i claudius Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 In the last few days a friend on his way from Pattaya to Bangkok was fined for speeding ,then yesterday got a message from our son ,stopped for doing 127 in 120 zone ,fine 500 baht ,beware they are clamping down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yermanee Posted August 19, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2014 What's wrong with police doing their job ? Yermanee 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 same in all western countries, if you are caught speeding you are fined, about time the police actually started doing it here, might slow down some of the idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96tehtarp Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Were they given official receipts for the fines they paid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 They have been doing this for a while now, there is a few fixed camera's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Also noticed CM to BKK & back my GPS showed cameras along the way - I spotted a few but don't know how advanced they are about ticketing/punishing via other means......but they had to be live to be picked up on the GPS..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keemapoot Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 (edited) This has been a nationwide clean up of the police by the Junta, and migration to cameras for speeders as opposed to the old methods. I travel around the provinces a great deal, and the cop stops are still in the usual places, though less frequent, and from what I hear from everyone is that you won't be able to bribe anyone too easily. Also, I've noticed new cameras, and I play a game of looking for them. (Usually, there will be a wire strung over the roadway to a median or a new opposing lane rack with a camera on it. )I've heard stories of some people trying to be clever with the folded 100-200 notes under the drivers license which they had to the cops, and they hand the money back. Damn...getting to be just like the places we left.... However, never heard of anyone getting a ticket for less than 10 over the speed limit. Edited August 19, 2014 by keemapoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseFrank Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Also noticed CM to BKK & back my GPS showed cameras along the way - I spotted a few but don't know how advanced they are about ticketing/punishing via other means......but they had to be live to be picked up on the GPS..... A GPS only shows cameras that are programmed on the map. Nothing to do with live or not live. The Esri map includes camera locations that have been reported, but it doesn't mean there is a camera at that time you pass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post luckizuchinni Posted August 19, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2014 (edited) I applaud the cracking down on the police, making them do their jobs and fighting corruption. But this will only work if the police are given raises to a decent salary. I was at a station last night, and we hung around chatting. A senior sergeant major with over 20 years service makes 20,000 baht per month. He has to pay for his uniforms, his housing (even if in the police barracks), and more. While I was there, a sergeant major's wife and kid came to bring him dinner. It was instant noodles. My wife talked to him about it, and she was shocked that someone this senior had so many expenses and a relatively low salary. A colonel with 30 years in makes 60,000. Where I work, an uneducated 20-year-old laborer with no experience can make easily 16,000 per month (with overtime). Get rid of corruption, but pay the police enough so they are not tempted to be corrupt. Edited August 19, 2014 by luckizuchinni 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gweiloman Posted August 19, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2014 What's wrong with police doing their job ? Yermanee Nothing wrong, except that "speeding" per se is a lot less dangerous than weaving in / out, tailgating, undertaking, switching lanes without indicating etc etc. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenKong Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Damn...getting to be just like the places we left.... In that case maybe the people who came here to break the law will go home. I certainly wont miss them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post i claudius Posted August 19, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2014 Damn...getting to be just like the places we left.... In that case maybe the people who came here to break the law will go home. I certainly wont miss them. Why not just live in the west ,then you can have all the law you want ,bet you love traffic wardens and yellow lines everywhere and those parking charges must be enough to give you an orgasm and oh boy those policemen hiding in the bushes with their speed guns. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 "Now fining" I must be ahead of time. More than once been stopped and fined. Once on highway #2 from Khon Kaen. About the same speed as in your case. 400 Baht with receipt payable on site. They assured me "we have foto/camera". Even here on highway #12 near the Amphoe town they do measurements with laser based devices. Nothing really new. Just a question of intensity/frequency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morakot Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 from Pattaya to Bangkok was fined for speeding What time of the day/ night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> Also noticed CM to BKK & back my GPS showed cameras along the way - I spotted a few but don't know how advanced they are about ticketing/punishing via other means......but they had to be live to be picked up on the GPS..... A GPS only shows cameras that are programmed on the map. Nothing to do with live or not live. The Esri map includes camera locations that have been reported, but it doesn't mean there is a camera at that time you pass. You could be 100% correct - odd that when the alarm sounds it's always at different distances....never makes a peep when there's a guy with radar in the middle of the road - same spectrum I would guess <> anyway - they are out there..