Enforcement of Thailand’s new safety belt law pending edict from police

[webfact]

 

Thailand’s Land Traffic Act B.E. 2565 (2022AD), which mandates that all passengers in private and public transport vehicles, except buses, wear safety belts, will be enforced once the Royal Thai Police have issued an edict within 90 days of the act coming into effect on September 5th, according to Land Transport Department Director-General Chirute Visalachitra.

 

Chirute’s statement today (Saturday) was intended to address social media hype claiming that, from September 5th, passengers in all pickup trucks, including those sitting in the rear seats, will be required to wear safety belts or face a fine of 2,000 baht each.

 

Chirute said the department will consult the Royal Thai Police over the drafting of an edict regarding the mandatory wearing of safety belts, including exceptions, adding that, once the draft is completed, it will have to be approved by a committee before it is promulgated.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/enforcement-of-thailands-new-safety-belt-law-pending-edict-from-police/

 

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[ikke1959]

If it is a law everybody has to follow it and be enforced on everybody. If it is not a law, nobody need to do it and no enforcement. But not It is  law for foreigners, lower class and who the police doesn't like and the enforcement only get pocketmoney is not good and should be forbidden

[mikebell]

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3 hours ago, webfact said:

the Royal Thai Police have issued an edict

passengers will face face a fine of 2,000 baht each (commuted to 200 on the spot.) 

[Geoffggi]

How about ensuring that children have secure seating in all school transportation vehicles & the ban on transporting workers packed into the rear of a pickup or truck before issuing further rules that will be impossible to implement fairly ..........

[Rampant Rabbit]

Extra  cab models  have no belts  in the rear in Thailand, however models  made for the Australian market   do...certainly  in my Chevrolet  anyway..wonder if Chevvy would  supply the parts to fit in Thailand....the interior  panels  have all the cut  outs for the seatbelts and all the mountings, but  nobelts.yeah its a tax  thing also here

[bluejets]

The way it worked when first introduced in Aus was front seats only in the beginning.

A couple of years later, if there were seat belts there, then they had to be worn.

 

Classic cars didn't have them and there was no requirement to retrofit.

Other exceptions (dare I say common sense  ????   exceptions) also apply but certainly laid out by the requirements of the law and not some police officer opinion.

 

 

Edited August 21, 2022 by bluejets

[AhFarangJa]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand’s Land Traffic Act B.E. 2565 (2022AD), which mandates that all passengers in private and public transport vehicles, except buses, wear safety belts,

So does this mean that the law brought out in 2014 no longer applies to buses.................

Legislation that has been in place since 2014 states that all passengers travelling on buses and in mini-vans in Thailand must wear seat-belts. Transport operators must ensure their vehicles are equipped with seat-belts. Signs should also be on display inside the vehicle reminding passengers to wear them. Passengers not wearing seat-belts can be fined up to 5,000 Baht (compared to 500 Baht for car passengers).

Edited August 22, 2022 by AhFarangJa
grammer correction

[ChrisY1]

1 hour ago, bluejets said:

The way it worked when first introduced in Aus was front seats only in the beginning.

A couple of years later, if there were seat belts there, then they had to be worn.

 

Classic cars didn't have them and there was no requirement to retrofit.

Other exceptions (dare I say common sense  ????   exceptions) also apply but certainly laid out by the requirements of the law and not some police officer opinion.

 

 

OK...that was like 50 years ago!

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

OK...that was like 50 years ago!

There weren't any cars in Australia 50 years ago. 

[Jerno]

Why do the Police decide how a law is enacted or finalized?  Lawmakers make the laws, including all details and Police enforce the Laws  Of course that's too rational and logical for this Thai Govt....cue cannabis laws fiasco.

[Gottfrid]

This is going to be fun. I am all for safety belt law, as it´s very good protection and in many cases life saving. However, I also read that they will re-write the law to make it legal for 3 or 5 persons to sit outside on pick-ups. It will be really interesting to see how they will install the belts in the cargo area of a pick-up.

[Crossy]

Step son has an extra-cab pickup.

 

He was stopped yesterday on the way home from the family seat and "reminded" that passengers in the back of the cab need belts (none are fitted of course).

 

The cop apparently looked "disappointed" that only he and Madam were actually in the truck at the time.

 

This has been tried before and the social-media uproar led to a rapid u-turn. I doubt this time will be much different.

[klauskunkel]

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Enforcement of Thailand’s new safety belt law pending edict from police

Enforcement of laws in Thailand depends on properly motivating the police

[Nicholas Paul KNIGHT]

Ah let me get this 100% correct. The Thai Government empowered to make laws and asking the POLICE supposedly empowered to enforce those laws, what they want to do.

