No demerit points for speeding in Phuket, for now

[snoop1130]

No demerit points for speeding in Phuket, for now

By The Phuket News

 

Even being caught by a speed camera will not result in points being deducted from a driving licence for now, but will when the demerit-points system comes online mid-year. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET:-- Motorists fined for speeding or any other moving violations are currently not losing any demerit points from their driver’s licences as the whole demerit-points system has yet to be launched, Phuket Traffic Police confirmed today (Jan 25).

 

The system was to be launched in December 2019. Officers in Phuket had been trained and were ready to start using the system, but the whole project – hailed as a milestone for its potential to help greatly reduce the carnage on Thailand’s roads each year – dragged to a halt within weeks.

 

The system is now expected to be brought online sometime in the middle of this year, Phuket City Traffic Police Deputy Chief Lt Col Rungrit Rattanaphakdee told The Phuket News today.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/no-demerit-points-for-speeding-in-phuket-for-now-78778.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2021-01-25

 

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[Justgrazing]

7 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

The system is now expected to be brought online sometime in the middle of this year

 

Put that in the diary .. 

 

7 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

PHUKET:-- Motorists fined for speeding or any other moving violations are currently not losing any demerit points from their driver’s licences as the whole demerit-points system has yet to be launched,

 

A lot of the population best be getting down the temple and banking some merits then to use up after tripping the camera .. 

 

[PETERTHEEATER]

Happily, that mass of the population without licenses will not be subject to demerit points. Those who amass points,  are disqualified and licenses revoked will continue to drive but will not be liable to demerit points. And so the viscous circle continues.

 

Skip the points system and start enforcing existing traffic laws properly. Oh, wait......that involves traffic police........Forgive me, I'm dreaming........????