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE1 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Do they show proof of you speeding ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Flint Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Dont speed then, job done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanet Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 My company sometimes receives speeding tickets that show a photo of one of our vehicles, with the speed. It seems that unmarked speeding cameras (and red light cameras) are being used more and more here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I came to thailand for the relaxed rules. Coming from Canada, I got taxed and ticketed left, right, and center. I already miss the Wild West thailand lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE1 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 It's hard not to speed on some roads , take Highway 7 , you pay money to use it so you can travel faster 120kmh , now it has been reduced to 90kmh. The road has 4 lanes , is smooth and pretty straight , it is hard not to speed on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 They have been doing this for a while now, there is a few fixed camera's. This......... Nothing new, they were doing it even before I left just about 2 years ago. Like someone else posted though glad they're slowing down those idiots, now I wish they'd void licenses of those who probably shouldn't be driving anyway because they don't have the confidence to drive 1 kph over the speed limit safely and instead make it unsafe for those who can, like driving slowly in the passing lane, and not using turn signals to signal lane changes or never using their rear view mirror even once as if they're the only driver on the road........... Oh wait a minute! Forgot where I was, that's what it's like driving here in the west.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinot Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 No speed guns on Phuket. No anything. Drive as crazy as you want, all the time. No reason no to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
culicine Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 A number of cameras are being put up near overpass bridges. There is one on Changwattana where where the express way comes down to it. Everyone comes down the expressway but want to go up the bridge. If you cross the solid line (too close to the bridge) - 500 baht. I'm not sure that camera (there are three together) are operational, but my wife got caught doing that at the Kae Rai intersection - took a month to get the ticket in the mail. The police much be raking it in, as every time I go past these camera, many cars are breaking the law. Just a heads up:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
culicine Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Do they show proof of you speeding ? Yes photos of the car, number plate and violation. What gets me is that it probably cost the government more than 500 baht to produce their detailed output and send it in the mail hehe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 No speed guns on Phuket. No anything. Drive as crazy as you want, all the time. No reason no to. Yes, there are some, 90k/h zone on Bypassroad e.g., but they only take a photo if you driver faster than 120 km. I thought this was standard procedure all over Thailand, so the Op's comment he was fined in a 120 km zone for driving just over the limit surprises me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I knew this would happen Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 This has been a nationwide clean up of the police by the Junta, and migration to cameras for speeders as opposed to the old methods. I travel around the provinces a great deal, and the cop stops are still in the usual places, though less frequent, and from what I hear from everyone is that you won't be able to bribe anyone too easily. Also, I've noticed new cameras, and I play a game of looking for them. (Usually, there will be a wire strung over the roadway to a median or a new opposing lane rack with a camera on it. )I've heard stories of some people trying to be clever with the folded 100-200 notes under the drivers license which they had to the cops, and they hand the money back. Damn...getting to be just like the places we left.... However, never heard of anyone getting a ticket for less than 10 over the speed limit. At the place I left there were still quite a few spots where you could legally drive as fast as you please, so whenever I feel the need for speed a trip home works well. Flooring it in Thailand is not very joyful anyway and I rarely find myself driving or wanting to drive faster than allowed. It´s just no fun and the other drivers usually cause dangerous situations all the time so I don´t want to add more risk by speed. I think it´s good if they try to crackdown on speeding, it will make the roads safer and raise the awareness that everything has consequences. And please dear BIB, don´t forget your red light runner crackdown and push it forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pj123 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I have noticed on Don Mueang Expressway and the Outer ring road/Kanchanaphisek Road between Bang Pa In and Bang Na, that at some locations they have installed the radar dishes for speed cameras on the overhead gantries but there are no cameras. At one location, just after the Lamlukka access road, they have recently removed the cameras but left the radar dishes in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanhull Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 In the last few days a friend on his way from Pattaya to Bangkok was fined for speeding ,then yesterday got a message from our son ,stopped for doing 127 in 120 zone ,fine 500 baht ,beware they are clamping down. Don't speed then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wprime Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 They've been fining people on the number 7 for years. Take the Bang Na Trat, they will fine you if you speed on the Bangkok side of the Banga Na toll gate, otherwise it's a free run. It's a shorter distance and the road is better (except for the Ch bypass). You can do Bang Na - North Pattaya in under an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiBob Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Received a speeding citation on Hwy 7 in the mail. 500 baht. Showed picture of my car and license plate. Scam at the Bang Na-Chonburi Skyway (first toll booth) continues. Driver's licenses are held until extortion is paid. Friend paid 2000 baht. Another 400. Fining both Thai and farang. Well organized with tables setup for processing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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