"Big Met" says police action against smoke belching vehicles having an effect

[rooster59]

"Big Met" says police action against smoke belching vehicles having an effect

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

A senior policeman on Bangkok's metropolitan force has said that the police are getting on top of the problem of vehicles in the capital belching black smoke into the atmosphere. 

 

The cops are now catching fewer offenders per day indicating that hauliers and other individuals are getting the message and having their vehicles checked.

 

The police crackdown came in as PM 2.5 particles descended on Bangkok causing severe smog. 

 

Pol Maj-Gen Jirasan Kaewsaeng-Ek - given the moniker "Big Nakornban" (Big Met) by Thai Rath - said that at first his men were in established checkpoints. 

 

But with help from the public and as truckers got wise to the location of checkpoints the force had set up elsewhere and been more proactive. 

 

Recent cases show about 400 emissions' prosecutions are being made a day. This is down from 500-600.

 

Up until February 4th there had been 8,000 cases. 

 

Police have been reaching out to hauliers' associations to get them to take their vehicles off the roads and have offered checks and advice to help with the problem. 

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-02-09

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

4 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Pol Maj-Gen Jirasan Kaewsaeng-Ek - given the moniker "Big Nakornban" (Big Met) by Thai Rath -

 

The nicknames thing is getting to be more than a little bit ridiculous, IMHO....

 

I can think of a Thai band/performer name in the same general category that might also be appropriate for a few folks in the ranks.

 

 

[bluesofa]

9 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

"Big Met" says police action against smoke belching vehicles having an effect

The police are getting richer.

[toofarnorth]

I wonder if this chap has ferang in him , he doesn't look 100% Thai.

[fruitman]

I still see one belching smoke every minute, usually it's a pickup racing fast through traffic. It smokes so much because of a worn out engine used for racing...

[JimmyJ]

In the US it is mandatory to get a Smog Check certificate annually, or one cannot renew the vehicle registration and get that year's sticker for the license plates.

 

It takes 5 -10 minutes - they check the exhaust emission with a machine.

 

Thailand needs a similar law, not just stopping vehicles when the extreme pollution is in the news and getting worldwide attention.

 

 

[connda]

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

"Big Met" says police action against smoke belching vehicles having an effect

I'm sure it is having a Cash Accounts Positive effect on the police's bank funds.

Now, a positive effect on pollution?  Not if this is a catch-and-release program as those cars, trucks, and buses are still out there polluting the air.  I wonder how long their ticket receipts will give them exempt status that allows them to continue to drive their black-smoke-belching-pollution-producing vehicles unabated? 

And by the way.  The reason the figures for "emissions prosecutions" are down now is due to the fact that eveyone and their brothers know where you set up your road blocks.  Try driving a patrol car though the streets.  You would be pulling over 10 times the number of violators. 

 

Edited February 9, 2019 by connda

[wgdanson]

2 hours ago, JimmyJ said:

In the US it is mandatory to get a Smog Check certificate annually, or one cannot renew the vehicle registration and get that year's sticker for the license plates.

 

It takes 5 -10 minutes - they check the exhaust emission with a machine.

 

Thailand needs a similar law, not just stopping vehicles when the extreme pollution is in the news and getting worldwide attention.

 

 

Thailand DOES have a similar law, in that emissions are checked at the annual inspection for road tax.

However the test results could be faked, ignored, or not bother to pay road tax.

[Aussieroaming]

The Dkhead obviously wasnt caught between the belching buses a couple of days ago. If they actully put some effort into doing their jobs then maybe they would have a reason to be hopeful about effecting change. These so called police are a total waste of space.

[Surasak]

Clean and reset the injectors on a regular basis is obviously too difficult. Time is money and we can't have vehicles off the rood for more time than it takes to load, run the distance and unload. AND why just in Bangkok? does the rest of the country not exist? Or are they exempt?

[roquefort]

3 hours ago, wgdanson said:

Thailand DOES have a similar law, in that emissions are checked at the annual inspection for road tax.

