A perennial certainty on newspaper front pages ahead of the New Year and Songkran festivities is appeals for improved traffic safety. It’s clear, though, that imposing traffic discipline on Thais is as difficult as getting them to meet in the middle ground of politics. Another idea is to make it mandatory for children to be taught about traffic discipline beginning at a young age. This last approach seems particularly promising, since bad driving habits might be eased aside in a generational shift, just as cigarette smoking has become less popular among youth. Children learn bad traffic habits from the adults driving them around.

Source: The Nation Bangkok December 08, 2017 18:40 UTC