Police eye cyclists' safety
POLICE are considering measures to promote bicycling safety after two accidents claimed the lives of four riders recently.
The first accident took place on Sunday when a car ploughed into a group of cyclists in Chiang Mai, causing three deaths. The second accident happened the following day in Bangkok, injuring three riders, one fatally.
“We have to find measures to prevent such accidents from recurring,” deputy national police chief General Ruangsak Jarit-ake said yesterday.
He said cyclists, on their part, should wear reflective gear and turn on bicycle lights while riding at night. And they should try to stay on the shoulder of roads.
Meanwhile, Ruangsak said police would man more checkpoints to deter drunk drivers, a main cause of road accidents.
Referring to Monday’s accident, Khok Kram Police superintendent Colonel Kittichet Sakkayaphapwichanont said yesterday that they would summons Saran Intanon, the driver of the vehicle that hit the cyclists.
Available information indicates that Saran, 23, was quarrelling with his girlfriend who was a passenger in the car at the time of the accident, police say.
Saran stands charged with reckless driving causing death.
