Phuket Community Foundation

Pol Col Komol Wattarakorn watches students fit a new bulb.

A drive over the weekend to replace defective rear light bulbs on motorcycles, organised by the Phuket Community Foundation (PCF), changed 231 bulbs, making 231 individuals or families safer on their bikes at night.

The session, the fourth of its kind, was officially opened by Pol Col Komol Wattarakorn, Deputy Commander of Phuket Provincial Police. Also viewing the programme on the first day was Prommin Kantiya, Bangkok-based Director of the Accident Prevention Network, a division of the Thai Health Promotion Foundation, who praised the initiative for the way it brings different organisations together.

Members of the Kusoldharm Foundation invited motorcyclists with defective rear light bulbs to stop and get a free replacement fitted by students from the Vocational College. The bulbs, as on previous occasions, were supplied by local motorcycle dealers.

Sessions on Saturday and Sunday lasted from 4 to 8pm, near the weekend market in Wirat Hongyok Rd. On the first day, 121 bikes were fitted with new bulbs, and on the second, 110. The PCF would like to thank all those who helped to make this the most successful session yet.