Minivans must follow 20 point checklist in new "get tough" regulations

[webfact]

Minivans must follow 20 point checklist in new "get tough" regulations

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Minivan operators will have their vehicles assessed according to a new 20 point checklist, it has been announced.

 

The news comes after a number of serious accidents involving the vans including one that incinerated 25 people in Chonburi at New Year.

 

In a move designed to assure the travelling public that something concrete is being done the land transport department has said that from now on the minivans must comply with roadworthiness directives or they won't be able to run , reports Thairath.

 

In addition all vans must be fitted with GPS Tracking that will be connected back to land department HQ. This will regulate such things as a driver's working hours.

 

Announcing the measures after a top level meeting of army, police and other officials Chertchai Sanansrisakorn of the land transport department said that the authorities were getting "strict, serious and sure" in the matter of minivans.

 

The regulations regarding road worthiness and GPS will apply to vans plying routes from Bangkok to the provinces.

 

The 20 point roadworthiness checklist includes the following, said Thai Rath: brakes, tires, wheels, seat belts, doors, fire extinguishers and escape hammers. These rules will apply from this month.

 

The authorities want to see serious improvements and more confidence from the public in the lead up to the next big holiday period of Songkran in mid April.

 

But officials are saying it is not a short term measure but long term.

 

All minivans must have a functioning GPS Tracking system by March 31st at the latest.

 

Source: Thairath

 

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[nottocus]

Bla bla bla

[Thaiwrath]

And how many points checklist for the idiots driving them ? 

[ezzra]

One way that the message will get thru is to mandate huge compensations for death

and injuries caused by either driver negligent of the vehicle faults,

unlike now, that victims gets peanuts for pain and sufferings,

when the van owners will know that it is their pocket going to be hit big time

they will make sure that vans and drivers will up to par.....

Edited January 17, 2017 by ezzra

[whatawonderfulday]

As always with Thai officials,  all talk no do. Always has been and always will be until the public are empowered to vote for those who care enough about their people and country rather than their own pockets.

 

And that is not going to happen anytime soon with the regime's focus of reverting to the feudal system of undemocratic governance coupled with, and this is the biggest problem,  ensuring that Thai children receive a woefully depleted educational curriculum more geared to brainwashing than educational enlightenment.

[selftaopath]

Thailand lacks law enforcement. If it had this Thailand could become more modern focused and Thai citizens would prosper. But being a totally me me me society bombarded with high levels of corruption it doesn't have a chance at achieveing any of it's potential. Oh wellllllllll somebody's gotta be last. 

[LennyW]

So they are not all being taken off the road within the next six months then?.......as previously promised??

[colinneil]

Make as many new laws as you want.

Implementing them as another thing.

Until all the corrupt officials have been booted out nothing will change.

[leeneeds]

Competency based skill and service 

not here, 

spot fire after spot fire,

and that will do 

till the next spot fire

gutless to the core.

[cooked]

21 minutes ago, LennyW said:

So they are not all being taken off the road within the next six months then?.......as previously promised??

Within one year I think that was. Nothing about tachographs, insurance, special licenses for public transport drivers. 

[KarenBravo]

Another brown envelope opportunity created.

[Perdanmark]

It is not only the vans, but it is primarily the drivers that is causing the accident,

the minivan drivers generally lack respect for the law and lives of other thai People ,

as such they have no respect for Thailand ,

and I have never seen the authorities enforce the concekvences on Theese driver, for bringing other People's lives in danger, and giving Thailand a bad reputation,

the drivers should be stopped if they Brake the law and endanger the lives of People,

up to the police to enforce the law.

Edited January 18, 2017 by Perdanmark

[DM07]

And who will "check" that list, enforces the law if checks fail and will not keep the 500 Thb- note that accidentally got stuck behind the drivers license?


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[tracker1]

1 hour ago, LennyW said:

So they are not all being taken off the road within the next six months then?.......as previously promised??

Did you really think they were going to do away with the mini busses ? Thailand the Land of Gunna Do ! Gunna Do this Gunna Do that

[ramrod711]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

In a move designed to assure the travelling public that something concrete is being done

 

I hate to say this, I really do, but this is Thailand in a nutshell. Don't do something concrete, just attempt to assure that something is being done, and then forget the whole thing.

