Hold your horses! Cops can still confiscate your licence until September

[rooster59]

Hold your horses! Cops can still confiscate your licence until September

 

Image: Daily News

 

A leading policeman in charge of road traffic reform has warned the Thai public that police can still confiscate licences despite a notice in the Government Gazette. 

 

In future motorists will be able to show a picture of their licence on their phone and police will use this to enter their new online system. 

 

Fines and the new points system will all be connected automatically and tax will not be able to be paid until everything is cleared. 

 

But Maj-Gen Ekkaluk Limsangkat warned the public that the system will only come in after a 120 day period from the May 22nd official announcement. 

 

So until September 19th it's business as usual - police have the right to take your licence and make you pay a fine at the station, reported Daily News. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[RotBenz8888]

6 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

So until September 19th it's business as usual

Business as usual....

[PatOngo]

19 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Hold your horses!

I think that should read : Hold your Porsches. 

[holy cow cm]

point system is going to cripple Thailand
 

[Sticky Wicket]

What's the current fine for not having possession of your licence? 1000 baht?

 

[canopus1969]

11 minutes ago, Sticky Wicket said:

What's the current fine for not having possession of your licence? 1000 baht?

 

200 Baht unless ypou (or your Aunt Mildred) knows a cop at the station and then they will tear up the ticket.

[mercman24]

no great hardship to carry ones licence, another useless idea

[monkeycu]

30 minutes ago, mercman24 said:

no great hardship to carry ones licence, another useless idea

It is if you don't have one, like so many here

[digger70]

5 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

point system is going to cripple Thailand
 

Why? Thais don't need a license to drive Do They?

[holy cow cm]

17 minutes ago, digger70 said:

Why? Thais don't need a license to drive Do They?

Well not if they don’t have a vehicle that gets confiscated they don’t.

[emptypockets]

What tax? 

There is no tax to drive a vehicle in Thailand that I am aware of. 

[Classic Ray]

The system of allowing the police to collect (and keep) traffic fines encourages corruption, unlike some other countries where the courts or local authorities administer the fines, and the money raised only goes indirectly to the police in the form of budgetary grants each year. The patrol officers have little incentive to be corrupt as there is too much chance of being caught by their senior officers, who unlike here are not part of the money system from police business.

 

But while there is no oversight of the police, who are poorly paid, underfunded by government, allowed to run businesses, and not held locally accountable, the corruption will flourish.

[SPREX]

Please, read the detail of amendement of the law 

Land Traffic Act (No. 12), 2562

before talking ....

Section 12 The provisions of Section 141 of the Road Traffic Act, BE 2522, as amended by the Road Traffic Act (No. 11) BE 2559 and shall be replaced by the following

Section 140/2 

Section 140/3

 

http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2562/A/067/T_0067.PDF

[inThailand]

License? We ain't got no license! We don't need no license! I don't have to show you any stinking license!

OK, go ahead.