Thai drink drivers to serve stint as morgue helpers

To try to combat the carnage on the country’s roads during the annual week-long traditional New Year’s holiday celebration, Thai authorities are going gory: Drink drivers and repeat traffic offenders may be sent to work in hospital morgues to see the fruits of their irresponsibility.

The Songkran holiday puts untold thousands of Thais on the road, returning to their home villages from the big cities to reunite with families and cut loose, with alcohol usually fuelling the festivities.

Much of the joyriding takes place on motorbikes, with little observance of helmet laws.