New police vehicles found with defects

By Chalarntorn Yothasmutra

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, the police chief, has ordered concerned authorities to check 7,000 newly-acquired patrol cars for use in the police service after several defects and mistakes have been found on them.

 

The 7,000 new patrol cars are one of the seven projects approved for the Royal Thai Police by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)-installed government.

 

The vehicles, acquired through hire-purchase under a five-year contract with Toyota and Isuzu dealers, are set to be distributed to police units throughout the country between Sept 23-Sept 28.

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/new-police-vehicles-found-defects/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-09-27

 

Don't you do these checks prior to the purpose not after.

Reading the article one would think oh major manufacturing defects when in reallity the defects are after market work eg signage wireing and unoperable sirens !

Defective vehicles for a defective police force.

11 minutes ago, Mango Bob said:

Don't you do these checks prior to the purpose not after.

 

Ummm, do you check your posts before or after you hit the submit button?  People are people.  Mistakes happen...

 

Edited September 26, 20178 yr by impulse

misleading article, defects are nothing to do with Toyota or Isuzu.

Are the brakes already malfunctioning?

Toyota wouldn't pay a bribe, so they had to get a kickback after taking delivery from them. Amazing Thailand.

Patrol cars? They look more like mini  vans than a patrol car.    These are police patrol cars.

 

 

40 minutes ago, Techno Viking said:

misleading article, defects are nothing to do with Toyota or Isuzu.

Any chance of telling us what the defects are?

 

It's okay I found it.

 

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After the distribution, some defects and mistakes are found on them.  They include broken sirens, poor wiring systems and defective parts.  Name signs of some police stations are not correct.

Pol Gen Chakthip said he has ordered checks of all vehicles.  The defects are found only on some vehicles because the companies handed over them to the RTP in a rush.

 

All defects and mistakes must be corrected, otherwise a committee will be set up to investigate to find those responsible, he said.

During the past two years, the RTP has been provided with equipment and vehicles under seven projects.  They include patrol cars and motorcycles, communication radios, air rescue aircraft and helicopters.

 

 

Edited September 26, 20178 yr by sinbin

 

Try reading the article. Defects mentioned.

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

New police vehicles found with defects

 

I think it is rude to refer to policemen as 'defects'.

 

 

10 minutes ago, jerojero said:

Try reading the article. Defects mentioned.

It wouldn't have took much if the whole article had been published in the first place. Nothing worse than half a story with a link.

Edited September 26, 20178 yr by sinbin

A major contractor, Somchai's Sound Systems and Window Tinting Service, had no comments.  After finding apparent wiring defects, RTP will be conducting color blindness tests in addition to urine tests.

 

"It wouldn't have took much if the whole article had been published in the first place. Nothing worse than half a story with a link."

Double your pleasure, double your fun.  You don't get much revenue if they only click one.

 

Edited September 26, 20178 yr by Damrongsak

1 hour ago, tracker1 said:

Reading the article one would think oh major manufacturing defects when in reallity the defects are after market work eg signage wireing and unoperable sirens !

They should have let Toyota do all the installing of sirens and so.

If i was Toyota i wouldn't give any warranty on the cars if some uneducated persons had been messing with the wiring.

That parking lot outside Bangkok must be full!

You know, the one with the fire engines, "Malaysian" buses and now the defective police cars...

waiting to see a pic of NEW POLICE  CAR burnt out because of defected wiring, yeah go for it set up a committee that"s all they are good for, maybe the MISSING YINGLUCK committee could take that one on as well.

are they finished spending,  NAVY getting subs, ARMY getting tanks, AIRFORCE getting planes. now the COPS getting new motorbikes and vehicles, have we missed anybody on this gravy train. ah yes !! TRANSPORT  got their buses (oops sorry,, NOT. ) meanwhile one beautiful island has a mountain of refuse piling up and  they are still pumping <deleted> into the sea, i see the military government have got their priorities in order,  

Contrary to other poster these are police cars !! Isle of Man TT 2017 BAC Mono and top of the range Mustang 

Edited September 27, 20178 yr by Nigeone

What do they need police cars for?  It can't be for 'rushing to the scene of a crime'.  Nobody rushes in BKK traffic.   They're OK for impressing the girlfriend or illegal parking but then so are Pattaya taxis.

The biggest defects are the people driving them.....

2 hours ago, Thechook said:

Patrol cars? They look more like mini  vans than a patrol car.    These are police patrol cars.

 

 

 

 

Without the side windows and top lights, they would look a lot like the 85 speed camera vans Victoria Police use, and the hundreds in other states.

1 hour ago, sinbin said:

It wouldn't have took much if the whole article had been published in the first place. Nothing worse than half a story with a link.

Some new sources don't allow you to quote all their text to another website. They are after visitors, too. That's life.

3 hours ago, colinneil said:

Defective vehicles for a defective police force.

Yes, the defects can be found behind the steering wheel.

"All defects and mistakes must be corrected, otherwise a committee will be set up ..."


TiT ...

Interesting that they have been purchased on the never never and how does that effect the defects?

Don't worry, the expert team who successfully handled similar cases (blimp, explosives detectors, and surveillance cameras) will be on the way and fix the problems, as soon as they find a jump lead to start its workshop wagon.

3 hours ago, halloween said:

Without the side windows and top lights, they would look a lot like the 85 speed camera vans Victoria Police use, and the hundreds in other states.

Actually the speed cameras are operated by a private company, Serco (British I believe) under contract for the state government not the police.

Just now, Thechook said:

Actually the speed cameras are operated by a private company, Serco (British I believe) under contract for the state government not the police.

I'm sure it's quite a profitable arrangement.

Or US style...