Police to launch new campaign against traffic law violators

[Lite Beer]

Police to launch new campaign against traffic law violators
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Traffic police in Bangkok have vowed to strictly enforce a new campaign starting on Monday that focuses on strong enforcement of traffic laws.

The blitz will include towing away vehicles, locking wheels, arrests, detention - and traffic cops being polite, Royal Thai Police adviser Lt-General Wuthi Liptapallop said.

-- The Nation 2014-06-07

[Snig27]

I'm guessing this replaces the stern enforcement they introduced so loudly in March,

[Mango Bob]

Didn't we heard this before?

[terryp]

RTP must rate as the most incompetent organisation in Thailand …how many BKK traffic crackdown is this this year 10,15,20+

ENFORCE THE LAWS EVERYDAY …no need for crackdowns

[Mister Fixit]

Again?

[Stradavarius37]

Oh I do love those boys in brown - such bastions of virtue and justice...

[Basil B]

But without resources these crackdowns are pointless.

Thailand needs:

• A centralised database that the police can check the status of any drivers licence to drive.
• Automatic bans for certain driving offences and toting up points system to ban bad drivers.
• Police need reliable communications to check a drivers status.
• The police need a lot more tow trucks.
• The police need a lot more compounds for storing seized vehicles.
• The police need to know they are not above the law, and will not only be fired for collecting "tea money" but also be prosecuted.
• The police need a lot more vehicles to be able to patrol the highways instead of operating from static roadside check points.

[WhizBang]

Why wait until Monday?

Any why announce it? Just do it.

[bigbamboo]

Didn't they have a mull first?

[Fiddlesticks]

Can not start the crackdown until Monday because most of the BIB are too drunk on weekends!

[jkinbkk]

You see I don't have a problem with fining, arresting or detaining those who break the traffic laws.

The road blocks to nick those motorbike riders without licenses or helmets is full justifiable because it is directly related to saving their lives or those of others.

To me one of the golden opportunities the law seems to miss is to penalise those who drive at night with faulty lights. They have the full gambit of offenders to choose from.

If this is a sincere attempt to improve the reputation and effectiveness of the police then it can only be a good thing.

[dinger]

Does this mean traffic fines are going from 200bt to 400bt

[Crazy chef 1]

But without resources these crackdowns are pointless.

Thailand needs:

• A centralised database that the police can check the status of any drivers licence to drive.
• Automatic bans for certain driving offences and toting up points system to ban bad drivers.
• Police need reliable communications to check a drivers status.
• The police need a lot more tow trucks.
• The police need a lot more compounds for storing seized vehicles.
• The police need to know they are not above the law, and will not only be fired for collecting "tea money" but also be prosecuted.
• The police need a lot more vehicles to be able to patrol the highways instead of operating from static roadside check points.

the first what hey need is decent salary that they don't need to rely on the tea money anymore. but than comes the greed...

Edited June 7, 2014 by Crazy chef 1

[kevc]

Won't it be nice having the pavements motorcycle free Monday morning.

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[kuiburi]

"And traffic cops being polite"

Where I live many look like mexican bandits , and they talk like them with there arrogance .

[chainarong]

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Again?

Things seem to slipping back into the PTP way of doing things.

[JohnThailandJohn]

Already been seeing numerous vehicles the last few days with wheel locked and being towed

[Cuchulainn]

Another big YAWN at these bunch of thugs

[coma]

I am all for it. Especially towing illegally parked vehicles that back up an entire city's traffic. The selfishness of these people's action and the effects it has on others makes my blood boil. May be ALL police vehicles should be tow trucks. Even double parked vehicles with the 'token' hazard lights on should be towed IMMEDIATELY. Regardless of whether the owner returns to the vehicle during the hook up process. And please come and enforce it here in Chiang Mai as well.

[tangcoral]

I'm deathly afraid to drive when I get back home country as I picked up so many bad habits over the years I have driven here.

[ezzra]

Thanks for the leg up, note to self, prepare 200 baht in shirt's pocket...

[Alwyn]

Did I read that correctly? The blitz will include traffic cops being polite? Oh my, that will put fear into the law breakers core.....

[NelsonHubbucks]

Didn't we heard this before?

De Ja Vu all over again. Believe

it when you see it.!

[i claudius]

But without resources these crackdowns are pointless.

Thailand needs:

• A centralised database that the police can check the status of any drivers licence to drive.
• Automatic bans for certain driving offences and toting up points system to ban bad drivers.
• Police need reliable communications to check a drivers status.
• The police need a lot more tow trucks.
• The police need a lot more compounds for storing seized vehicles.
• The police need to know they are not above the law, and will not only be fired for collecting "tea money" but also be prosecuted.
• The police need a lot more vehicles to be able to patrol the highways instead of operating from static roadside check points.

Yes and we might as well live in the overregulated west ,no thanks i left all that bullshit behind.

[UbonRatch]

But without resources these crackdowns are pointless.

Thailand needs:

• A centralised database that the police can check the status of any drivers licence to drive.
• Automatic bans for certain driving offences and toting up points system to ban bad drivers.
• Police need reliable communications to check a drivers status.
• The police need a lot more tow trucks.
• The police need a lot more compounds for storing seized vehicles.
• The police need to know they are not above the law, and will not only be fired for collecting "tea money" but also be prosecuted.
• The police need a lot more vehicles to be able to patrol the highways instead of operating from static roadside check points.

the first what hey need is decent salary that they don't need to rely on the tea money anymore. but than comes the greed...

Care to point to a decent salary threshold which would curb tea-money?

[pisico]

I'm guessing this replaces the stern enforcement they introduced so loudly in March,

Notice that all the enforcement "infractions" detailed by the RTP adviser are revenue generating situations.

Nothing mentioned about safety for pedestrians primarily and secondarily for all motorists. TIT.

[Celtica]

Thailand most definitely does not need to go down the moronic path of most western countries where traffic law enforcement (revenue raising) supersedes all other forms of real crime prevention, because drivers are soft targets who subsidize government to the tune of millions of dollars each year. What we need is relaxed interpretation of road law based on what is commonly accepted as being reasonable by the people. I am not a child/you are not children and subsequently DO NOT need the powers that be telling me what is good for me. I will decide this! This is called freedom. If you want a draconian police state then return to Australia/USA etc and bask in the false security that government is looking after you. Surrender your freedom in the process, and vacate Thailand, because clearly Thailand is not the place to be.You might have to make a decision.

[NoshowJones]

You see I don't have a problem with fining, arresting or detaining those who break the traffic laws.

The road blocks to nick those motorbike riders without licenses or helmets is full justifiable because it is directly related to saving their lives or those of others.

To me one of the golden opportunities the law seems to miss is to penalise those who drive at night with faulty lights. They have the full gambit of offenders to choose from.

If this is a sincere attempt to improve the reputation and effectiveness of the police then it can only be a good thing.

Depends on what you mean by faulty lights, if you are driving along the road at night, can you tell if one of your back light or brake light fails? That happened to me back in Scotland, I told the two cops straight that they are not booking me as I did not know one of my back light bulbs conked out. They just let me go.

I suspect they were using the conked out light bulb as an excuse to see if I had been drinking, and when I stood my ground, they knew I wasn't, so they just let me go.

[NoshowJones]

"And traffic cops being polite"

Where I live many look like mexican bandits , and they talk like them with there arrogance .

Any traffic cops I have been in touch with here in Thailand, have always been polite, I have have my hand shaken with a big smile, and been saluted.

[soalbundy]

The army has told them to do their job,severe loss of face here, the army are are catching more criminals than the police.

Edited June 7, 2014 by soalbundy