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The Department of Land Transport will introduce a system from December 1 to cut points from licences of drivers who violate traffic rules and laws, Chirut Wisanchit, director-general of the department under the Transport Ministry, said on Thursday.

The Department of Land Transport will issue the new international driving permit from May 1. The new permit covers 84 countries under the Vienna Convention, including the US, UK, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Bahrain and Brazil.

Up to 313 road accidents on Thursday claimed 29 lives and injured 310 others, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation announced on Friday.

Thirty-seven people died and 328 were injured in 330 road accidents on Wednesday, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation announced on Thursday.

Actor Surakiat “Pan” Bunnag, who had been arrested for driving while inebriated and tried to escape by claiming his father was an Army general, issued a public apology for his behaviour on Friday (September 11).

An allegedly drunk 37-year-old businesswoman tried to run over pedestrians near Khae Rai Intersection and Tao Poon MRT with her car, soon after her business was embezzled of millions.

A new US-funded, tactical training centre for Thai police was inaugurated on Thursday (February 20).

Nearly 12,000 of the 12,360 accidents during the New Year holiday period involved drunk driving, Vittawan Sunthornkajit, director-general of the Department of Probation, said.

Three teenage girls were injured, two seriously, after crashing their motorbike into a mud-filled trench in central Pattaya at 2am on Sunday morning.

Songkran’s “Seven Dangerous Days” saw the number of drunk driving soar to 12,192, with Bangkok having the highest number of inebriated drivers at 727, Probation Department chief Prasarn Mahaleetrakul said on Thursday.

The number of road accidents saw a sharp increase on the third of the “Seven Dangerous Days” of Songkran this year, as more people were found to be driving under the influence of alcohol besides being guilty of speeding.

TRAFFIC police are discussing with other agencies amendments to the penalties for drink-drivers and repeat offenders on Thai roads.