Police cave in to transport drivers’ parking demands

By Tavee Adam

 

The solution to the illegal parking was to just make it legal. Images: Phuket City Traffic Police

 

PHUKET: Following a slew of complaints from local residents about tuk-tuks, taxis and other transport vehicles commandeering public spaces in Phuket Town, Phuket City Traffic Police have clarified that new ‘transport vehicles only’ zones have been set up to allow easier access to popular areas.

 

A Traffic Police officer at the Phuket City Police who declined to be named explained to The Phuket News this morning that the new zones, akin to ‘taxi ranks’, came into effect yesterday (Nov 1).

 

“These parking areas set just for public transport vehicles started yesterday (Nov 1) after local people complained that public transportation vehicles, including tuk-tuks, vans and airport taxis, were parking wherever they liked, just like they used to,” the officer said.

Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/police-cave-in-to-transport-drivers-parking-demands-69214.php#hDASWxmVJ7zXSt9Y.99 

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2018-11-02

No surprise.  These guys stump up some pretty big "association fees" which in turn buys them impunity from the bib.

It's time for the police to be traded publicly like a commodity or service, look for stock symbol "BiB"

13 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

It's time for the police to be traded publicly like a commodity or service, look for stock symbol "BiB"

They don't need to, with their massive revenue streams, they are doing very nicely without listing.