Thai traffic police to re-introduce tough road rules next month

[focus27]

So when will they deal with kids on motorbikes?

Driving while on mobile phone?

Kamikaze mini bus drivers aggressive driving?

What about a moron texting on his smart phone while riding a motorbike.

Nearly ran the fckr over today!!

And what about those orange buses? Even taxi drivers hate those wnkrs!

Oh yes, #6 No overtaking other vehicles in public.

Has anybody figured out what it could possibly mean?

rant over. sabai sabai, this isn't Dhaka...

[tomross46]

The traffic laws have been on the books for years, and have not enforced them. So was the accident with the container caused by the police not doing there jobs. There are thousands of trucks on the highway has unsecured cargo. they leave the government container yards without being inspected. The owners on the trucks are also responsible for not maintaining their equipment.

[NomadJoe]

If they want to actually increase safety on the roads, perhaps they should try what has shown to work in every modern country in the world and actually pull over cars and motorbikes being driven dangerously instead of spending a couple of hours a day randomly pulling bike and cars over at fixed checkpoints and citing drivers for whatever they police want to make up on the spot. I have to wonder if they ever look at the traffic fine stats and wonder why an increase in citations has never created a decrease in accidents or deaths like it would in a country that doesn't have a completely corrupt and lazy police force. Not that you would necessarily need them but in Phuket Town they have a couple of nice BMW GS1200's that would do nicely. I see some officers riding around larger displacement bikes too. It's sad that there are tons of traffic police and highway police in Thailand, but they are utterly and completely ineffective.

[barryofthailand]

EyesWideOpen, on 10 Feb 2014 - 17:55, said:

than, on 10 Feb 2014 - 17:50, said:

Thai police need money ?

My Thai girlfriend used to call the increased checkpoints at the end of

the month the mia noi checkpoints. The police need to bump up their

income at that time in order to properly fund their mia nois.....

This is true. Over new years we were in the village in Chaiyapum where my wifes Mother lives. We go there every year for one day over New Years. We were at a New years eve party at my wifes girl friends home. One girl was 19 and was attending University in Bangkok. I saw her playing with her phone and I asked her if it was an I phone 4 or 5. She said a 5. I then asked how much it cost and she replied 24,000 Baht. I asked how a young lady like yourself is able to afford to purchase such an expensive phone. She explained that she had a boy friend that was married and was a high ranking police officer and he pays for everything including the phone as long as she gives him sex.

[Maggusoil]

How about enforcing the rules they've already got?

Nice attitude though with the pretty uniform.

How about some community service ads on the television,

on how "dangerous" it is to drive at all in Thailand.

[spidermike007]

Wow. A 500 baht fine for driving drunk, and putting hundreds of other lives at risk. Now, that is getting tough. Really scared of those Thai cops now. I have never seen a car being pulled over for reckless driving. Never. Checkpoints yes. But, usually that is just the collections of some tea money, and not any real act of law enforcement. I have never encountered weaker police in my life, anywhere.

[Mosha]

So when will they deal with kids on motorbikes?

Right before they deal with the police driving around without helmets.

[fxe1200]

Here are the road rules to be enforced for the South in detail (source: Hat Yai Traffic Police)

1. For safety reasons, not more than six cars may drive into an intersection and pass it, after the red traffic light has been switched on.

2. STOP-signs may only be neglected with the hazard lights on. This will warn other road users, and explain the urgency of the mission of the vehicle crossing.

3. Mobile phones may only be used while driving, if the car is equipped with tinted windscreens. This will save you from receiving a warning.

3. Turn signals should be switched on in either direction at all times. This is to make the following driver guess, if you will proceed straight, or if you may make a turn. This situation will hopefully strengthen the alertness of the driver behind.

4. The use of rear mirrors is only permitted, to check and redo your lipstick, or to squeeze out pimples. This measurement will force drivers to slow down, when detecting cars parked on the roadside, which might eventually enter the road. It also forces a driver during an overtaking manoeuvre, using the right or left lane, to check the functionality of the horn and brakes, if the car to be overtaken makes a move to the side, where you started your manoeuvre.

5. High beams and fog lights should be switched on at all times, as the driver approaching from the opposite direction will be blinded, and must slow down or even stop. This measurement will help drivers coming from opposite directions, to pass each other at slow speeds.

6. Remaining tire pressure gages at gas stations are to be removed. This will ensure, that the tires of vehicles will always be filled up to a the maximum pressure the air compressor can produce, which is about 80 psi. With those tires it is hardly impossible to exceed the legal speed limit of 90Km/h, as the tire(s) might blow up and can cause severe damage to vehicle and driver.

