Bangkok Police to decisively crackdown on illegal parking

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BKK Police to decisively crackdown on illegal parking



BANGKOK, 14 December 2015 (NNT) - The Metropolitan Police division has announced its campaign to decisively crack down on illegal parking on Bankok’s major roads.

Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Pol Maj Gen Niphon Cherinphon ordered law enforcement officers to place locks on illegally parked vehicles and issue traffic tickets in front of Nikhom Makkasan Market after reports of numerous vehicles parked illegally at non-parking zones, causing traffic congestion in the area.

The Deputy Commissioner added that his division has issued a public statement asking motorists to respect traffic regulations in order to reduce unnecessary congestion along Bangkok’s major roads, particularly on the crowded Phetchaburi, Sukhumvit and Phaya Thai roads. He assured that the authorities will be strictly enforcing all traffic regulations and will penalize violators.

-- NNT 2015-12-14

[Silurian]

Oh look! Another "crackdown"!

[craigt3365]

You mean they will actually have to do their job and make sure laws are enforced?

[WitawatWatawit]

Has it happened yet? Sorry, I blinked.

[Aussieroaming]

If they crackdown on illegal parking then maybe they can start with themselves

[trainman34014]

Oh look; we have a new heading for the future.....''Decisive Crackdown ''.....not just any old crackdown this one so could last a day more than 48 hours !

[pgrahmm]

They forgot the last word in the headline = Again

[berybert]

Does this apply to cars parked on the pavements also ?

Last year I was walking back from the pub along Sukhumvit between Phrom Phong and Thong Lor.

There was a check point blocking 2 lanes of the road and police everywhere. Being a bit tipsy I said to one of the cops " what about all the cars on the pavement"

and pointed at them so he knew what I meant.

He shrugged his shoulders and asked where I was from. So after a chit chat and a hand shake at the end of it, I went on my way none the wiser.

[wirat69]

Oh look! Another "crackdown"!

Yes, but this one also cracks me up!! Oh, it is great to have a crack up in the morning!

[ezzra]

Yep.. this time it's going to :

• categorically
• definitely
• doubtless
• positively
• precisely
• really

• surely
• truly
• unconditionally
• unquestionably
• come hell or high water
• conclusively
• decidedly

Crackdown on illegal parking... that, or... for the next 2 weeks when it goes into the Too hard busket....

Edited December 15, 2015 by ezzra

[AlphMichaels]

They did a decent job of booting cars in On Nut & Phra Kanong area about 9 months back. They were booting daily. They should go to Thong Lor and Ekamai.

[prakhonchai nick]

Wish they would do the same in Surin. Double parking on main roads is the norm, and sometomes even triple parking.. Yet just a few metres away are plenty of kerbside parking spaces.

A 10,000baht fine for the drivers, would quickly become well known, and with regular enforcement the problem would soon go away.

[terminatorchiangmai]

First Sutep saying he is not starting a politic party , now the parking rules in BKK.

It looks like i am reading the same news of a month ago , and the month before ,and before, and before.

[realenglish1]

crack down or crack up ? 5555555555555555555555555

[irwinfc]

the BIB are soooo behind their workload now, that cracking down on illegally parked vehicles has become a top headline-worthy story. awesome! when will they crack down on motorcycle riders that drive on sidewalks, ride against traffic, cross red lights, drivers that cross roads on U-turn slots, etc.? traffic violations on Thai roads are almost encouraged by the lack of enforcement.

[Kurtsie]

The Police could make a mint hitting the illegally double/triple parked taxis and cars on Asoke near Cowboy starting from 7pm to 4 am. Couldn't have my taxi pull into my condo after a 26 hour trip back home to Bangkok last week. To couple that, there were over 50 motorcycles blocking the sidewalk that meant I had to carry my bags out onto Asoke to get to my condo entrance. Nearly became a statistic for the newspaper when a speeding motorbike nearly clipped me.... Don't get me started on these same taxi drivers/motorcycle owners using the sidewalk as their personnal urinal....

[Travel Dude]

Placing a lock (a wheel clamp) on vehicles that block the traffic flow is ridiculous and only adds to the traffic. Towing away is much more efficient to keep traffic flowing. Too expensive? Increase the fines then.

Ps: the wholé fine system should be automated. No handwritten tickets anymore but a handheld with a printer, linked t9 a centralised system that also checks insurance, vehicle tax and outstanding fines/sentences... it's al so easy to become better.

[billphillips]

The simple point that's often missed by the brown catsuit boys is that a crackdown is only the starting point. The parking, and other issues, need to be addressed each and every day, without advanced warning. It's called pro-active policing, it's what's expected from real policemen in other parts of the world.

[fred Kubasa]

Illegal Parking Crackdown Number 3,752 !

[gandalf12]

In the last episode we saw.............

[NoshowJones]

Oh look! Another "crackdown"!

Yes, maybe create a record by lasting more than 24 hours, but I won't hold my breath.

