We don't need 'Seven Dangerous Days'A city official campaigns for road safety during the Songkran Festival in Bangkok on April 11, 2022. Despite the traffic light, a reckless motorcycle may still cross. Twice a year, during two major national holidays, New Year and Songkran, the country traditionally enters what officials dubbed the "Seven Dangerous Days". Road safety improves when drivers recognise that the driving space is a public space that must be shared equally. With the Songkran travel season only a few weeks away, this is a timely moment for a caring government to recalibrate its road safety campaign by influencing behavioural change every single day, not just highlighting the "Seven Dangerous Days".

Source: Bangkok Post February 26, 2026 23:40 UTC