Rather like the Tail wagging the dog methinks , only happen in Thailand, if they got the so called RTP nearly 250000 strong to actually do the job of enforcing the laws,less 10 % of that number for admin, then there would be no problems would there, get rid of 50% of the Generals and employ three times as many men instead, there is a whole Police station full of new officers. 

[Retfed50]

"Enforcement"?

[webfact]

‘Impractical’ Seatbelt Law Changes DowngradedBy Editor

by Editor

 

 

People riding inside a truck or passengers riding in its cargo bed will be exempt from Thailand’s upcoming seat belt law that takes effect on September 5th.

 

People riding inside a truck or passengers riding in its cargo bed will be exempt from Thailand’s upcoming seat belt law that takes effect on September 5th.

 

Passengers sitting in a truck’s cabin or its cargo bed will not be subject to the mandatory 2,000-baht fine the Department of Land Transport (DLT) has announced.

 

The transport department was trying to address objections raised over the potential impracticality of the new seat belt law recently-passed Land Transport Act 2022. Above all because the back-row seats in older trucks and cargo beds aren’t typically fitted with seat belts.

 

Jirut Wisanjit, director-general of the DLT, said people should not worry about riding in pickups anymore. As a result, he said, the Royal Thai Police will issue an announcement exempting them from punishment.

 

In the future, however, the law will only allow up to three passengers in the backseats of trucks and six people in the cargo bed. “In practice, we will require manufacturers of all types of trucks to install extra seat belts if we mandate seat belt fastening for passengers,” he said.

 

The deputy national police chief, Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas, said any pickup truck carrying six or less passengers in its cargo bed must reduce their speed.

 

He also said the Royal Thai Police and the DLT are working together on the new seat belt law.  Details on who and what will be excluded from the mandate will be outlined in a later announcement, he said.

 

He also said that the law requiring cars to have child seats will not go into effect until September 5th as there is still more to be done to ensure consumers will not be overburdened.

 

Source: https://royalcoastreview.com/2022/08/impractical-seatbelt-law-changes-downgraded/

 

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[foreverlomsak]

4 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

How about ensuring that children have secure seating in all school transportation vehicles & the ban on transporting workers packed into the rear of a pickup or truck before issuing further rules that will be impossible to implement fairly ..........

does that include teenage students sitting on the roof of the school bus and those hanging off the rear platform?

[edwinchester]

The farce continues.

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Chirute said the department will consult the Royal Thai Police over the drafting of an edict regarding the mandatory wearing of safety belts, including exceptions, adding that, once the draft is completed, it will have to be approved by a committee before it is promulgated.

Just to make it confusing and more palatable to the public.

[thailand49]

Pending Edit!  There laids the problem! 

[worldexpress]

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He also said the Royal Thai Police and the DLT are working together on the new seat belt law.  Details on who and what will be excluded from the mandate will be outlined in a later announcement, he said.

The recent weed law and now this. They just don't think through before they execute, do they?

Edited August 22, 2022 by worldexpress

[DavisH]

6 hours ago, bluejets said:

The way it worked when first introduced in Aus was front seats only in the beginning.

A couple of years later, if there were seat belts there, then they had to be worn.

 

Classic cars didn't have them and there was no requirement to retrofit.

Other exceptions (dare I say common sense  ????   exceptions) also apply but certainly laid out by the requirements of the law and not some police officer opinion.

 

 

This is what can happen when a classic car uses only a lap belt. You would think abotu with 1300hp should be using a harness. The guy is lucky ony to get his teeth knocked out. 

 

[DavisH]

If they wanna save lives just fine everyone without a helmet and those unlicenced. It's very simple, but apparently not!

[PETERTHEEATER]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The deputy national police chief, Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas, said any pickup truck carrying six or less passengers in its cargo bed must reduce their speed.

Any with more than six then terminal velocity prevails?

[ed strong]

They really have no idea!

[heybuz]

7 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

OK...that was like 50 years ago!

yes it was about the same as thailand is now we rode in the back of pickups or utes no belts all care in gradually.

Edited August 22, 2022 by heybuz

[Srikcir]

No word on anyone hurt to people in the car hit?

Next time get a Tesla Plaid EV if you want better performance and safety - at half the cost.

[chalawaan]

Remember the no riding in the back of trucks U turn when the public went berserk? 

 

(They really still don't realise how gutless the leadership are!)

 

U turn on this by next week? ????????????

Edited August 22, 2022 by chalawaan

[Dionigi]

I thought they brought in a rule "no passengers in the back if a pickup unless it was designed to carry them. As for the back seats, in UK when the seat belt law came out you either had them retrofitted or got fined.

I guess baht buses would have a problem.

[sawadee1947]

3 hours ago, worldexpress said:

The recent weed law and now this. They just don't think through before they execute, do they?

.....not a hub of thinking. ????????????