Police to introduce traffic offences points system

[keithcresswell]

Drivers will have to pay the additional cost for a calculator which they will need to work out how many points they will have left after deducting 3 from 12.

[essox essox]

wow are THEY coming into the 21st CENTURY....??

This has been in the Uk for years and years.......

As a poster said...."what if they have NO licence"

[4MyEgo]

90 days, they call this a harsher penalty, crickey, in Australia, it takes 3 years to get a point back, lose all 12 points and your licence is cancelled until your 1st point lost comes back into play after 3 years, no that's what you call harsh !

 

Lets not forget on long weekends its double demerit points, so if you get booked for speeding up to 15km/h over the speed limit, its 6 points gone for 3 years, if you are speeding 30km/h over the speed limit, its cancelled as your 6 point penalty, just became 12 points and your licence just got cancelled.

Edited May 29, 2018 by 4MyEgo

[Baerboxer]

6 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

The thing about a points system is that you have to actually catch offenders first. And that doesn't mean seat belt and paper work offences. 

 

Indeed.

 

And of course the giving of points or not by the 'catcher" becomes a negotiable commodity ?

[DrTuner]

Somchai: High Score!

[Baerboxer]

1 hour ago, 4MyEgo said:

90 days, they call this a harsher penalty, crickey, in Australia, it takes 3 years to get a point back, lose all 12 points and your licence is cancelled until your 1st point lost comes back into play after 3 years, no that's what you call harsh !

 

Lets not forget on long weekends its double demerit points, so if you get booked for speeding up to 15km/h over the speed limit, its 6 points gone for 3 years, if you are speeding 30km/h over the speed limit, its cancelled as your 6 point penalty, just became 12 points and your licence just got cancelled.

 

Yes, but they're dealing with a nation of convict descendants !

 

Not like here, where nobody does anything wrong, ever. It's just the others fault! 

 

 

[Redline]

No oversight, no license, no go

[Khun Paul]

The traffic Laws are fine, The big problem is the CORRUPT Police who do not want to do any work that means there is no cash at the end of it. 

In 15 yrs I have never seen a roving traffic patrol but I have seen plenty escorting so-called VIPS ignoring all traffic laws. I have never seen a Police Officer STOP AND FINE ANYONE not AT A CHECK-POINT .

The system is noit flawed but the enforcers are as is the Ministry of Road etc, who allow idiotic and useless driving licence tests. 

[peterrabbit]

It will only work if Non License Holders are severely punished. IE vehicle confiscated and huge fines/imprisonment etc.?

[4MyEgo]

42 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Yes, but they're dealing with a nation of convict descendants !

 

Not like here, where nobody does anything wrong, ever. It's just the others fault! 

 

 

OMG how the hell did I overlook that.

 

Thx for bringing that to my attention, it all makes sense now ?

[ChouDoufu]

i thought the police already used a point system....

[wvavin]

Police reform probably is more helpful.

[Happyman58]

6 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Problem is a lot of Thais would be banned from driving before they got to work on day one of this in operation !

about 70% i would say

[Eligius]

4 hours ago, keithcresswell said:

Drivers will have to pay the additional cost for a calculator which they will need to work out how many points they will have left after deducting 3 from 12.

Oh, so, so true!!!

[impulse]

7 hours ago, Wiggy said:

This won’t work. It needs education. Most Thai drivers don’t even know when they’re doing something wrong. 

 

I can't think of anything that helps education along like real $$$ consequences for not learning. 

 

I was a hazard for my first few years of driving, in spite of an excellent driver's ed program.  It took years on the road to develop good skills and habits.  I was young, bulletproof and cocky, but I was so afraid of the cops, tickets, and high insurance rates that I practiced driving to avoid tickets.  Not so coincidentally, those are the same skills that prevent accidents.

 

I'm forecasting that the insurance companies will soon announce the multipliers for insuring people whose driving records aren't exactly pristine.

 

 

[mike324]

its a good start, but I suspect the tea money would just be increase to 200-300 baht instead

[Maestro]

Removed a nonsensical post.

[Jonmarleesco]

13 hours ago, webfact said:

'... efforts must be made to amend traffic laws, since the current penalties are considered lenient and do not make traffic offenders' driving habits better. 

Efforts to enforce the existing laws would be helpful. 

 

As would a meaningful test. 

[masuk]

14 hours ago, ezzra said:

More police presence on the roads stopping and pulling over errant drivers and issuing fines on the spot will help a bit, but with many millions of drivers with either fake or expired license, and in many cases, outdated information on licenses and ID's, this going to be tough job to implement... 

Have to totally agree with you on this!  The presence of Traffic Police and the sure knowledge that you'll be caught for speeding, no licence, a wee drop of alcohol, does wonders for jogging the conscience of errant drivers.

A points system is the way to go, but many countries start with 9 points, and losing these means welcome back to song taews or tuk-tuks, for the next three (3) years.   

Until Thailand does something positive in this regard, drivers will continue to act as though they're driving dodgem cars.

I loved "Rooster's" comment where he stated that the least read book in Thailand is the Traffic Code.   

Edited May 29, 2018 by masuk
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