Thai drink-drivers 'to work in morgues'
Tourists and Thai residents take part in a city-wide water fight
during Thai New Year celebrations in Chiang Mai in 2014. Sometimes revellers
get out of hand. Photo: Getty
Bangkok: To help combat the carnage on
Thailand's roads during this week's traditional Thai New Year holiday
celebration, Thai authorities are going gory: Drink-drivers and repeat traffic
offenders can be sent to work in hospital morgues to see the fruits of their
irresponsibility.
Casual attitudes toward road safety
give Thailand the second-worst record in the world for traffic fatalities, and
health and safety experts fear the situation may be getting worse.
Anurak Amornpetchsathaporn, director of
the emergency response for the Bureau of Public Health, says a court-approved
stint cleaning up and transporting bodies in hospital morgues should bring home
the pain to reckless drivers in a way that community service such as tidying up
parks has failed to do.
AP
Thai crackdown on sexy clothes, dancing during Songkran
Bangkok: Thailand's
military rulers have warned that people wearing "too sexy" clothes or
performing sexy dancing will be banned or face arrest during this week's
Buddhist new year festivities.
In the northern city of Chiang Mai
authorities have banned "X-ray pants" which turn translucent when
soaked during street parties and water fights where locals and tourists douse
each other with buckets and pump-action waters guns.
A foreign tourist holds a water gun as she takes part in a water fight during traditional Thai New Year celebrations or Songkran festival in Chiang Mai Photo: AP
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