Motorcycle riders and passengers not wearing helmets could be detained at a police station

[anchadian]

Are we only talking about central Bangkok roads or within the Kingdom?  I think we know the answer to that.

 

Will never happen.

 

Motorcycle riders and passengers not wearing helmets could be detained at a police station for an hour to encourage future compliance, said Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit.

Suriya highlighted that road accidents are a major concern for the government, with a target to reduce fatalities to 12 per 100,000 people by 2030.

The Ministry of Transport is focused on improving safety through stricter laws, higher standards for driver's licenses, and vehicle regulations in line with international norms.

The Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Public Health are also working to enhance the driver's license process with digital systems and improve health screenings and driver performance assessments. A proposal is underway to include two helmets with every motorcycle purchase, instead of one, expected to be implemented soon. Additionally, discussions with police will focus on helmet enforcement. Offenders will not be fined immediately but will be asked to wait at the station for at least an hour as a deterrent.

Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin noted that road traffic accidents cause an average of 18,000 deaths, over 10,000 disabilities, and more than 1 million injuries annually, with economic losses exceeding 6 billion baht per year. The Ministry of Public Health plans to improve emergency medical systems and establish 24 occupational health clinics by 2025 to assess drivers' fitness to drive.

[dinsdale]

Or just cough up some tea money and it's "on your way."

[scubascuba3]

Police enforcing the law is optional here, most can't be bothered unless something in it for them

[Luuk Chaai]

... the line just to to get in will be well over an hour wait

 

 

 

[SAFETY FIRST]

12 hours ago, anchadian said:

Motorcycle riders and passengers not wearing helmets could be detained at a police station

Where was this reported or is it something that you made up? 

 

It will terrify the foreigners riding their motorbike helmet less on Soi Buakhou. 

 

I was sitting on Soi Buakhou yesterday afternoon having a few beers with my mate in one of the bars. 

It's hilarious to see the many middle aged and elderly foreigners riding their Clicks and Scoopy's up and down soi Buakhou, most without helmets, lots of them grey hair or balding, the girls yelling at them for a drink, making these guys still thinking their in their youth. 😂

 

 

Edited Thursday at 10:34 PM by SAFETY FIRST

[dinsdale]

12 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Police enforcing the law is optional here, most can't be bothered unless something in it for them

A mate had his bicycle stolen. Police said for Bt5000 they would "investigate."

[Chongalulu]

1 hour ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Where was this reported or is it something that you made up? 

 

It will terrify the foreigners riding their motorbike helmet less on Soi Buakhou. 

 

I was sitting on Soi Buakhou yesterday afternoon having a few beers with my mate in one of the bars. 

It's hilarious to see the many middle aged and elderly foreigners riding their Clicks and Scoopy's up and down soi Buakhou, most without helmets, lots of them grey hair or balding, the girls yelling at them for a drink, making these guys still thinking their in their youth. 😂

 

 

Then they're complete morons. If I go less than a kilometre to local shop I put on my full Face HJC helmet AND motorcycle gloves. Takes 30 seconds - an accident just as likely to occur at the bottom of your own road.

[Presnock]

26 minutes ago, Chongalulu said:

Then they're complete morons. If I go less than a kilometre to local shop I put on my full Face HJC helmet AND motorcycle gloves. Takes 30 seconds - an accident just as likely to occur at the bottom of your own road.

Wonder if the govt does decide to do this, how many police will have to be out as more than half would be just going back and forth from their patrol area and the police station to escort folks breaking this law.  

[Smokey and the Bandit]

55 minutes ago, Chongalulu said:

Then they're complete morons. If I go less than a kilometre to local shop I put on my full Face HJC helmet AND motorcycle gloves. Takes 30 seconds - an accident just as likely to occur at the bottom of your own road.

Ride on the sidewalk then, like the locals?😆

[BillyBloggs]

So another sign failure then the 100% helmets in the village or school arent working along with so many other signs they put up and think will be obeyed

[alanrchase]

25 odd years ago, when the police stopped on the spot fines and started issuing tickets in my town, the procedure was that your bike was kept, you had to go to the station, pay the fine and return with the receipt to get your bike released. Could take well over an hour and involve motorcycle taxi fares depending on where you were pulled over. That never seemed to make them wear helmets.

[Peterphuket]

9 hours ago, Luuk Chaai said:

... the line just to to get in will be well over an hour wait

 

 

 

Is it correct, I see only farangs.....

[Srikcir]

"passengers not wearing helmets could be detained at a police station"

Is this true? There is no reference to back this claim.

Many years ago I took a motor bike taxi near the Phetchaburi MRT station to a hospital and motor taxi driver actually had a spare helmet for a passenger. Never before or after did I see a motor bike taxi carry a helmet for their passenger.

Now police expect people on foot are going to carry a helmet as they walk around in malls, window shopping on the street in anticipation of using a motor bike taxi? If that is the case, motor bike taxi's will cease to operate.

 

[Guderian]

18 hours ago, anchadian said:

Motorcycle riders and passengers not wearing helmets could be detained at a police station for an hour

 

So they'll sit in the cop shop for an hour playing with their phones instead of sitting somewhere else playing with their phones. Does it really matter, it's not exactly a harsh punishment?

[SAFETY FIRST]

6 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

18 hours ago, anchadian said:

Motorcycle riders and passengers not wearing helmets could be detained at a police station

Where was this reported or is it something that you made up?

This is a strange thread. 

 

It's obvious someone was bored, thinking too much. 

 

[Jumbo1968]

They will need to hire buses to ship them all too the station then find some where to hold them.

[Burma Bill]

8 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Where was this reported or is it something that you made up? 

 It has definitely been reported in an "unmentionable" Thai media outlet. I read about it here in Cambodia.

 

The Thai Transport Ministry is planning to target motorcyclists not wearing helmets. This includes both driver and pillion passenger. Offenders will have to attend a series of relevent road safety lectures. Motorcycle dealers will be required to sell 2 crash helmets per bike they sell. 

 

For reference (the only I could find)

 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2897948/transport-minister-plans-road-safety-campaign-for-motorcyclists

 

Moderators  - please remove this reference if it does not comply. My apologies in advance.

Edited 19 hours ago by Burma Bill
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[SAFETY FIRST]

7 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

 It has definitely been reported in an "unmentionable" Thai media outlet. I read about it here in Cambodia.

 

The Thai Transport Ministry is planning to target motorcyclists not wearing helmets. This includes both driver and pillion passenger. Offenders will have to attend a series of relevent road safety lectures. Motorcycle dealers will be required to sell 2 crash helmets per bike they sell. 

 

For reference (the only I could find)

 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2897948/transport-minister-plans-road-safety-campaign-for-motorcyclists

 

Moderators  - please remove this reference if it does not comply. My apologies in advance.

Oh, OK.

 

You're not the OP but thanks for the reply. 

 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by SAFETY FIRST

[digger70]

Motorcycle riders and passengers not wearing helmets could be detained at a police station .   

That's the joke of the day . 

There aren't enough cops to bring in all the non wearing helmet riders and there's not enough room to put all the people in for an hour.😁

[black tabby12345]

Serious?

If they really detain every single rider without helmet, inside their buildings will soon end up like this...

 

  

[Agusts]

This can easily be enforced by just taking the key, and even like before, ask to pay the fine and come back in an hour... 

 

But I don't see the obsession with helmets, there still can be horrendous injuries with a helmet, doesn't that count...!? 

 

They should really target preventing accidents altogether, and that means nobody rides without licence, getting a licence means going for compulsory training, and a really hard test to pass to get the licence, far better result than just forcing all the dangerous riders loose on the roads putting on a helmet.