Gov’t addresses air pollution from truck emissions

[webfact]

Gov’t addresses air pollution from truck emissions

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Emissions from poorly maintained truck engines are one of the main causes of air pollution. The Center for Air Pollution Mitigation today began an inspection at a Khlong Toei pier, where most trucks were shown to be emitting black smoke.

 

Mr Theerapat Prayurasiddhi, chair of the Center for Air Pollution Mitigation‘s Communications Subcommittee, today announced the outcome of the truck exhaust spot check at Khlong Toei pier in Bangkok.

 

Officials provided drivers with maintenance recommendations, while trucks emitting higher than standard air pollution received stickers indicating the vehicles were banned from operating until the engines are fixed.

 

Khlong Toei pier has implemented measures to reduce airborne particle accumulation, by installing a network of sprinklers to spray water mist at the entry, as well as using water tankers to spray water mist along the pier.

 

Air pollution has become a significant health concern in recent years, with several efforts being made by various sectors to mitigate its disastrous effects.

 

Mr Theerapat said exhaust gas from diesel engines is among the main contributors to the poor air quality in Bangkok, especially pollution from trucks and public buses, while traffic jams cause the situation to worsen as many cars on the road are caught in stationary traffic with engines turned on.

 

Outside Bangkok, Mr Theerapat said the air pollution disaster now commonly affects urban areas because of factory emissions, with rural areas affected by smoke from the burning of agricultural waste.

 

He said the center has coordinated with inspectors from the Prime Minister’s Office and provincial offices to address these issues.

 

 

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[YetAnother]

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

where most trucks were shown to be emitting black smoke

most ? really ?

[Disparate Dan]

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

Gov’t addresses air pollution

No it doesn't - that's the point. It tut-tuts and asks people to stop burning, etc, but it DOES nothing at all. The smoky trucks have been tested time and time again; that photo could be years old.

[bluesofa]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

Gov’t addresses air pollution from truck emissions

This is missing from the headline:  'for two weeks'

[Captain_Bob]

"trucks emitting higher than standard air pollution received stickers" 

Yeah! That'll fix the problem. Way to go law enforcement! 

[ourmanflint]

They do understand the problem then, but seem unable or unwilling to fix it

[CLW]

6 hours ago, bluesofa said:

This is missing from the headline:  'for two weeks'

At one checkpoint

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Gov’t addresses air pollution from truck emissions

More fines?

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Officials provided drivers with maintenance recommendations, while trucks emitting higher than standard air pollution received stickers indicating the vehicles were banned from operating until the engines are fixed.

A wheel clamp might work better, a sticker will be found 100 yards up the road blowing in the wind.

[Jimbo2014]

How about stopping those guys burning and burning their crops all around thailand while you are at it?

[KannikaP]

Dirty trucks in Bangkok do not cause black snow to fall in my little village 40km from Phitsanulok.

AQI only 127 at the moment.

[Grusa]

I do not believe that diesel truck emissions are the worst offenders, though they are certainly significant. The problem is the national predeliction for burning anything and everything, from cooking through farming, home warming, via ciggy smoking to garbage disposal and industrial effluence  with zero care,  thought or understanding of the consequences to health, the environment, or the effects on others. Compounded by the utter lack of interest by the middle, upper and top echelons in anything other than their own rice bowls, and of course, face.

[michael888]

Not the REAL problem.  Agricultural burning is the cause.  Keep avoiding the real problem, continue to loses billions and shorten people's lives.

[wasabi]

1 hour ago, michael888 said:

Not the REAL problem.  Agricultural burning is the cause.  Keep avoiding the real problem, continue to loses billions and shorten people's lives.

 

It is clear those in charge of tackling the air pollution problem have more water droplets to spray in the air then brain cells required to effectively tackle this problem. Unfortunately I don't believe there is any desire to tackle it since it would come at a short term economic cost -- though the long term the health consequences will be hundreds of times higher, but it's too easy to kick that can down the road. This is the single most maddening and unacceptable issue I see in Thailand today and if there is something Thai people should be collectively demanding change about -- this is it. Most other things I can shrug or laugh off. But the fake measures to tackle pollution that are really only meant to save face or act like something is being done are profoundly disappointing as it literally hurts everyone..

[OneMoreFarang]

It's always amazing when every year some people pretend this is a new problem. It's not!

 

Or in other words: Same Procedure as Last Year

 

 

[itsari]

22 hours ago, Captain_Bob said:

"trucks emitting higher than standard air pollution received stickers" 

Yeah! That'll fix the problem. Way to go law enforcement! 

The stickers would be more useful placed over the end of the exhaust pipe