The Street Wise team presented on its program’s progress thus far at the Provincial Meeting of the Office of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation of Songkhla Province. The program, supported by Chevron, provides road safety education to students at six target schools in the area. The meeting was held to monitor the road safety initiatives of
Detailed policy proposals developed by Legal Development Program (LDP) members were presented at the Policy Committee to Prevent and Reduce Road Accidents’ National Meeting, which included discussions on amendments to road safety laws in Thailand. Issues addressed included adjusting speed limits in urban areas and promoting law enforcement, imposing stricter drunk driving policies, increasing driver’s
Ms. Ratanawadee H. Winther, Thailand Chairperson for AIP Foundation, appeared on Thai television and radio programs to encourage the public to participate in safer road behaviors. She also discussed the road safety situation in Thailand and advocated for increased enforcement of traffic laws. Click here to listen to Ms. Winther’s interview on “Traffic Radio for Society” on
Street Wise, a program supported by Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, Ltd., recognized 46 student Road Safety Ambassadors for their dedication to the program during a ceremony attended by nearly 350 community members. The event took place at the Weicheinchom School in the Muang District of Songkhla Province. The ambassadors have been educating their peers
Ms. Ratanawadee H. Winther, Thailand Chairperson of AIP Foundation, made a guest appearance on the popular Thai television show, “Ride With Me,” to advocate for improving road safety in the country. She was joined by host Peter Corp Dyrendal, a Thai-Danish actor, musician, and motorcycle enthusiast. Thailand has the second highest road crash fatality rate worldwide.
Two Thai PBS reporters, Hathairat Phaholtap and Darin Klong-Akara, joined members of the Legal Development Program (LDP) during the second Media for Policy Influence workshop. The event was hosted as part of a project supported by the World Health Organization and the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety. LDP members participated in media simulations, crafted
Dr. Rodjana Khoonpoon, a member of the engineering faculty at Rajmangala University of Technology, and her team met with AIP Foundation staff to prepare for their work on the Street Wise final report. The group will use AIP Foundation’s monitoring and evaluation tools to gather information on helmet use rates, administer focus groups, and conduct
Street Wise, a program supported by Chevron Thailand Exploration & Production, Ltd., engaged 2,500 students and faculty at the Wicheinchom School in Songkhla Province in three days of road safety extracurricular activities from 21-25 July, 2016. Facilitators taught participants about safe driving regulations and how to properly wear helmets, and led a road simulation activity. The program launched its initiative with the Wicheinchom
Representatives from the Provincial Police Division of Songkhla and the Wichieanchom School convened this month to discuss how to cooperate on the implementation of the Street Wise program within their jurisdiction, specifically on a series of extracurricular activities planned for later in the year. The meeting represents just one example of how the community is coming together
The first “Media for Policy Influence” workshop was recently hosted by AIP Foundation, with the support of the World Health Organization, as part of the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety’s Legal Development Program (LDP). The focus of the workshop was to hone LDP members’s understanding of how to successfully influence the media to advocate for
