At a glance, the lower death toll at the beginning of this year's Songkran festival may give the impression that the government's road safety campaign has yielded some success. Yet the huge number of traffic violations reflects a lack of safety awareness among our road users. The government is on the right track in making efforts to mitigate the number of road deaths. It has launched a stepped-up road safety campaign and plans to make it harder to obtain driving licences to ensure motorists and other road users keep their discipline on the road. To fix this nagging problem, the parties involved realise that boosting road safety is a long-term affair that requires a strong commitment without compromise.

Source: Bangkok Post April 14, 2017 20:26 UTC