As part of the Helmets for Kids road safety program in Thailand, 500 helmets will be donated to two primary schools where less than 4% of students currently wear helmets on their commute to school. Both schools are located in high-density traffic areas in the Mueang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province. Within the last year alone,
On 25 July, 2018, Legal Development Program (LDP) held the Effective Enforcement through Strengthening Road Safety Legislation workshop at I Residence Hotel in Bangkok. The morning sessions consisted of two lectures by LDP members Pol Maj Gen Pongson Kongtreekaew and Supa Chotngam. While Pol Maj Gen Pongson Kongtreekaew outlined enforcement gaps and challenges in the Road Traffic
AIP Foundation Thailand attended the second meeting of the Ministry of Transport’s task force on motorcycle-related crashes at the Ministry of Transport, Bangkok. At the meeting, Oratai Junsuwanaruk of AIP Foundation was asked to share the organization’s expectations and discuss relevant AIP Foundation programs on two- and three-wheeler safety, including Safety Delivered and the Legal Development
More than 250 students, parents, and teachers from 11 program schools in the Singhanakhon and Muang districts of Songkhla province gathered today to celebrate the launch of Phase III of the Street Wise road safety program, a collaboration between AIP Foundation and Chevron Thailand. The latest stage of Street Wise is expanding to Tesaban Muang Singhanakhon 1 Primary School, the
Students, parents, and teachers at Wat Rachasingkorn School received 1,000 helmets to officially launch the Safe School, Safe Community program. The program is being implemented by AIP Foundation and supported by the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) and Rotary International. Pre-implementation surveys showed that Wat Rachasingkorn School had a helmet-wearing rate of only 1%. Over 450 participants
After successfully reaching over half a million undergraduate students through our first distracted driving public awareness video ‘The Science of Crazy,’ the next phase of the project is delivering our message to a younger demographic (15 – 17 year-olds) in order to raise awareness and inspire them to action. Based on real-life stories, ‘Final Moments’ is a viral video
AIP Foundation, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), hosted the second LDP meeting of the year in Bangkok. Participants exchanged views and shared information on four key issues: speeding, school bus safety, the Road Traffic Act reform, and two- and three-wheeler safety. At the meeting,
In recognition of our expertise in two-wheeled vehicle safety, AIP Foundation was recently appointed to a new task force created by the Ministry of Transport to reduce motorcycle-related crashes in Thailand. The task force, which now comprises 33 members from multiple sectors, is charged with developing action plans for reducing motorcycle-related crashes which will be
In mid-June, the entire teaching staff from Thesaban Tambon Tha Pair School and Rajaprajanugroh 4 School participated in a road safety training hosted by AIP Foundation as part of the Helmets for Kids program. In total, 30 participants attended the training, including 22 teachers. Participants learned basic road safety knowledge and skills, including how to create engaging
More than 75 parents, teachers, and students received road safety education at Wat Rachasingkorn School, Bangkok, as part of the Safe School, Safe Community program, which began implementation last month. First, a teacher training was held in the morning of 13 June focused on road safety basics such as correct helmet use and care, risk factors for road
