webfact Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Passenger van operators told to remove excess seats By The Nation BANGKOK: -- Passenger vans operators on fixed routes must remove excess seats to meet the 13-seat limit or face a Bt5,000 fine and a licence suspension. The new requirement came into effect on Tuesday. Deputy Transport Minister Pichit Akkharathit said the new law covered 15,808 passenger vans registered nationwide. The deadline to comply with the new is Tuesday. Van operators who fail to comply with the law could have their licence suspended for up to six months. The measure has been enforced prior to the Songkran Festival when score of people flow out of Bangkok to celebrate the Thai traditional New Year in their hometowns. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30311979 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-04-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 Minivan change to 13-seaters: operators not allowed to increase prices, says ministry Picture: Thai Rath BANGKOK: -- The communications ministry has said that the reduction in seating capacity in minivans is not an excuse to charge more to the travelling public. Prices will remain the same as any changes to pricing structure depend on the prevailing price of gas not the number of seats in a vehicle, reported Thai Trath. Phichit Akkarathit, a communications' ministry official, was speaking yesterday after the public voiced concerns that prices would rise as a result of the new measure designed to enhance safety. Phichit also said that 100 of operational vans were now fitted with the required GPS systems though some vehicles not being used currently were still being adapted. He said the ministry had no plans to raise prices at this time. Source: Thai Trath -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-04-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeniau96 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Does the 13 seat limit include the driver seat? Simple logic would say yes but nothing in the LOS is simple or logical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ijustcashier Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 They will just drive faster to squeeze in an extra trip to make up for lost seats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 2 minutes ago, Ijustcashier said: They will just drive faster to squeeze in an extra trip to make up for lost seats No they will not drive faster because that has been taking care off. All the ones i have seen on the road the last few days and the ones i travelled in last week do not go over 90kmh. Great improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irlguy1 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 How will that be policed in villages where they pay drivers to take over loaded vans of kids to school?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuchulainn Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 D Day for these morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 3 hours ago, webfact said: Phichit also said that 100 of operational vans were now fitted with the required GPS systems though some vehicles not being used currently were still being adapted. 15,800 vans registered nationwide......100 fitted with gps npw.......some vehicles not being used currently were being fitted with gps.........does that mean 15,700 vehicles are not currently in use ?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ijustcashier Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 15,800 vans registered nationwide......100 fitted with gps npw.......some vehicles not being used currently were being fitted with gps.........does that mean 15,700 vehicles are not currently in use ?...I think that's all vans and not vans that are run commercialy as taxi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 1 hour ago, AhFarangJa said: 15,800 vans registered nationwide......100 fitted with gps npw.......some vehicles not being used currently were being fitted with gps.........does that mean 15,700 vehicles are not currently in use ?... I am sure the number 100 is not correct,i read a different number elsewhere,could it be 100%? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyinasia Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Create any law you like, just try to get someone to enforce it is impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maoro2013 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Now the government interfering in pricing and therefore supply and demand I seem to recall something about rice and rubber!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirat69 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 A Cost Accountant will tell you that the minivan business is profitable only to the route principal(s). The van owner/driver is on a quick road to bankruptcy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisemonkey Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 No problem... you can cram more people in without the excess seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Why were they allowed to put the so called extra seats in the vans? The vans come with the allowed seating ,The Law/government let them get away with this extra seat scam for years.Remember ,Safety first or is that Greed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ijustcashier Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Why were they allowed to put the so called extra seats in the vans? The vans come with the allowed seating ,The Law/government let them get away with this extra seat scam for years.Remember ,Safety first or is that Greed?Most of the vans are commercial vans and then carpet, windows,as many seats as you want and seat belts are added after market its half the price compared to genuine people movers that have side airbags with the whole seating area beefed up and that's why they are so deadly, the side intrusion bars are designed for boxes, not humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 42 minutes ago, digger70 said: Why were they allowed to put the so called extra seats in the vans? The vans come with the allowed seating ,The Law/government let them get away with this extra seat scam for years.Remember ,Safety first or is that Greed? Maybe the "extra " seating means the fold up stools extracted from under the regular seating? That is after squeezing 5 people into regular seating for 3. The seat belt thing is maybe having a good impact overall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacebass Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 More standing room. Hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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