Thai MPs have come up with an extraordinary way to fight drunk car owners. Thai MPs have come up with an extraordinary way to deal with drunk car owners.
So, drivers who will be detained for driving while intoxicated during the celebration of the Buddhist New Year (Songkran) will be punished by community service in a rather unusual place - a hospital morgue. With the help of such an unusual method, the country's authorities are going to fight the traditionally increasing number of drunk drivers during the celebration.
According to Kriangded Chantharavong, who serves as a spokesman for the country's police department, working in local morgues will allow drivers to understand and see firsthand the consequences of drunk driving. At the same time, he emphasized that the final decision on serving the sentence by the offender in the morgue will be made by the local court. Alternatively, community work for cleaning the roads, caring for the area adjacent to the road, as well as assistance to clients of local clinics injured as a result of road traffic could be offered. accident and accident on the road.
Separately, it should be recalled that as of today, Thailand occupies a leading position among Asian countries in terms of the number of fatal accidents. Only during the New Year celebrations, which is also called "deadly week", an average of 2.3 people are killed every hour, and at least 160 Thais are injured.
