Traffic rules tightened at Suvarnabhumi airport

SAMUT PRAKARN, Feb 8 (TNA) – Traffic rules are being tightened at Suvarnabhumi Airport throughout February to reduce accidents in and around the airport, a senior Airports of Thailand (AoT) official said on Sunday.

Wing Commander Prateep Wichittho, Suvarnabhumi airport's deputy director of operations, said that the airport and the Rachatheva Police Station will strictly monitor those who violate traffic regulations around the airport.

Speed checkpoints have been set up on the 32-kilometre highway between Bangkok and the airport, and the maximum speed is set at 80 kilometres per hour. Speeders will be arrested and fined, Wing Commander Prateep said.

Police will also arrest those breaking other traffic rules such as traffic light violations and parking in prohibited areas.

Wing Commander Prateep added that from January 13 to 31 alone, 254 violators were arrested, most of whom were nabbed at the airport terminal.

The measures are intended to improve security for the airport's users, he said. Additionally the police will not tolerate unauthorized taxis whose drivers tout passengers out loud and disturb airport patrons, Wing Commander Prateep said.

The airport deputy director said he hopes that the 'inflexible measures' against traffic violators will restore the public image and confidence over security of the airport.

-- TNA 2009-02-08

Traffic rules tightened at Suvarnabhumi airport

Speed checkpoints have been set up on the 32-kilometre highway between Bangkok and the airport, and the maximum speed is set at 80 kilometres per hour. Speeders will be arrested and fined, Wing Commander Prateep said.

This will not apply to AOT limousines.

Police will also arrest those breaking other traffic rules such as traffic light violations and parking in prohibited areas.

Unless they have paid the necessary bribe to the AOT.

Wing Commander Prateep added that from January 13 to 31 alone, 254 violators were arrested, most of whom were nabbed at the airport terminal.

For not paying the necessary bribes.

The measures are intended to improve security for the airport's users, he said. Additionally the police will not tolerate unauthorized taxis whose drivers tout passengers out loud and disturb airport patrons, Wing Commander Prateep said.

Unless they have paid the necessary bribe to the AOT.

The airport deputy director said he hopes that the 'inflexible measures' against traffic violators will restore the public image and confidence over security of the airport.

The inflexible measures will be inflexible except in certain situations.

-- TNA 2009-02-08

A wing commander issuing speeding fines?

Additionally the police will not tolerate unauthorized taxis whose drivers tout passengers out loud and disturb airport patrons

Yawn!

I wonder if the Wing Commander has a dog called farang?

Traffic rules tightened at Suvarnabhumi airport

Speed checkpoints have been set up on the 32-kilometre highway between Bangkok and the airport, and the maximum speed is set at 80 kilometres per hour. Speeders will be arrested and fined, Wing Commander Prateep said.

This will not apply to AOT limousines.

Police will also arrest those breaking other traffic rules such as traffic light violations and parking in prohibited areas.

Unless they have paid the necessary bribe to the AOT.

Wing Commander Prateep added that from January 13 to 31 alone, 254 violators were arrested, most of whom were nabbed at the airport terminal.

For not paying the necessary bribes.

The measures are intended to improve security for the airport's users, he said. Additionally the police will not tolerate unauthorized taxis whose drivers tout passengers out loud and disturb airport patrons, Wing Commander Prateep said.

Unless they have paid the necessary bribe to the AOT.

The airport deputy director said he hopes that the 'inflexible measures' against traffic violators will restore the public image and confidence over security of the airport.

The inflexible measures will be inflexible except in certain situations.

-- TNA 2009-02-08

They can never do anything good,allways the same people pissing and moaning.

'They' can do something good, 'they' just very seldom do anything good.

The problem is the security cannot detect large groups on foot in yellow camouflage.

Would you rather they didn't make the effort? He's trying. Give him a chance before peeing all over the Wing Commander.

Suvarnabhumi airport to tighten road safety, security measures

Suvarnabhumi international airport in corporation with Rachatewa police station will tighten road safety and security measures around the airport during the whole of February in order to reduce accident rates in the airport’s compound.

Commander Prateep Wijitto, a deputy director of Suvarnabhumi Airport, the Airport of Thailand Public Company, revealed today (February 11) that the evidence has shown frequent road accidents caused by speeding within the airport’s compound during the past months, which subsequently led to losses of lives and valuable belongings. Therefore, the airport has been in corporation with Rachatewa police station to step up the road safety measures around the compound, assuring that vehicle owners strictly follow road regulations during the whole of February.

Commander Prateep asserted that the speed limit has been set at 80 kilometres/hour. Drivers caught speeding would be charged and fined immediately. Thus far, 254 people have already been apprehended. He disclosed that the airport would also tighten security measures for passengers in order to improve the image of the airport perceived to the world.

Source: National News Bureau of Thailand - 11 February 2009

Additionally the police will not tolerate unauthorized taxis whose drivers tout passengers out loud and disturb airport patrons

Yawn!

Which implies that the police WILL tolerate the obnoxious and pushy AOT touts who loudly accost passengers and disturb airport patrons...

Last trip back from Suvanaphumi (shall see if it is the same when I come back home to BKK on Sunday) a 'Pakistani-looking' gentleman, neatly dressed, tried to 'sell his service' as a [black] taxi. When I laughed at his proposed price (without missing a beat of my pace) he eventually ended up asking how much I wanted to pay. O-well, nice try atleast Mr Entrepreneur...

Just keep a YELLOW t-shirt in your car. You will be wave through without question.

The transport mafia is supported by the police.

Don't expect any real improvements.

Tourists can expect to get hassled and cheated on arrival.

Nothing new.

The problem is the security cannot detect large groups on foot in yellow camouflage.

But they cheated, by hiding behind their banners & hand-held signs, as I recall.

If it stops the maniac taxi drivers that race along the approach road doing 140 then I'm all for it. However, I would like to know what purpose is served by barricading most of the taxi drop off area, making all taxis jam into what's left at either end.