General Prawit Wongsuwan, Deputy Prime Minister Chaired the meeting of the National Road Accident Prevention and Reduction Policy Committee. 2/2565 with provincial governors throughout the country in the meeting room of the Forest Conservation Organization in 5 provinces through electronic media The meeting acknowledged the progress of the review. Road Traffic Act (No. 13) BE 2522 to improve legal measures in accordance with the road use situation. including setting safety standards for driving, such as designating child safety seats Higher penalties for repeat offenders who drive while drunk Stop racing, etc., effective from 5 September 65, including a system for recording driving behavior scores of people who licensed for the year 65, effective from 9 January 66 and Acknowledging the decision of the Road Safety Meeting of the Supervisory Board to designate January 21 each year as “Road User Safety Day” to remind motorists. must be careful of safety For car users who use the road extremely because of the incident on the day of “Doctor Rabbit” or Dr. Waralak Supawatchariyakul death by accident He was hit by a motorcycle at a crossroads on 21 January 65
Subsequently, the meeting approved the integrated plan to prevent and reduce road accidents. During the festival and holiday period 2023, during the New Year and Songkran Festival year 66, the name of the project was decided. “A new way of life driving safely without accidents” and the road safety master plan for the year 65-70 was agreed (draft) under the vision “Towards safer road traffic for all”
General Prawit has instructed the Ministry of the Interior, the Royal Thai Police and relevant agencies to strictly accelerate the implementation of policies and plans to reduce injuries and deaths as a result of road accidents to be continuous And from the trend of road accidents which reducing now and thank you to all the relevant agencies for working effectively however more work must be added so that no one has to be sad Because family members have died, been injured, disabled from accidents. by focusing on proactive measures Analysis of frequent incidents in conjunction with public relations Creating a culture of safety In order to address the risk factors for people, roads and vehicles, motorcyclists must wear helmets 100% and raise awareness. together with intense law enforcement for the safety of life and property of the vehicle driver and all road users together
