance of “Solve the problem on the people". What to do is that the driver must always check and observe the condition of the vehicle. These are extremely important when one part is damaged, the other part is damaged too. Drivers should have time to check their car at least once or take the car to the garage or gas station, which will be skilled technicians and advice to keep the car's stability and operate confidently throughout the journey that no people are harmed by their car and for road safety. Furthermore, the next important thing is the preparation of the driver. Driver condition must be sufficiently rested before driving. If dizziness or blurred vision, the driver should stop driving at night. In addition, if the driver takes drugs that cause drowsiness, they should stop the car or if the driver does not have conscious to drive as a drunken, it should stop the car as well. These symptoms all make the ability to reduce driving. When the ability to reduce driving performance, the risk increases. Therefore, adequate rest, self-care, not strain and prepare the body well, it will reduce dangerous road condition and increase