DLT inspections to make roads safer this Songkran

By The Nation

 

 

In an effort to boost road safety during Songkran, the Department of Land Transport (DLT) has started inspecting drivers and the condition of public transport vehicles at 195 transportation hubs and locations nationwide.

 

DLT deputy director-general Kamon Buranapong said the vehicle inspections involve the DLT, Transport Co, the Office of Vocational Education Commission, army, police and local administrators.

 

The checks, which began on Thursday and will continue until the end of the Songkran period on April 17, are intended to reduce the number of accidents involving public transport vehicles from last year's Songkran statistics. 

 

Vehicles found to be in a dangerous condition will be pulled over and sprayed "cannot use" on vehicle's body and drivers' sobriety tests will intensify during the period.

 

A total of 18 vehicle inspection centres, focusing on chartered buses and vans, will be set up on main and secondary roads in 17 provinces including Nakhon Ratchasima, Prachuap Khiri Khan and Lampang, he said.

 

The DLT will also ensure that there are a sufficient number of buses to cater to the higher volumes of travellers during the holiday period. 

 

He warned transport drivers and operators not to take advantage of holiday travellers by over-charging fares or failing to take them to the agreed destinations as such actions could lead to driver's licence suspension or revocation.

 

He urged people to alert the DLT of problems via the hotline 1584 around the clock.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30367211

 

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9 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Vehicles found to be in a dangerous condition will be pulled over and sprayed "cannot use" on vehicle's body

I will be looking out closely to spot the first one on the road !

every year its the same "We are going to make the roads safer"

and it always turns out there are still too many deaths,injuries.

regards worgeordie

Edited April 5, 20197 yr by worgeordie
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Yada Yada Yada...same sh*t, different pile....

1 minute ago, mok199 said:

Yada Yada Yada...same sh*t, different pile....

no ...no .... no ,   they're working on it ...

The DLT run a close second to the police in their failure to get to grips with highway deaths. 

Where was this photo taken? ( Traffic looks too uniform, no motorcycles  and no litter on the medium?)

Edited April 5, 20197 yr by toenail
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2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

I will be looking out closely to spot the first one on the road !

every year its the same "We are going to make the roads safer"

and it always turns out there are still too many deaths,injuries.

regards worgeordie

5 minutes after DLT paint it, the owner will have it repainted  

All good back to work 

8 hours ago, toenail said:

Where was this photo taken? ( Traffic looks too uniform, no motorcycles  and no litter on the medium?)

Yes but they have in their usual style managed to turn a 2 lane road into a 3 lane road, 11 years ago coming back from up north in the new year one intersection I pulled up at had been turned from 3 lanes, 2 straight ahead and one turning left into 5 lanes, magicians are Thai drivers.

should there be a death number lottery?  higher , lower, same same this year ?

 

or is that gambling

 

lol

14 hours ago, mok199 said:

Yada Yada Yada...same sh*t, different pile....

Same shit, same pile, obviously.

Groundhog Day-they will never get it ????

Hopefully the DLT rate for tea money bribe fine,  will be smaller then the regular local ChiPs ?