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Dummy police will catch Bangkok traffic offenders red-handed next month


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My question is -

What point does using a plastic policeman to hold the camera serve?

The real policeman can stay in his air-conditioned office playing games on his phone or still have lunch or dinner with his mia noi while on duty.

It is called a camera with some recognition software.

This is a major attack on the income of the BIB, it cannot be bribed or threatened. Although central revenue will love this innovation as the rivers of gold that will flow from these dummies will get their attention.

No it isn't. It is automating the front-end of the traffic ticket gravy train which frees up officers to concentrate on the much more lucrative shake-down and face-to-face 'enforcements' of the laws like casino protection busting.

(Frees up the officers that are not already busy goofing off in the office or eating with their mia nois that is.)

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This is funny, instead of telling the officers to do there jobs they waste money on camera's and police dummy's. More time to watch the soaps inside their air conditioned huts.

Not only what you said but also, the first high-so to get a ticket in the mail will most likely hit and run with that dummy. Or burn it to the ground
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Will it catch mainly motorbikes but also some cars encroaching over the stop line and onto the box junction at traffic lights, particularly when they are turning right and simply want to be at the front instead of queuing.

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Well in Australia now people are going to court to fight the fine as the defendant has the right to cross examine the plaintiff.

Also, the system used has to prove that it is working properly and so must be maintained on a daily basis ie calibrated.

Plus the time date stamp must be visible on the video.

and the big plus is

ITS a cash cow and once they get a whiff of the money these things will generate then theres no stopping them

they will be popping up like mushrooms

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"...The new system can reduce the workload of the police..."

Yeah, because the police are already so busy enforcing all the traffic laws...right!

There's only one problem with this system. It assumes the offender, the driver, is the owner of the car. So Thailand doesn't care if the actual driver is ticketed only that they get their pound of flesh (money) from the unwitting owner of the car? Yeah, probably 80% they will get the right driver, but not all the time.

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"...The new system can reduce the workload of the police..."

Yeah, because the police are already so busy enforcing all the traffic laws...right!

There's only one problem with this system. It assumes the offender, the driver, is the owner of the car. So Thailand doesn't care if the actual driver is ticketed only that they get their pound of flesh (money) from the unwitting owner of the car? Yeah, probably 80% they will get the right driver, but not all the time.

The vehicle owner is the one who knows the driver. So, identify the driver or take over the responsibility for the offence.

Your excuse have been used by transport companies to escape responsibility two generations ago.

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I know there are some systems like this that are used in some big cities around the world.

But, somehow, I'm doubtful that the locals have the ability to successfully deploy and maintain on an going basis this kind of pretty sophisticated technology, which involves MANY separate, presumably networked installations, throughout a large city like BKK.

After all, these are the same folks who brought you supposed CCTV monitoring cameras that actually were boxes with no cameras installed inside. The same place where anything left out is likely to be stripped down for sale of parts. The folks who crack open unexploded WWII bombs and xray machine radiation containers for scrap, with predictable results. Etc etc etc...

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Don't you find it embarrassing that you sit here and criticise all day long, yet when they make an effort ... you sit here and criticise all day long.

If the BIB can enforce the tickets, good for them.

Not at all Johnny, when you read the BS that goes on here everyday, it inspires me to be even more critical.

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Well at least there pay will be correct for a dummy," ZERO" Oh do the dummies have the proper bribe software installed? Could have done same thing cheaper electronic dog collar if officer shuts eyes gets shock if speeder passes shock stays on till stopped. If hand goes out for bribe collars blows up taking head with it.

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What a great thing the thai police are doing I like it about time but like always when I read on TV you have the knocks out there who get on here all the time and have a go at what thailand is doing to become a lot better Place to live , if you come to thailand and you are not happy with the place please go back home and stop thai bashing.

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Dummies doing the job. In order not to have any vandals, a security guard will be put next to the dummies to 'protect' him.... and if the security is drunk, he can go ahead and caress the dummy all he wants... he will not get jail like the previous case...

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