snoop1130 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Gas station attendants criminally responsible for customers who don’t hang upKongleaphy KeamPHUKET: -- Gas station attendants will be held legally responsible for ensuring that drivers turn off their engines and put away their cell phones at the pump, officials from the Department of Energy Business (DOEB) confirmed Sunday.DOEB issued a new law to this effect, according to which, if gas station attendants are caught disobeying regulations, they will be fined a maximum of 100,000 baht, face one year imprisonment, or both.While the law has technically been on the books since Sunday, DOEB officials have said that strict law enforcement will not take place until 2018.Full Story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Gas-station-attendants-criminally-responsible-customers-dont/63981?desktopversion-- Phuket Gazette 2016-05-31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 2018! Why bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 ....and of the driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnx355 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 ....and of the driver? Major oversight, drivers should fall under the same rule ... ! They really think an attendant will tell the hi-so Benz, BMW or a Fortuner driver to shut his engine or stop talking of the phone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shot Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 2018 = Never Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Just another ill thought out piece of nonsense. A person is responsible for their own actions not another person. Please can somebody tell me who is going to enforce this law? The RTP laughable, they only enforce the law if a cash incentive is forthcoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Is this the same story that is not true according to Thailand news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxe1200 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Police can now pay my speeding tickets, because they forgot to tell me about the speed limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulchiangmai Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Police can now pay my speeding tickets, because they forgot to tell me about the speed limit. Speeding ticket? You obviously don't live in Chiang Mai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 100,000 baht fine? Again I compare this to the typical 500 baht fine for assault or causing actual bodily harm. Really don't see this one happening, especially at a time when other sources are trying to disprove the so-called dangers of using a phone in a petrol station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlehead Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Is it April 1st AGAIN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) Is this the same story that is not true according to Thailand news? See here, http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/921665-report-about-heavy-fine-for-using-cellphones-at-gas-stations-is-untrue/. Since according to TV this news is incorrect but still running, it really looks like the clicks are wanted more than the correct information. Edited June 1, 2016 by stevenl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Idiocy reigns supreme once more. As Mythbusters and gas institute studies have shown, cell phones do not and cannot cause gas vapor explosions. Probable is not grounding self on door frame when exiting car, static leads to BOOM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12DrinkMore Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Just another ill thought out piece of nonsense. A person is responsible for their own actions not another person. Please can somebody tell me who is going to enforce this law? The RTP laughable, they only enforce the law if a cash incentive is forthcoming. Although this is yet another brainfart, in the article it has this point covered “Staff have the right to choose not to fill a vehicle. If drivers do not follow the safety precautions, attendants are not allowed to fill their tanks. The responsibility is the attendants’ – they’re the ones that could face punitive action on this.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc46 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Bullshit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 1 April, brainfart, Idiocy. I see the topic has been analyzed thoroughly. Nothing to add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) ....and of the driver? Major oversight, drivers should fall under the same rule ... ! They really think an attendant will tell the hi-so Benz, BMW or a Fortuner driver to shut his engine or stop talking of the phone... In a country where even a cop is hesitating to stop such a hiso. What a joke. Edited June 1, 2016 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manfredtillmann Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 think it was in khon kaen, the girl attendant at a 7/11 servo placed an 'a - frame' type sign on the bonnet of my car before asking me what i want, thai and english, telling me to stop the engine and not use my mobile or smoke. and they did that to everyone else, too. and in australia they switch off your bowser (pump) when they see you on the phone (cameras everywhere). has it not been proven to be impossible to ignite fuel fumes with mobiles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fester the benevolent Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Since we can't yabber on the phone or rev the engine at the pump any more then staging small impromptu firework displays from the back of a pickup for the entertainment of the other customers will certainly be a welcome distraction for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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