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Police crack down on van violators

Published: 4 Feb 2013 at 00.49
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Traffic police are cracking down on passenger van operators in Bangkok who violate traffic rules.

Traffic Police Division chief Piya Tavichai said Sunday the crackdown on passenger vans would help make the streets safer and less congested and would begin Monday.

Many complaints had been lodged with the division against commuter van drivers causing traffic jams, Pol Maj Gen Piya said. They blamed passenger van operators for failing to abide by the traffic rules.

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DONHUAN
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Discussion 23 : 04 Feb 2013 at 13.4723
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This current campaign to target only the passenger-vans seemed odd because the other road users: bike riders, taxis, tutu and bus drivers in general also need disciplining. My educated guess suggest that the ‘complaints’ comes from no other than these groups (riders, tutus, taxis and bus drivers) who happened to be mainly PT supporters. More and more commuters prefer passenger-vans as they are more efficient, convenient, safe and relatively cheap compared to taxi / riders / tutu / buses. Of course, involving all the rest in one go will surely exhaust the capacity of the traffic police as “there are just too many” to handle.
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Discussion 22 : 04 Feb 2013 at 13.1922
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What nonsense, just like the last child sex video crackdown in Sukhumvit when it was announced that between 2.00pm and 3.00pm on a Monday afternoon there would be a fierce crackdown. What unlicensed van driver would have shown up this morning with three days advance notice.

Nothing has changed for 20 years. The RTP ethics manual must be a top contender for the worlds smallest book award.

PS. The ethics manuals only competition is the traffic management manual written they were responsible for herding buffalos
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Discussion 21 : 04 Feb 2013 at 13.1521
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Basically anything involving safety doesn't even make the list. How about fines for unavailable seatbelts and drivers doing massively over the speed limits. Whoever put the suggestions forward doesn't have passenger safety as a priority
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Discussion 20 : 04 Feb 2013 at 11.3420
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We have heard all this before. Talk is easy. Any chance there will be a REAL driving test?
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Discussion 19 : 04 Feb 2013 at 11.2419
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police have no credibility...once the media forgets about it..it'll be back to "normal"

ps don't vote a police officer for governorship
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Discussion 18 : 04 Feb 2013 at 11.0018
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Van&tour bus drivers or the worsed drivers in Thailand, I had them pass me going down snake back roads on mountains pass with no regard to what might be coming at them or me. They think they own the road
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Discussion 17 : 04 Feb 2013 at 10.5717
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"They blamed passenger van operators for failing to abide by the traffic rules", this should apply to EVERY driver on the road and or footpath!
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Discussion 16 : 04 Feb 2013 at 10.4616
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This is good news. But I guess the van drivers I saw this morning didn't get the news. That said, I wonder when they will start doing the same for the bus drivers.
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Discussion 15 : 04 Feb 2013 at 10.4015
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It just makes me smile another day another crack down, it is Monday morning now let's see by Friday how many vans will be off the road and how many people have been fined. very few if any I would say,

It's like the crack down on Taxis that take you the Wrong way or fiddle the meter to charge you more, there is a number to ring but no one speaks English and if you put the form in to complain you never hear anything back.
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Discussion 14 : 04 Feb 2013 at 10.3114
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Why "Those who fail to renew third-party insurance will be liable to a fine of up to 5,000 baht".

This issue is so great that it should result in the confiscation of the vehicle concerned in line with penalties of other Countries.

Failure to carry such insurance prevents those innocent victims of accidents are deprived of the medical to restore them to normal health or compensate their Families who lo9se the bread winner.

There should be a sense of conscience in Society about how wrong uninsured drivers are but it seems wilfully lacking in Thailand. It's like those who dodge tax while depriving School Children of a decent education.
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