Car seats set to be mandatory for children up to age 6 in Thailand - more laws to curb street racing

[Autonuaq]

7 hours ago, metisdead said:

Just another traffic law to be put on paper which will not be enforced. 

beside that it tells more about the parent then it says any thing about the lawmakers when baby and children protection seats not are properly used you overlooked the real purpose of the law. it is never been made to enforce it is a self regulation law.

They totally do not have to enforce, it is made for the insurance companies to provide as reason not to pay. Once this has happened that costs are not insured the parent will buy seat and start using it. Just like in other countries.

 

More and more Thai parents use the seat because they understand the use and protection it provides.

 

 

[WEBBYB808]

9 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Maybe giving away your nationality? Never heard of Piccadilly Circus?  

 

A Circus is a circle or ring. 

 

Maybe don't mock until you understand the language?

However,  in this case, it is named, and for the purposes  of uniformity,  as would snd should be the case of a dicipline in case of police, is Dolphin circus,  and you miss the whole jest, there keyboard warrior.  The OP said its a circus,  and I made a joke, Captain  Clown.

[IAMHERE]

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I wonder who has the child seat concession in Thailand.

 

[anchadian]

Police Haven’t Required a Child Car Seat Yet

 

BANGKOK, May 9 (TNA) – The Metropolitan Police Bureau states clearly that it has not imposed a child car seat rule on vehicles with a child aged six years and younger yet.

 

https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-938813

[Crossy]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

In the future it will be forbidden for more than 5 motorcycles ...

 

Why did I read this as "no more than 5 on a motorcycle"???

 

[Dogmatix]

The wife's cousin came to visit us with her 18 month toddler. She parked the car in the street and opened the front passenger door, whereupon the little boy just tumbled out into the gutter and hurt himself. No car seat of course.

[Flink]

8 hours ago, RandiRona said:

How they are going to put car seats on back of open pickup??

or on a Honda Swift or PCX?

[johnnyloda]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

In the future it will be forbidden for more than 5 motorcycles to gather as this will constitute meeting for street racing.

Does this mean that the upcoming "Distinguished Gentlemen Ride" will not be done?

[snoop1130]

Police Haven’t Required a Child Car Seat Yet

 

 

BANGKOK, May 9 (TNA) – The Metropolitan Police Bureau states clearly that it has not imposed a child car seat rule on vehicles with a child aged six years and younger yet.

 

Pol Maj Gen Jirasant Kaewsaeng-ek, deputy commissioner of the MPB, said the new rule under the Land Traffic Act would take effect in the next 120 days or on Sept 5 and it was intended to save children in the event of a traffic accident.

 

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The rule requires a guardian install a special car seat for a child aged six years and younger or find a method to guarantee the child’s safety on their vehicle.

 

Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-938813

 

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[kevc]

How about a car seat on the back of a motorbike when the family go for a day out, suppose when there's four on a bike there's not much room for one though.

[anchadian]

27 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Police Haven’t Required a Child Car Seat Yet

 

 

BANGKOK, May 9 (TNA) – The Metropolitan Police Bureau states clearly that it has not imposed a child car seat rule on vehicles with a child aged six years and younger yet.

 

Pol Maj Gen Jirasant Kaewsaeng-ek, deputy commissioner of the MPB, said the new rule under the Land Traffic Act would take effect in the next 120 days or on Sept 5 and it was intended to save children in the event of a traffic accident.

 

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The rule requires a guardian install a special car seat for a child aged six years and younger or find a method to guarantee the child’s safety on their vehicle.

 

Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-938813

 

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Already posted above.

[SomchaiCNX]

20 years + ago I had to install safety belts in my Strada.  I did bring them in from my home country.

[KannikaP]

And for kids over six?

[Orinoco]

What a laugh.

Thailand -4.0, 

Officials just dreaming up projects to keep there jobs,

Most Thais don't care about safety of kids in or on vehicles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 9, 2022 by Orinoco

[SunsetT]

Fitted on motorbikes too?

[Phuket Pete]

Meanwhile a family of 5 and the dog are still ok on a motorbike !

[TropicalGuy]

10 hours ago, RandiRona said:

How they are going to put car seats on back of open pickup??

Or in those sidecar contraptions or family of 4-on-moped. Another irrational joke “ law” ignored. 

[Deli]

10 hours ago, edwinchester said:

They can't even enforce a motorcycle helmet law so I'd wager this one will be ignored too.

Luckily

[Deli]

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

And for kids over six?

All kids are born now at the age of 6

[Deli]

3 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

 

A-Nut- In a seat

[Lucky Bones]

Righto, that'll work.

Sadly my experience of small children and motor cars in my village suggests that the car is one BIG playground.

[Nickelbeer]

It would be nice to see more children wearing helmets on motorcycles. Some of these kids have no hope if they crash.

[Lucky Bones]

49 minutes ago, Phuket Pete said:

Meanwhile a family of 5 and the dog are still ok on a motorbike !

Somchai, Lek & the 2 kids on the bike.

2 dogs relaxing on the seats in the sidecar.

[bronzedude]

Thanks for the laughs! Next mothers with babies on motorbikes will have a car seats strapped to their chests. And factory airbags will be mandatory on motorbikes instead of a child airbag.

[inThailand]

Another way to milk tourists? How many rent a car companies here will provide a child car seat? 

[Artisi]

19 hours ago, DezLez said:

Gaffer tape or super glue!

That's too higher tech for Somchai..... 

[Artisi]

8 hours ago, Nickelbeer said:

It would be nice to see more children wearing helmets on motorcycles. Some of these kids have no hope if they crash.

What you would like is irrelevant to reality - Thailand is like the wild west when it comes to the traffic laws - there aren't any.,., 

[starky]

19 hours ago, kimamey said:

It's a money making opportunity isn't it.

Maybe the government is short of money to fund the police so this is the solution.

Also why not make wearing a seatbelt in the rear compulsory as well?

Been pinged plenty of times with people not wearing a seatbelt in Thailand its definitely against the law regardless of what seat your sat in. 

  Thankfully people with brains will do the common sense thing regardless of punishment. I dont wear a seatbelt because im scared i might get a fine.

  Dont know why people get so upset about what every other random dumb Thai is doing. As long as my missus and kids understand why you need to wear a seatbelt or proper protective gear when riding a motorcycle (not just a helmet) thats all that concerns me. 

Edited May 9, 2022 by starky

[Excel]

Its not a proposed new law to improve safety as this government does not give a rat's a***e about that, if they did they would stop idiots being transported in the bed of trucks and actually enforce the laws that they already have.  No, it is about yet another reason by the state sponsored mafia, ala the RTP, so they can extort money from those they luckily catch so that high ranking officers can "feather their nests" even more. 

[RichardColeman]

Can see it now, a dozen child care seats strapped in the back of a pick-up !