Here's a great piece of advice: Never get in a road vehicle during Songkran in Thailand.
Songkran (Thai New Year) is famous for being the world's largest water fight, but less well-known is that during this seven day festival the Kingdom becomes arguably the most dangerous place to drive on Earth.
Deaths, injuries, and accidents reliably skyrocket. This spike has become such a phenomenon that the Thai media dubs it "The Seven Dangerous Days" and makes a point of tracking the day-to-day death and injury numbers.
I wanted to see what it’s like to be on the front lines of this annual crisis so in April 2015 I followed a local rescue crew for 5 of the 7 deadly days. Here is what I saw.