However the test results could be faked, ignored, or not bother to pay road tax.

The usual problem in Thailand..........there is a law but it's not enforced.

It's only when people start choking on pollution/diesel fumes that they're forced into taking some action to save face.

Edited February 9, 2019 by roquefort

[wwest5829]

6 hours ago, JimmyJ said:

In the US it is mandatory to get a Smog Check certificate annually, or one cannot renew the vehicle registration and get that year's sticker for the license plates.

 

It takes 5 -10 minutes - they check the exhaust emission with a machine.

 

Thailand needs a similar law, not just stopping vehicles when the extreme pollution is in the news and getting worldwide attention.

 

 

Depends on the state.

[Ulic]

There needs to be a fine and the vehicles need to be made compliant or crushed. 

[chama]

10 hours ago, bluesofa said:

The police are getting richer.

You can bet the effect being referred to is an increase of envelopes collected. But the really big envelopes are coming from the organizations that own those smoke stacks spewing emissions 1,000 times more than any vehicles, which seem to have been overlooked by both the police and the media.

[peterrabbit]

The biggest offenders are the pickup Boy Racers with their chipped/altered vehicles. I was following one the other day down a dual carriageway and when he accelerated The smoke was so thick I couldn't see anything in front across both lanes. A total blackout which forced me to stop. ????

[When you know]

What do you do about the many rescue pickup trucks belching copious amounts of black smoke while they race to yet another emergency? They are volunteers and, from my personal experience, they are selfless and do a lot of good. Not so cut and dried is it, keyboard lawmakers?

[Ks45672]

10 hours ago, JimmyJ said:

In the US it is mandatory to get a Smog Check certificate annually, or one cannot renew the vehicle registration and get that year's sticker for the license plates.

 

It takes 5 -10 minutes - they check the exhaust emission with a machine.

 

Thailand needs a similar law, not just stopping vehicles when the extreme pollution is in the news and getting worldwide attention.

 

 

They have such a machine already at the DLT

 

they measured one of my bikes years ago with it

[Redline]

I think they are sneaking in some nighttime molasses spraying ????

[AhFarangJa]

22 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Recent cases show about 400 emissions' prosecutions are being made a day. This is down from 500-600.

Yes but how many checks are they doing now compared to say a week ago..........p.c. plod has a very short attention span.....

[bluesofa]

13 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

Yes but how many checks are they doing now compared to say a week ago..........p.c. plod has a very short attention span.....

Yes, unfortunately it's not only PC Plod with the short attention span.

The general public will also forget about it when the 'haze' - aka pollution - disappears from view, even though pollution is still a huge issue.

The police only have an interest in it because a) they've been instructed to appear to be doing something about it, and b) it's earning them 'income'.

 

[Curmudgeon1]

On 2/8/2019 at 11:47 PM, JimmyJ said:

In the US it is mandatory to get a Smog Check certificate annually, or one cannot renew the vehicle registration and get that year's sticker for the license plates.

 

It takes 5 -10 minutes - they check the exhaust emission with a machine.

 

Thailand needs a similar law, not just stopping vehicles when the extreme pollution is in the news and getting worldwide attention.

 

 

Having laws is not the issue. Enforcement is.

[Vacuum]

16 hours ago, Surasak said:

Clean and reset the injectors on a regular basis is obviously too difficult. Time is money and we can't have vehicles off the rood for more time than it takes to load, run the distance and unload. AND why just in Bangkok? does the rest of the country not exist? Or are they exempt?

Bangkok is the place where all the influential and hi-so people live. Very important to keep them happy.

 

Regarding the injectors, it's not about cleaning them (how would one do that?) they simply get worn after several years, and has to be replaced.

 

Some people adjust the pump to get a few extra hp, which will result in excessive black smoke.

[Vacuum]

23 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

I wonder if this chap has ferang in him , he doesn't look 100% Thai.

Nah, the nose is a giveaway.