Thai DLT installs GPS system on over 66,000 public transport

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DLT installs GPS system on over 66,000 public transport



BANGKOK, 4 July 2016 (NNT) – The Director General of the Department of Land Transport (DLT) disclosed that over 66,000 public transports have been equipped with the GPS system to raise the safety standards for public transports.

DLT Director General Sanit Phromwong disclosed that since January, over 66,000 public transportation vehicles have been equipped with the GPS system, in an attempt to raise the safety standards of public transportation.

The DLT has designated that newly registered vehicles must be equipped with the GPS system to link the data with the DLT within 2016.

All public transports are required to be equipped with the GPS system by 2017 as well as the all trucks in 2019 under the supervision by the DLT’s GPS System Management Center.


-- NNT 2016-07-04

[leeneeds]

Does the GPS system then also come with care and

maintenance checks as well as driver competent checks,?

"Raise the safety standard"

[MaiChai]

Should fit them to the drivers who have habit of running away when involved in an accident?

[colinneil]

Raising standards

First they need to teach the drivers how to drive.

What use is gps?

To show the DLT where to find the bus when the driver has legged it.

[Gecko123]

Huge step forward in the road safety department.

This is great news!

DLT should be congratulated for taking this step!

[BigBadGeordie]

The next step by the DLT should be to install working brakes on all these vehicles. Perhaps to be followed by a "crakdown" on slippery roads and rain?

[ChrisY1]

How does the DLT intend to monitor this system.......in 60,000 vehicles....and then later a further ~60,000 trucks etc...

They obviously don't understand the system just yet.

[mca]

Raising standards

First they need to teach the drivers how to drive.

What use is gps?

To show the DLT where to find the bus when the driver has legged it.

" From the data we received the driver clearly drove down the wrong side of the road to beat the traffic light queue,stopped halfway down blocking all oncoming traffic to take a piss at the side if the road, cut in front of the car at the front at the junction and took the side out of some poor sod's car who was coming through the green light. Without this new technology there's no way we could ascertain with certainty exactly what happened so money well spent."

[whatproblem]

What about fitted them with working brakes

[Redline]

No maintenance, no follow up, no use....

But, if they did it right, it could be useful

Cams, black boxes, and drivers embedded with chips might make a real impact...