Tens of thousands of drivers in Bangkok face fines for encroaching on zebra crossing

[snoop1130]

 

Bangkok’s Thonglor traffic police plan to notify over 25,000 motorists and motorcyclists, who were caught by surveillance cameras encroaching on zebra crossings at the Asoke-Sukhumvit intersection, to pay their fines.

 

Spokesman for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) Pongsakorn Kwanmuang said today (Wednesday) that the city and Thonglor police have introduced AI technology to collect information about traffic violators at the intersection.

 

Within one month of the AI technology entering use, he said 25,094 drivers were detected encroaching onto on zebra crossings, even though the crossing has been expanded and painted in red and white, with an off-limit zone warning sign, notification of penalties and a speed bump to slow down vehicles turning left into Sukhumvit Road.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/tens-of-thousand-drivers-in-bangkok-face-fines-for-encroaching-onto-zebra-crossing/

 

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[sungod]

And how about the red light runners country wide?

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

3 minutes ago, sungod said:

And how about the red light runners country wide?

I got a ticket sent to my home address for running a red light in Phuket about 3 months ago, fine 500 baht. It was caught on camera. Something I would never do however the reason I did was because it was early in the morning on the school run with my daughter, lots of traffic. On the road we travel the traffic police direct the traffic at the lights so waved me and all the other cars waiting at the red light to go regardless as he was blocking the other route.

 

When the ticket came it had me plus about 8 other cars all passing through but that was because we were told to by the police..................lol 

[sungod]

56 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I got a ticket sent to my home address for running a red light in Phuket about 3 months ago, fine 500 baht. It was caught on camera. Something I would never do however the reason I did was because it was early in the morning on the school run with my daughter, lots of traffic. On the road we travel the traffic police direct the traffic at the lights so waved me and all the other cars waiting at the red light to go regardless as he was blocking the other route.

 

When the ticket came it had me plus about 8 other cars all passing through but that was because we were told to by the police..................lol 

I feel the pain, I've received tickets for crossing solid white lines where not doing so would have resulted in an encroaching vehicle hitting me!

[mancub]

1 hour ago, sungod said:

And how about the red light runners country wide?

 

 

They'll still be monitored/addressed by "HI" (human intelligence).....so no change there.

[IamNoone88]

Just witnessed a pickup doing a 120+ through a speed camera gantry and it was all turned off!

[SiSePuede419]

Those are called "crosswalks", not "zebra" crossings.

 

Look at the picture.

 

Ever see any red and white zebras?

 

Learn to understand nature...

[Swampy999]

Of course all the motorcycle riders caught on camera were wearing crash helmets and nobody was using a mobile phone and the Artificial Intelligence system did not flag any unregistered, uninsured vehicles ????????

The Artificial Intelligence is very suitable for the police here as they have no real intelligence of their own.

[itsari]

9 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Those are called "crosswalks", not "zebra" crossings.

 

Look at the picture.

 

Ever see any red and white zebras?

 

Learn to understand nature

Please explain how using the word zebra for a pedestrian crossing be slang ?

[vandeventer]

1 hour ago, IamNoone88 said:

Just witnessed a pickup doing a 120+ through a speed camera gantry and it was all turned off!

Where I live very few people stop at crosswalks, why, because they will have a car, truck, bus up their backside if they do. Maybe they need a set of lights at every crosswalk?

Edited January 26, 2022 by vandeventer

[wealthychef]

My standard response to this nonsense is, let's work on the taking of bribes before we try to tackle traffic violations.  

[USNret]

10 hours ago, sungod said:

And how about the red light runners country wide?

 

 

They’ll have time to ignore that after they are done ignoring the zebra violations ????

[jaiyen]

9 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Those are called "crosswalks", not "zebra" crossings.

 

Look at the picture.

 

Ever see any red and white zebras?

 

Learn to understand nature

Poor little American guy wants all the world to talk like them !  They are and always will be Zebra Crossings !!  Doesnt matter what colour they are.  Do cars have different names because they are a different colour to the name of an animal ? e.g. Mustang, Brumby, Pinto, Colt, (All weird American names !)  

[Swampy999]

31 minutes ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Those are called "crosswalks", not "zebra" crossings.

 

Look at the picture.

 

Ever see any red and white zebras?

 

Learn to understand nature, not stupid British slang 

Plenty of red and white zebras after being attacked by a lion.

The ZEBRA crossing was first introduced in the UK in 1951 then at a later date the stupid Americans adopted the idea but used the wrong colour paint and the Thailand followed suit ????????

[Skeptic7]

10 hours ago, sungod said:

And how about the red light runners country wide?

 

 

And one-way disobeyers and extra lane makers and footpath drivers?

[Asquith Production]

9 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Those are called "crosswalks", not "zebra" crossings.

