(File photo)Drink-driving cases accounted for 98% of traffic offences during the past five days of the Songkran holidays, with 8,222 cases sent to courts. On April 15 alone, there were 4,264 traffic offence cases sent to the courts, and 99.95% of them -- all but two -- were drink-driving cases, The other two were reckless driving cases, Department of Probation chief Prasarn Mahaleetrakul said on Tuesday. The vast majority -- 8,222, or 98.08% -- were drink-driving cases. The others were driving under the influence of drugs (150 cases, or 1.79%) and reckless driving (11 cases, or 0.13%), said Mr Prasarn. Maha Sarakham province had the highest number of drink-driving cases over the five-day period (596) followed by Bangkok (480) and Nakhon Phanom (440), he said.

Source: Bangkok Post April 16, 2019 05:15 UTC