[NoshowJones]

The Police could make a mint hitting the illegally double/triple parked taxis and cars on Asoke near Cowboy starting from 7pm to 4 am. Couldn't have my taxi pull into my condo after a 26 hour trip back home to Bangkok last week. To couple that, there were over 50 motorcycles blocking the sidewalk that meant I had to carry my bags out onto Asoke to get to my condo entrance. Nearly became a statistic for the newspaper when a speeding motorbike nearly clipped me.... Don't get me started on these same taxi drivers/motorcycle owners using the sidewalk as their personnal urinal....

Next time do a wee act, bump into one while carrying your bags "accidently on purpose" and make sure it falls over on to another one,

then leave it lying there.

[NoshowJones]

Placing a lock (a wheel clamp) on vehicles that block the traffic flow is ridiculous and only adds to the traffic. Towing away is much more efficient to keep traffic flowing. Too expensive? Increase the fines then.

Ps: the wholé fine system should be automated. No handwritten tickets anymore but a handheld with a printer, linked t9 a centralised system that also checks insurance, vehicle tax and outstanding fines/sentences... it's al so easy to become better.

That would be too complicated for Thailands finest, why do you think that just about every sort of authority, not just the BiB,

spend so much time and do so much paperwork? They don't have the brains to work computers to a decent standard.

[elgordo38]

Love that word decisively. In this case it will be like the 24 hour flu no doubt. I wish they would decisively park outside our Condo in Chiang Mai and pull over all the rice rockets that fly by continuously after dark you know when the BIB rolls up the red carpet and goes home. It kind of reminds of a old TV cartoon where one guy leaves work and punches his card saying "Hello Frank" and another similar looking character punches in and says "Goodbye Frank"

[elgordo38]

Does this apply to cars parked on the pavements also ?

Last year I was walking back from the pub along Sukhumvit between Phrom Phong and Thong Lor.

There was a check point blocking 2 lanes of the road and police everywhere. Being a bit tipsy I said to one of the cops " what about all the cars on the pavement"

and pointed at them so he knew what I meant.

He shrugged his shoulders and asked where I was from. So after a chit chat and a hand shake at the end of it, I went on my way none the wiser.

He could have gotten you for being drunk and disorderly when asking about all the cars parked on the pavement.

[jmacken306]

You mean they will actually have to do their job and make sure laws are enforced?

It is about time, they need to do more even out here in other cities, it blocks traffic, Taxi pull overs and beside they can get revenue from the tickets........duh!

[Alration]

Placing a lock (a wheel clamp) on vehicles that block the traffic flow is ridiculous and only adds to the traffic. Towing away is much more efficient to keep traffic flowing. Too expensive? Increase the fines then.

Ps: the wholé fine system should be automated. No handwritten tickets anymore but a handheld with a printer, linked t9 a centralised system that also checks insurance, vehicle tax and outstanding fines/sentences... it's al so easy to become better.

Wheel clamping is not ridiculous and does not add to the congestion. That vehicle is already there, clamped or not it is causing a problem. Wheel clamping is a visible deterrent to others who may be considering illegally parking when they see the likely consequences.

[Alration]

The simple point that's often missed by the brown catsuit boys is that a crackdown is only the starting point. The parking, and other issues, need to be addressed each and every day, without advanced warning. It's called pro-active policing, it's what's expected from real policemen in other parts of the world.

"...it's what's expected from real policemen in other parts of the world."

By "other parts of the world" I take it that you mean those countries that pay their police officers real starting salaries of around 20 times that which is paid to Thai police officers?

Edited December 15, 2015 by Alration

[billphillips]

The simple point that's often missed by the brown catsuit boys is that a crackdown is only the starting point. The parking, and other issues, need to be addressed each and every day, without advanced warning. It's called pro-active policing, it's what's expected from real policemen in other parts of the world.

"...it's what's expected from real policemen in other parts of the world."

By "other parts of the world" I take it that you mean those countries that pay their police officers real starting salaries of around 20 times that which is paid to Thai police officers?

Maybe, but then the living costs of police elsewhere would be proportionately higher too. Clearly the police here at street level could be paid more but then the organisers of the police are not street level police and revive a higher salary but still fail to perform by not instructing / checking that their minions perform.

It's quite a strange situation, such poor pay for the police on the street, so many wanting to be police ??? Perhaps the intention is that new police officers perform well, work hard and gain promotion and subsequent pay increases. While the reality maybe to join the police relax and laze about topping up their pay by corrupt acts and crime involvement as and when necessary. It's all a mystery to me but I can see by your words that everything is fine and dandy by you. RTP perhaps?

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

so they will crackdown on cars that park in the spots that are reserved for the extortion taxi's that pay the BIB so they car block the streets and rip off tourists?

What a load of BS. I don't believe this for a second.

Soi 11 is so bad, half the time you can't even get down on a motorbike.

Get the taxi's off the side of the streets and get traffic flowing!!!

Fire all the BIB they aren't worth the pittance they are paid.