Officials check vehicles for black smoke emissions in greater Bangkok

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Officials check vehicles for black smoke emissions in greater Bangkok

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Officials are enforcing measures to reduce levels of particulate matter of 25 microns or less in diameter (PM2.5), one of which is restricting the number of vehicles emitting black exhaust fumes on the roads in Bangkok and surrounding areas. In the last four months, more than 60,000 were inspected, with 400 found to exceed emission standards.

 

Officials continue inspecting vehicles, particularly trucks and public buses, on the inbound lanes of Borommaratchachonnani Road, Bangkok. If the vehicles are found to exceed emission standards, they are banned from the road until they are fixed according to the law.

 

According to the Department of Land Transport, 20 roadside emission checkpoints in greater Bangkok inspected 62,380 vehicles between October 1 last year and January 31 this year. A yellow sticker was issued to 477 vehicles, temporarily banning them. Owners are required to address the problem within 30 days. A red sticker was issued to 18 vehicles, banning them permanently. Inspections will continue until next month.

 

Members of the public, some of whom have congenital disorders, say the dust problem has affected their health. They say the problem is not only caused by cars, but also by other activities.

 

 

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[richard_smith237]

Basically all the busses & over clocked pick-ups !!!
 

Bangkok’s public transport busses are going to be decimated for about a week until the next crack down & everyone forgets until the next big ‘air pollution’ issue. 

[Surelynot]

Are they looking for ones that DON'T give out huge clouds of black smoke?.....good luck with that.

[Surelynot]

477 out of 62,380.......come on!!!

[KannikaP]

20 minutes ago, webfact said:

more than 60,000 were inspected, with 400 found to exceed emission standards.

That is 0.0666% of the vehicles inspected. I think someone missed a zero or maybe two off the 400. 

And do they really think that the air pollution problem is caused by 477 vehicles?   LOL

 

Inspections will continue until next month. And then what?

[ikke1959]

and all the cars in the other provinces which travel to and from Bangkok???? On Phetchkasem Road i see daily 5 to 10 black smoke cars driving in 25 minutes home driving... Inspect them a whole year not for a month or 2. 

[tracker1]

Only checking nothing to serious !

[rebo]

6 hours ago, KannikaP said:

That is 0.0666% of the vehicles inspected. I think someone missed a zero or maybe two off the 400. 

Back to school, Khun Kannika!

Thinking someone missed a zero is no reason to add a zero to your calculation result ...

[jaiyen]

Only found 18 vehicles that were bad enough to be banned ? What a joke !  Why don't they set up outside the bus stations ?  Guaranteed results. Can't do that as they are run by the government !

[KannikaP]

10 hours ago, rebo said:

Back to school, Khun Kannika!

Thinking someone missed a zero is no reason to add a zero to your calculation result ...

Sorry. I shall do 100 lines...I shall not add zeros to my calculations. 

Yes it is only 0.6666% of the cars tested that were issued a yellow sticker. Now what is 18 as a percentage of 60,000?   LOL

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

According to the Department of Land Transport, 20 roadside emission checkpoints in greater Bangkok inspected 62,380 vehicles between October 1 last year and January 31 this year. A yellow sticker was issued to 477 vehicles, temporarily banning them. Owners are required to address the problem within 30 days. A red sticker was issued to 18 vehicles, banning them permanently. Inspections will continue until next month.

Somehow I think not enough stickers were handed out considering the number checked?

[bignbad]

And how long does it take to remove a sticker????

 

Only Asking!

[Venom]

So trucks billowing black smoke in BKK are causing the toxic 2.5 PM air pollution at the international school in Pattaya and the rest of Thailand? Oh boy, not even a 5 year old is going to believe that! ???? 

 

However, I did notice some locals out jogging in the smog soup yesterday evening. TIT????

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Almer]

Deep joy, but yesterday on the Khon Kaen bypass there was a vehicle inspection and there must have been 30 lorries parked on the side of the road prior to the checkpoint waiting for it to go no doubt, so the only ones they were able to check were the well maintained not frightened to go through.

[Humpy]

The police should be checking throughout the Country, not just in Bangkok .

[dlclark97]

Some time ago, and can't remember if it was Bangkok or not but could have been anywhere in Thailand.  I sat behind a vehicle waiting for the intersection light to change.  When the vehicle in front of me started off the black smoke was so think it turned on my automatic windshield vipers.  This dense pollution can be seen daily almost anywhere in Thailand.  Just as bad is the noise pollution here.  Both negatively affect many peoples health and lives.

[Jimbo2014]

Great - Im sure they will keep this up for almost a week before slinking back to their desks and old 'jobs'.  Maybe a few can be spared to stop the mega corporations rampantly burning their crops to save a few baht and killing us all.  This land has become unlivable.  LOS - Land of Smog.  TT - Toxic Thailand. 

[Ireland32]

All those souped  up pick ups should be made to rev their engines , till the Blk smoke emits 

[Bangyai]

5 hours ago, jaiyen said:

Only found 18 vehicles that were bad enough to be banned ? What a joke !  Why don't they set up outside the bus stations ?  Guaranteed results. Can't do that as they are run by the government !

 

Thailand , the hub of lip service.

[scorecard]

22 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Basically all the busses & over clocked pick-ups !!!
 

Bangkok’s public transport busses are going to be decimated for about a week until the next crack down & everyone forgets until the next big ‘air pollution’ issue. 

I'd love to have 100Baht for every past crackdown, in the last 20 years, on black smoke from buses, pick ups and all vehicles. None of these crackdowns achieved very much. 

[Venom]

8 hours ago, Almer said:

Deep joy, but yesterday on the Khon Kaen bypass there was a vehicle inspection and there must have been 30 lorries parked on the side of the road prior to the checkpoint waiting for it to go no doubt, so the only ones they were able to check were the well maintained not frightened to go through.

Incredibly the police don't seem to notice all the trucks parked on the side of the road leading up to the check point waiting for it to close. It fools them every time! 

[Almer]

16 hours ago, Venom said:

Incredibly the police don't seem to notice all the trucks parked on the side of the road leading up to the check point waiting for it to close. It fools them every time! 

Fools is the word for sure

[ChipButty]

How about checking for lights at the same time? 

[Almer]

13 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

How about checking for lights at the same time? 

They would say no problem it daytime not need

[foreverlomsak]

5 minutes ago, Almer said:

They would say no problem it daytime not need

or I only go where there are street lights, and I can see fine without them

[Almer]

On 2/4/2021 at 1:09 PM, Ireland32 said:

All those souped  up pick ups should be made to rev their engines , till the Blk smoke emits 

They should be revved until  nothing comes from the exhausts other than pistons and the like.