Section 43 (2) No driver shall drive the vehicle while
being intoxicated by liquor or other alcoholic drinks
Section 160 ter Any person who violates Section 43
(2), he shall be punished with the imprisonment not
exceeding one year or fine from five thousand baht to
twenty thousand baht or both and the Court shall forbid to
use the driving license not less than six month or revoke
the driving license.
If the offence according paragraph one may
cause injurious to other person’s bodily or mind, the
offender shall be punished with imprisonment from one
year to five years and fine from twenty thousand baht to
one hundred thousand baht and the Court shall forbid to
use the driving license of the offender not less than one
year or revoke the driving license.
If the offence according paragraph one may
cause the grievous harm to the other person, the offender
shall be punished with imprisonment from two year to six
years and fine from forty thousand baht to one hundred
and twenty thousand baht and the Court shall forbid to
use the driving license of the offender not less than two
year or revoke the driving license.
If the offence according paragraph one may
cause the other person to be dead, the offender shall be
punished with imprisonment from three year to ten years
and fine from sixty thousand baht to twenty thousand baht
and the Court shall revoke the driving license.”
Any person whose driver licence is revoked as
such is liable to an imprisonment of a period not
exceeding two years and to a fine not exceeding 40,000
Baht.
Notification of the Office of the Prime Minister,
by the virtue of the provisions of the Alcohol
Control Act, B.E. 2551 (2008)
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Section 162 In a lawsuit that a driver is convicted by the
final judgment of the court for the commission of on
offence under this Act or the law governing such vehicle,
besides the penalty that such driver is liable to under such
provision but, if it appears to the court that the driver is
likely to cause danger to persons or property of other
persons if allowed to drive longer, the court shall have the
power to revoke his driver licence.
In case the court considers that the person who
commits the offence in paragraph one can be
rehabilitated, the court might suspend his driver licence
and orders him to do public work under conditions and
term determined by the court and also under the
supervision of probation officers, state officials , state
agencies or any public service organization. If later on it
appears to the court that the offender does not comply
with such conditions, the court shall have the power to
revoke his driver licence.
There shall be no person consumeany
alcoholic beverage on the way during driving
or being passenger in or on the vehicle.
Violator shall be liable to imprisonment for the
term of not exceeding six months or to a fine
of not exceeding ten thousand Baht or both.
There shall be no person saleany alcoholic
beveragesin state enterprises or other state
agencies except in the case where is premises
stores or club. Violator shall be liable to
imprisonment for the term of not exceeding six
months or to a fine of not exceeding ten
thousand Baht or both.
There shall be no person sell or consume any
alcoholic beveragesin the factory premises
under the factory law. Violator shall be liable to
imprisonment for the term of not exceeding six
months or to a fine of not exceeding ten
thousand Baht or both.
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Police (General Emergency Call)
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Crime
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Royal Thai Police Hospital Emergency
Toll way information center
Ambulance and Rescue
Medical Emergency Call
Department of Land Transport (DLT)
Public Transport Safety Center
Lost Car
Disaster Mitigation
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Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
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Don’t Drive Drunk Foundation 02-575-0044, 02575-0101
Public Transport Safety Center
1356
Fire
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Ruam Duay Chuay Kan's hotline
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JS100 community radio
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Traffic Report (FM.91)
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Poh teck tung Foundation
02-226-4444-8
Ruamkatanyu Foundation
02-751-0951-3
Don't drive drunk to decrease the total
number of traffic accidents
From the statistic of Ministry of Public Health since
2003-2012, found that the amount of the dead of Thai
people from traffic accident reaches at 121,193 and
amount of injured from traffic accident reaches at
8,509,863. Most of them are teenagers and more than half
of those amount were from getting drunk and driving. The
most number of vehicle accidents arise from motorcycle.
And Thai economic has lost more than hundred thousand
million baht per year, information from Thailand
Development Research Institute (TDRI)
If this kind of problem still persisted, there would
definitely affect the safety of Thai society in life and
property. Therefore, a group of people have established
Don’t Drive Drunk association since 1996 and campaign
to educate and urge people to aware of the dangerous
from driving drunk since then. Now it becomes Don’t Drive
Drunk foundation and still holds fast to the primary
objectives of preventing people from driving drunk.
Don't Drunk Drive Foundation asks for
cooperation to save Thai’s life, not to be innocent
victims of drunk drivers. Although you don’t’ drink, you
could be in a drunk driving crash.
The life you save may be your own.
Don’t Drive Drunk Foundation
21 Prachanivet 2 Village Soi Samakkee 58, Yak
Samakkee 58/26 Samakkee Rd., Tambon Thasai,
Amphor Mueang, Nonthaburi 11000
Tel./Fax. 05-5750044, 025750101
www.ddd.or.th e-mail: ddd@ddd.or.th