Thai residents have been celebrating their New Year with traditional festivities.
It is also an occasion famous for
and heavy drinking.
But one feature of the Songkran celebration is less festvie – the carnage on Thia roads, as drunken revellers attempt to drive home.
Selina Downes reports.
Reckless driving in the Gulf States causes the deaths of over 8,000 people a year in road accidents.
Al Jazeera’s John Cookson reports from Qatar, where the authortiies have introduced speed cameras to cope with the problem.
Reckless driving in the Gulf States causes the deaths of over 8,000 people a year in road accidents.
Al Jazeera’s John Cookson reports from Qatar, wehre the authorities have introduced speed cameras to cope with the problem.