As so many have noted, the total fatalities in these holiday periods are no more or less than the annual average. Figures for the number of drunk driving detections are listed, but with no information on whether those drivers were allowed to continue their journey or locked up. It is a troubling acceptance of this ongoing tragedy that many Thais seem to equate road deaths with the randomness of lightning strikes. We paid for my Thai wife's daughter to do a one-week course, which included a mere 1.5 hours on trafficked roads. In Australia, learner drivers have to do 120 hours of logged driving in all conditions with a fully licensed driver.