7. Minibuses are to be stripped of all safety belts or make them unusable. This eases the removal from corpses out of a wreck.

8. Imported cars, as Mercedes, Audi and such, have a "built in" right of way, because there is a great chance, that a member of the police is on his way, to enforce these important rules.

[Doc46]

Traffic "clamp-down"

Earlier today I saw 3 policemen riding 1 motor-bike without a safety-hat in sight

Monkey see,Monkey do Nobody cares Nobody gives a kcuf

[EyesWideOpen]

......................BANGKOK, 10 February 2014 (NNT) - Traffic police are set to enforce strict road rules from March 1.....................

And WHAT, exactly, have they been doing up to this? Lazy, greedy, corrupt, parasites.

Don't hold back, tell us what you really think of the Thai " police".... :-)

[tingtongteesood]

I still see vehicles parked on the pavement everywhere despite being in zones where this is one of the laws to be enforced...

[Arkady]

"...overtaking other vehicles during traffic"

Please let me know how drivers able to commit this offence.

[SABloke]

2 easy (and profitable ways) to increase taffic flow: 1 - Fine every driver that turns from the second (sometimes third) lane. 2 Fine every driver that runs the red to turn, which in turns blocks traffica from the crossing lanes for an extra 10 - 20 seconds. The first few days would be hell, as stopping the drivers for fines would slow down traffic even more, but after a coupla days of them doing this, the drivers will start to improve. I don't even care if the police pocket the fines or write official tickets - just f**king do it!! And I'm talking about the inter-sections that have permanently staffed police boxes, so no additional offficers required.

[kotsak]

Two words.. TIT & FUBAR!

[Jonmarleesco]

Well, the protests can only be used as an excuse for so long; what will they come up with next? More farcical than the idea that the traffic police will actually enforce the laws are the fines, a snip at B500.

[Jonmarleesco]

2 easy (and profitable ways) to increase taffic flow: 1 - Fine every driver that turns from the second (sometimes third) lane. 2 Fine every driver that runs the red to turn, which in turns blocks traffica from the crossing lanes for an extra 10 - 20 seconds. The first few days would be hell, as stopping the drivers for fines would slow down traffic even more, but after a coupla days of them doing this, the drivers will start to improve. I don't even care if the police pocket the fines or write official tickets - just f**king do it!! And I'm talking about the inter-sections that have permanently staffed police boxes, so no additional offficers required.

It helps if they are awake and concentrating.

[lee b]

Yeah i'm wondering why i don't belive this. Maybe its due to the fact you can do a motorbike test and pass when you answer this question correctly. Q - How many people are allowed on the back of a motorbike in Thailand? A- 5. Correct.

[soalbundy]

Which means that they haven't been doing their job but now would "really like to try"

well it will bring in some money for themselves i suppose. The BIB aren't much good at enforcing the law but you have to admit that as business men they are 1st class.

[soalbundy]

So when will they deal with kids on motorbikes?

Driving while on mobile phone?

Kamikaze mini bus drivers aggressive driving?

Driving on a Mobile phone ?.....the saving in petrol alone.....

[thailampang2012]

Everything will change for good if the Government do the Maths to find out how much money its can make enforcing traffic rules and the Cities Municipalities with parking tickets.......In the US that source is a big % of the budget...

[bkkjames]

Everything will change for good if the Government do the Maths to find out how much money its can make enforcing traffic rules and the Cities Municipalities with parking tickets.......In the US that source is a big % of the budget...

lol

[lostmebike]

Does the General, sorry Major General dye his hair by any chance?

[lostmebike]

......................BANGKOK, 10 February 2014 (NNT) - Traffic police are set to enforce strict road rules from March 1.....................

And WHAT, exactly, have they been doing up to this? Lazy, greedy, corrupt, parasites.

How dare you tarnish the good name of parasites!

Edited February 11, 2014 by lostmebike

[a99az]

But too tough for them to understand

[bangon04]

Nice to see that "parking in non-parking areas " is a major traffic offence and will be treated just as seriously as "drunk driving"

[Jay Sata]

The suggestion they are 'Reintroducing the traffic laws' suggests they were suspended?

When or more to the point were there ever any traffic laws.

[Somtamnication]

Their idea of tough rules is that it will now cost you 500 baht, as opposed to 300 baht, for being waved on.

[willyumiii]

overtaking other vehicles during traffic

That means a fine for every driver then!!!

You must mean " every Thai driver"!

[JimHuaHin]

overtaking other vehicles during traffic

That means a fine for every driver then!!!

I have been waiting for someone to clarify that point for me!!! Does it mean that we cannot go faster than the vehicle in front of us?