Operators of more than 6,500 overloaded trucks fined

By The Nation

 

 

The Department of Highways has revealed that a total of 6,552 overloading trucks had been intercepted and operators' fined since October 1, 2016 until February 28, 2018.

 

Department chief Thanin Somboon said that, since late 2016, his agency has improved equipment at its permanent and mobile truck-weighing checkpoints across the country to crack down on overloading trucks.

 

The controls save money in repairing highways and preventing damage to bridges and tunnels.

 

Officers had fined the operators of 4,454 overloading trucks in the fiscal year 2017 (October 1, 2016-September 31, 2017) and 2,098 overloading trucks so far in the fiscal year 2018 (October 1, 2017-February 28, 2018), he said.

 

He urged cargo transport operators not to overload trucks beyond their legal capacity and warned those violating the rule will be punished with up to six months in jail or up to Bt10,000 in fines, or both.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30340300

 

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They should widen the checks to the brakes too,

overloaded,faulty brakes................

regards worgeordie

Money for old rope this one. Not hard to imagine how much of that money goes back to road maintenance. Joke!

3 minutes ago, Cadbury said:

Money for old rope this one. Not hard to imagine how much of that money goes back to road maintenance. Joke!

The point of the exercise is to reduce the need for road maintenance by reducing the damage caused by overloaded trucks.

I really don't think the cops give a rat's toss about the condition of the roads or the overloaded trucks, personal gain is the foremost concern.

So 12 trucks a day on average get fined, thats about how many I see in one day, but, wait a minute!  thats only in one province!

So how many a day pay off or don't get stopped in the first place as the fine has already been taken "care off" by paying off the head tight uniform honcho chap?

They could do with getting their posteriors up here to the far north where it is garlic season once more. Ordinary pick-ups loaded several feet high with loads that I'm told reach 5 tonnes. No way safe or secure and often doing 80kph on flat straight roads.

56 minutes ago, Lungstib said:

They could do with getting their posteriors up here to the far north where it is garlic season once more. Ordinary pick-ups loaded several feet high with loads that I'm told reach 5 tonnes. No way safe or secure and often doing 80kph on flat straight roads.

Only half loaded, waste of a trip!

Do they let them back on the road overloaded, if so what's the point other than to make a few bucks ?

10000THB is too few. The Operators pay this with a smile. Business as usual.

The weigh stations are good...no question....and without doubt, they are the main cause, apart from crap civil works, in road damage.

Unfortunately, the <deleted> drivers are often taking to village roads now to avoid these stations and destroying them.

6 hours ago, halloween said:

The point of the exercise is to reduce the need for road maintenance by reducing the damage caused by overloaded trucks.

"....reduce the need for road maintenance".

You must be joking. Everything in Thailand is about money in pockets. Nothing is about maintenance.

e.g. Pattaya sewage systems, beaches et al. How much proof do you want?

The word "maintenance" is not in the Thai language.

And being a junta lover is not an excuse.

The shipping container shown belongs to NYK Line, a huge Japanese shipper.If the container was overweight when  loaded at point of origin, the receiving port in Thailand, Laem Chabang  perhaps can tell when it comes off the ship. The responsibility with weight, surely lies with the shipper or forwarding company?

The port authority loads the trailer chassis with a can and tells the driver to get going.

shows they are not doing their job with only this many since 2016. I see pickups loaded with the back sticking 6' out over the tailgate and at least 10 ' high from the sides, all in a nice little row along with larger trucks similarly loaded, all waiting till dark to start their trips down the highways. Of coarse all have paid their fees to the cops to turn a blind eye to them, every truck has to pay them, even tippers that are licensed to carry their loads, if anyone other than the ones that pay the bribes tries to cart a load they are pulled over and fined for overloading even though they arent, so much for all the graft being stopped, the police are still raking it in along with the other govt departments

So 15 a day. Wow. If I travel in any direction out of Bangkok for about 100k's I usually spot (consciously) about 1 every 2 minutes. 

I notice many many 'heavy' trucks travel at night........ by the way,  what time do the weigh stations close ? !!!!!!

I thought it was 65,000, the cops still asleep or is this the official receipted fines only