snoop1130 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 ‘Disgruntled motorist’ smashes speed-detection camera in Songkhla By Somchai Samart The Nation Highway Police are hunting for an unknown person who smashed a booth that contained an automatic speed-detection camera between the 14th and 15th kilometre markers on Highway No 43 in Songkhla’s Na Mom district on Tuesday night. Highway Police 7 commander Pol Colonel Pakhin Na Ranong said on Thursday that police suspected a disgruntled local motorist who was fined for exceeding the legal speed limit of 120 kilometres per hour was responsible. The culprit could face a charge of destroying state property, he added. Songkhla Highway Police issue up to 2,000 traffic tickets per day for motorists caught speeding thanks the two speeding cameras. The damaged booth is located at an area notorious for speeding-related accidents on the highway’s Hat Yai-Na Mom section. Another area along the same highway at the Hat Yai-Rattaphum section is also monitored. Pending repairs, police will bring a portable speed-detection device to use in the area. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30311540 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-4-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Face Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Quote Pending repairs, police will bring a portable speed-detection device to use in the area. Wow, must be a real money-making location to get that prompt of attention from the police. Never knew them to react this quickly to issues where there was no monetary benefit to themselves. But hey, what do I know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taichiplanet Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 12 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: detection camera between the 14th and 15th kilometre markers on Highway No 43 in Songkhla’s Na Mom district so now everyone knows where it is and can either slow down or practise their Muay Thai on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naboo Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 2000 tickets per day from 2 cameras! At 1000B a ticket (I heard, not sure) that is 2 million Baht a day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastos60 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Those permanent speed camera's are real moneymakers, anywhere in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Yep, if they had been around when my mates and self were in our 20's it would have fixed UK's national debt. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest1 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 These vandals were amateurs....The real pros use old tires soaked with gasoline,lit on fire to get the job done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 In the UK there have been all sorts of attempts to destroy these devices. The most ingenious I think was a bloke who worked for the railways, who attached one of the thermal packs which they use to weld rails together to a camera. Worked quite spectacularly, but unfortunately as the camera died it took a series of pictures of him climbing into his van and legging it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 5 minutes ago, JAG said: In the UK there have been all sorts of attempts to destroy these devices. The most ingenious I think was a bloke who worked for the railways, who attached one of the thermal packs which they use to weld rails together to a camera. Worked quite spectacularly, but unfortunately as the camera died it took a series of pictures of him climbing into his van and legging it! Wasn't there some kind of 'club' in Germany or Holland a few years back that destroyed quite a few? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi850m2 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Well mounting speed cameras in that height is not very smart, unless they got a spy cam fitted on the other side of the road ( up in a tree) keeping an eye on the money maker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tredz Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 51 minutes ago, taichiplanet said: so now everyone knows where it is and can either slow down or practise their Muay Thai on it! waze is a very good friend for all this s.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1Str8 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 2000 tickets per day. Wow. I wonder where all that money goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Creative money lending.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 They may be a Cash Cow but do they actually make drivers slow down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 for these cameras to work they require a viewable number plate on the rear of the vehicle, so only people that are actually complying with the number plate laws can actually be caught and fined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanesox Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Smashing up a camera that proved he broke the law. Well there we go.. about sums up what a lot in the kingdom think about law enforcement!Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Songkhla Highway Police issue up to 2,000 traffic tickets per day for motorists Nice one make it B5000 put the camera on a overhead gantry surrounded by razor wire do it nationwide and soon pay for those new subs and tanks. But But ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 120km/hr is a very fast speed. That is almost 74.5 m/hr. I don't go that fast on big 4 lane decent interstate hiways in the USA. Kinetic energy increases as the square of the velocity. Many 60 MPH accidents are very survivable because you usually have a chance to brake slow down, impact absorption etc. But getting above 70 mph just increases danger rapidly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Gosh these cameras need to be installed much higher so they can not get destroyed so easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 12 hours ago, Bastos60 said: Those permanent speed camera's are real moneymakers, anywhere in the world. and where I live usually put where they will make money, not where they will make people drive slower due to a dangerous area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmacee Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Stick WiFi in there and all images automatic transmitted to central system ..and a proximity device that photographs anything within 1 meter ..just thinking out loud !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirat69 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 13 hours ago, naboo said: 2000 tickets per day from 2 cameras! At 1000B a ticket (I heard, not sure) that is 2 million Baht a day! 500 baht for camera fine... still a good daily revenue stream!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 If they added a couple of red light runner cameras in Pattaya they would give out 10 times that number of tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPI Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 12 hours ago, Tredz said: waze is a very good friend for all this s.... In Oz, drivers started to beat them up with hammers. Police then started to us vans on the side of the road, staffed by contractors......they soon stopped that as drivers retaliated with shotguns to the cameras!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPI Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 44 minutes ago, rmacee said: Stick WiFi in there and all images automatic transmitted to central system ..and a proximity device that photographs anything within 1 meter ..just thinking out loud !! Be nice!! we need them gone, they're only tax gathering devices!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Familyaffairs Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Give him a medal ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE1 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Surely the speed limit for that stretch of road is not 120 kph but 90 kph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa19 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 One could save a lot of effort with a can of black spray paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujayujay Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 14 hours ago, naboo said: 2000 tickets per day from 2 cameras! At 1000B a ticket (I heard, not sure) that is 2 million Baht a day! 500THB/Ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbra Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 55 minutes ago, NE1 said: Surely the speed limit for that stretch of road is not 120 kph but 90 kph. I think the cameras start snapping at 120kph. Same as posted warning signs near cameras on Bangkok Outer ring road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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