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 festive - the carnage on Thai roads, as drunken revellers attempt to drive home.
Selina Downes reports.
In Saudi Arabia, where woman are not allowed to drive, one female activist is on a quest for reform. She did it. She filmed it. She posted it on Youtube. And she’s had more than100,000 hits as Al jazeera’s Jamal Elshayyal explains.
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 authorities 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, where the authorities have introduced speed cameras to cope with the problem.