Road Safety Centre Opened as Mass Exodus Begins

BANGKOK, April 10 (TNA) – The Interior Minister presided over the opening of the Road Safety Centre, set up during the Songkran Thai New Year holiday to prevent and cut the number of road accidents. The centre will operate from April 11-17 when a mass exodus of people travel home upcountry for the Thai New Year celebrations with their families and return to work next week. Interior Minister Gen. Anupong Paochinda as a chairman of the road safety committee said that the government has launched the campaign for motorists to refrain from drunk driving, speeding or using drugs that caused most road accidents last year. Among measures to cut road accidents and fatalities, he said officials will implement law strictly, focusing on main and secondary roads with high records of road accidents. The minister added that people can celebrate the traditional New Year without alcohol by preserving Thai culture, making merit, chanting prayers, and paying respected to the elderly. (TNA)