Immigration's BMW smart cars join the battle against Covid-19

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Thailand's Immigration Bureau are utilising their fleet of so-called "smart cars" to bring home the message about Covid-19 prevention, reported Daily News.

 

They will be out and about in their jurisdictions making sure that everyone is wearing masks, washing their hands and only going out if absolutely necessary.

 

Deputy at the IB and spokesman Pol Maj-Gen Achayon Kraithong said that IB chief Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang cares about the Thai people and foreigners residing in the country.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The police don't want to catch and fine people but want this to be a PR drive to help get everyone onboard with the strict measures now in place as Thailand battles the third wave of the virus. 

 

Pol Col Phakpong Sai-udom added: "We're here to help 100% - let's fight this together".

 

The BMW car was out in Torung market in Prachuap Khiri Khan and the downtown provincial capital, the media further reported. 

 

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[sungod]

Wouldn't these 'Smart Cars' be better employed in track and trace? In some respects this is what they were designed for. Just a thought.......

[colinneil]

What a load of xxxxxs, they are using them cars for anything, just to try and justify the total waste of money buying them.

So they need an expensive car to check if a person has washed their hands, how bloody stupid.

[CharlieH]

Whats next, use the submarine to check the beaches...55555

[WineOh]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The police don't want to catch and fine people but want this to be a PR drive to help get everyone onboard with the strict measures now in place as Thailand battles the third wave of the virus. 

 

no, please, stop it, stop it!!
 

The police dont want to fine people? did I just read that correctly???? ???? ???? ???? 

[smedly]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

utilising their fleet of so-called "smart cars"

it's a car with a laptop and a network link via sim card - big deal, nothing remotely suffisticated or smart about it, a smartphone or tablet would be just as effective for all it does, look up a foreigners visa status - big deal 

 

every Police car in the west is equipped with specialised equipment that is automatically linked into multiple national databases and work automatically for many functions 

Edited April 30, 2021 by smedly

[VocalNeal]

What about Tourist Police? They have cars and no tourists to assist!

[Boomer6969]

16 minutes ago, WineOh said:

The police dont want to fine people? did I just read that correctly????

Actually, you did.

 

They only want to sell fine waivers.

[Taco]

Yea I saw the BMW police car battling covid yesterday on koh phangan. The vicious BMW took his battle from the khao khao moo stall down the street to the kweeteeow shop. It was like Moses parting the Red Sea the covid was defeated and ran off the island.

[condobrit001]

Forget these smart cars - what they really need is smart cops.

[KhunBENQ]

They are bored to death as 99.x% of over-stayers wiped off and no fresh supply (damned Covid extension!) ????

[PETERTHEEATER]

1 hour ago, Taco said:

Yea I saw the BMW police car battling covid yesterday on koh phangan. The vicious BMW took his battle from the khao khao moo stall down the street to the kweeteeow shop. It was like Moses parting the Red Sea the covid was defeated and ran off the island.

Do I detect just a h-i-i-i-nt of cynicism in your post? ????

[klauskunkel]

5 hours ago, smedly said:

it's a car with a laptop and a network link via sim card - big deal, nothing remotely suffisticated or smart about it

The real smart one is the guy who allocated the budget for the over-priced beamers, and then creating their particular mystique in the media by continuously advertising their smartness and their "success stories", while salivating over his offshore accounts.

[Caldera]

A police officer on a dumb motorbike would accomplish the same. But hey, these smart cars have to be put to use somehow.

[richard_smith237]

Its a shame these ‘smart cars’ can’t be utilised alongside dumb motorbikes to patrol for those riding without helmets, without seatbelts, jumping red-lights, driving dangerously.... so to create an ‘effective’ traffic police force thus eradicating the stupidity of the name ‘smart cars’ and maturing to ‘effective policemen’ !!!...  a pipe dream !

[Susco]

6 hours ago, smedly said:

every Police car in the west is equipped with specialised equipment that is automatically linked into multiple national databases and work automatically for many functions 

 

And so are the immigration smart cars directly linked to the biometric database.

 

The camera on top has face recognition function.

 

Details of what is built-in in this car, with links to credible sources, have been posted on this forum not so long ago.

 

Anyway, your cynic and uninformed drivel has earned you some like. Good job

[smedly]

7 hours ago, Susco said:

 

 

 

Anyway, your cynic and uninformed drivel has earned you some like. Good job

and your deluded drivel nonsense has earned you 

 

absolutely nothing

 

but hey keep on buying into it and the more foolish you look 

 

LMAO

Edited April 30, 2021 by smedly