 

Look at the picture.

 

Ever see any red and white zebras?

 

Learn to understand nature...

Do you understand the meaning of slang?. Zebra crossing is the name given to the first crossing in the 1930s

[wensiensheng]

46 minutes ago, wealthychef said:

My standard response to this nonsense is, let's work on the taking of bribes before we try to tackle traffic violations.  

For that you need to first work on paying police a salary they can live on without bribes.

 

iys a multidimensional issue because taking bribes is endemic in the police force and therefore part of the “system”

[JensenZ]

11 hours ago, sungod said:

And how about the red light runners country wide?

 

 A huge problem everywhere, but unless Thailand adopts red light cameras and issues very heavy fines to offenders, it will be impossible to stop. You can't catch them. People parked at red lights are a lot easier to fine.

[Venom]

10 minutes ago, Asquith Production said:

Do you understand the meaning of slang?. Zebra crossing is the name given to the first crossing in the 1930s

Why does a zebra cross the road? ????

[RJRS1301]

1 minute ago, Venom said:

Why does a zebra cross the road? ????

Because it is cross

[AKJeff]

9 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Those are called "crosswalks", not "zebra" crossings.

 

Look at the picture.

 

Ever see any red and white zebras?

 

Learn to understand nature

Really? As a fairly well traveled American I find the need to understand "slang" from all around the world.  Zebra crossing is used in many countries.  

 

If you want to complain, sidewalk vs pavement is a better subject.

 

555

 

9 hours ago, jaiyen said:

Poor little American guy wants all the world to talk like them !  They are and always will be Zebra Crossings !!  Doesnt matter what colour they are.  Do cars have different names because they are a different colour to the name of an animal ? e.g. Mustang, Brumby, Pinto, Colt, (All weird American names !)  

Although I agree with your later point, your former is funny to me.  I have experienced far more Englishmen that want to tell people that American, Australian, South African, Canadian etc, English is wrong or a butchering of the language than Americans.  Really seems to burn a few butts when some Thais I know use Americanisms around there British English teachers.  It is really funny.

[Oxx]

Are they zebra crossings or pelican crossings?

[Ricebarnandrooms]

53 minutes ago, wealthychef said:

My standard response to this nonsense is, let's work on the taking of bribes before we try to tackle traffic violations.

If I screwup and get stopped for no seatbelt I would rather apologize and pay 300 baht there and then rather than have my licence taken, spend the next day at a police station to get the licence back and pay a 500 baht fine. We are lucky that we have a choice when we do wrong. Imagine the cost in fines, points and insurance back home. 

[JensenZ]

Just now, wensiensheng said:

For that you need to first work on paying police a salary they can live on without bribes.

 

iys a multidimensional issue because taking bribes is endemic in the police force and therefore part of the “system”

You can pay them whatever you like, it will not stop the police taking cash if they can get away with it. You can never have too much cash.

 

You call it a "bribe", but this is not always the case as I've been asked for cash money on numerous occasions before making any offer to pay on the spot. They even had a fine price list at one stop. To pay you go into the little police booth to part with your cash. One place even had a rubber stamp for your wrist (like a nightclub entry stamp) as a "leave me alone" pass for the rest of the night LOL. There are some quite elaborate police cash collecting enterprises. 

[IAMHERE]

Perhaps a day late and a dollar short; but, it may help get the corporal off the hook.

[JensenZ]

1 minute ago, Ricebarnandrooms said:

If I screwup and get stopped for no seatbelt I would rather apologize and pay 300 baht there and then rather than have my licence taken, spend the next day at a police station to get the licence back and pay a 500 baht fine. We are lucky that we have a choice when we do wrong. Imagine the cost in fines, points and insurance back home. 

Sure, time is money, so it makes a lot of sense to pay on the spot... especially if you are traveling and far from home. Putting your trip on hold to pay at a local police station the next day if caught at night could become quite expensive.

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Bangkok’s Thonglor traffic police plan to notify over 25,000 motorists and motorcyclists, who were caught by surveillance cameras encroaching on zebra crossings at the Asoke-Sukhumvit intersection, to pay their fines.

One crossing point ..... just shows you the state of Thai roads.

[brianthainess]

I do try to drive within the law, but there has been a couple of times, at the same junction, I drove straight through a red light, silly me I was looking and concentrating at the road ahead, and not 5mtrs up in the air where the lights were. But hey I will never ever get a ticket sent to me, for any traffic violation, my postman NEVER delivers stuff all !

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, sungod said:

And how about the red light runners country wide?

 

 

Not enough cameras.

[jossthaifarang]

Let's put a stop to all the bickering. It's not a Zebra crossing, or a crosswalk. It is a pedestrian crossing, correct in any country across the globe... You can all thank me later.

Edited January 27, 2022 by jossthaifarang