FOR THE EXPAT IN ALL OF US! ABSENT WITH OUT LEAVE IN THE LAND OF SMILES FREE EVERY FRIDAY SINCE 2008 NO CHANGE ISSUE 411 6th January 2017 ROAD DEATHS AND INJURIES CONTINUE TO RISE IN THAILAND • •HUA HIN The national and local media in Thailand at this time...
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FOR THE EXPAT IN ALL OF US! ABSENT WITH OUT LEAVE IN THE LAND OF SMILES FREE EVERY FRIDAY SINCE 2008 NO CHANGE ISSUE 411 6th January 2017 ROAD DEATHS AND INJURIES CONTINUE TO RISE IN THAILAND • •HUA HIN The national and local media in Thailand at this time of year is always awash with the news about the number of deaths and injuries occurring in road accidents during the ‘seven deadly days’. And indeed, here at AWOL, we frequently report on foreigners who have died on the road, and try to stress to you, our readers, the dangers that await all of us on the highways and byways here. However, the focus on the holiday periods of New Year and the Thai New Year of Songkran, in April, while understandable in that many more people are normally travelling at these times, is actually quite misleading. So far, figures available for the period 29th December 2016 to 3rd January 2017 indicate that there have been 426 deaths and 3,761 injured during that time. This is an increase on last year, but do
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