[impulse]

1 hour ago, whatawonderfulday said:

As always with Thai officials,  all talk no do. Always has been and always will be until the public are empowered to vote for those who care enough about their people and country rather than their own pockets.

 

Give it a rest.  This isn't about the coup or the junta or the illusion people have about democracy here.  They can vote all they want and the people they put into office will just be the new public face of the elite who pull their strings with the "silver or lead" incentive program.  It's always been a kleptocracy- not a democracy.

 

The good thing about the military?  They may like the silver, but they aren't too worried about the lead.  They have plenty of their own.  I'm not saying their reforms going in the right direction -it's too early to tell- but without a functional judiciary they're about the only hope Thailand has of ever truly reforming.  Which, in itself, is scary.

[AlQaholic]

More rules and regulations, those rules are actually in the law already for all vehicles, at least some of them, just need to enforce them.

It comes down to enforcing again and again, this will wear off after a couple of weeks and everything will be back to the lazy normal again.....

[overherebc]

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

One way that the message will get thru is to mandate huge compensations for death

and injuries caused by either driver negligent of the vehicle faults,

unlike now, that victims gets peanuts for pain and sufferings,

when the van owners will know that it is their pocket going to be hit big time

they will make sure that vans and drivers will up to par.....

 

They would probably 'sell' or 'lease' the van to a 3rd party then not their responsibility.

[thai3]

They will still say have seat belts ok but they will still have been disabled and useless

[ThaiTrav]

4 hours ago, nottocus said:

Bla bla bla

Would have thought speed limiters would have been the first and most important fitting and the second a driver trained and passed a defensive driving course. ..........................never can they see the real cause!!

[docspinoff]

On a similar subject. I can,t understand WHY there is not a policeman on every set of traffic lights/junctions. Doing his job? He could stop and fine over 1000 people per day doing something against the law. Look at all that money they could take.?? . and may be they would also stop people especially cars driving and parking on the hard shoulder and multiple lanes at traffic lights  to keep it clear for ambulances .

 

[prakhonchai nick]

If the vehicles do not pass the 20 point checklist (assuming checks are occasionally carried out) , what happens?, They will be sent off to buy new tyres, inflate tyres etc etc. Why not a 10,000baht minimum fine for each item that fails the check Make the driver initially responsible for the vehicle he drives. then follow up with the vehicle owner.

[jacko45k]

4 hours ago, nottocus said:

Bla bla bla

Yes, more regulations to add to the great unpoliced pile!

I was hoping to see a ban on LPG vans.

[jaltsc]

“In a move designed to assure the travelling public that something concrete is being done…”

Just another empty action to make them look like they care. With no follow up to enforce these new "rules", they will be ignored like the unused seat belts they were forced to put in the minivans. And, don't forget about the drunk and sleep deprived drivers who are pumped up on Red Bull. They are never discovered until after the tragic crashes.

[jacknorman]

The regulations regarding road worthiness and GPS will apply to vans plying routes from Bangkok to the provinces.

 

What about all the minivans who travel within the provinces

[jacko45k]

1 minute ago, prakhonchai nick said:

If the vehicles do not pass the 20 point checklist (assuming checks are occasionally carried out) , what happens?, They will be sent off to buy new tyres, inflate tyres etc etc. Why not a 10,000baht minimum fine for each item that fails the check Make the driver initially responsible for the vehicle he drives. then follow up with the vehicle owner.

They will be allowed to proceeed all the way back to Bangkok on the bald tyres with a warning to 'get them replaced' as recently was reported.

[maxpower]

[Borzandy]

I don't have time to read the bla bla bla.

We could be lucky if they only control that the drivers have a driving license.

[maoro2013]

How will a GPS regulate driver's working hours,  pure nonsense 

[madmitch]

A couple of weeks ago minivans were to be phased out altogether in six months, if I remember rightly. 

 

Is there anywhere else that provides so many knee-jerk reactions only to rescind them, or just forget them, within a very short period?

 

They need a Thatcher: "The Lady's not for turning!"