Vehicles emitting black smoke to face fine up to Bt5,000, department warns

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Vehicles emitting black smoke to face fine up to Bt5,000, department warns

By THE NATION

 

 

In an attempt to reduce PM2.5 pollution, the Department of Land Transport will impose heavy fines on the owners of vehicles that emit black smoke exceeding the safety standard.

 

Department director-general Jirut Wisanjit said on Sunday that the maximum would be Bt5,000 and suspension of vehicle use until it was fixed.

 

Jirut said that his department had been implementing the Ministry of Transport’s policy to reduce dust particles less than 2.5 micrometres in the air in Bangkok.

 

“Since the beginning of fiscal year 2019 until January 2021, the department has inspected 689,333 vehicles in Bangkok areas and has suspended 8,762 vehicles from usage until they have their emission system fixed,” he said.

 

“As for vehicles that emit high volume of black smoke but do not exceed the safety limit, the department issues warnings to the owners and urges them to inspect their vehicle condition and make sure they were properly maintained.

 

“The department has opened vehicle inspection centres that also accept motor-vehicle tax payment at Phutthamonthon, Romklao and Khlong Luang product distribution centres, in a bid to help reduce the number of large vehicles entering inner Bangkok to have their vehicle inspected and pay tax,” he added.

 

“Motorists can help reduce air pollution caused by black smoke and PM2.5 dust particles by having their vehicles regularly serviced at department-certified vehicle inspection centres nationwide,” said Jirut.

 

“Alternately, they can switch to using electric or NGV-powered vehicles which have low to zero emission. The department has promoted the latter approach by reducing the annual motor-vehicle tax on low-emission vehicles under the Vehicle Act BE 2522.”

 

People who witness vehicles emitting black smoke, can contact hotline 1584, Line: @1584DLT or via DLT GPS mobile application.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30401750

 

 

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[PatOngo 47,424]

Crackdowns crack me up, should last about 5 1/2 days then they'll get bored and choked up on the fumes and retire to their air conditioned comfort!

[transam 50,111]

Blimey, that will be a nice little earner up my way, they can do the no crash hat, kids riding motorbikes, no lights on bikes and cars too whilst they're at it...

[4MyEgo 15,224]

What about farmers....cough....cough

[Surelynot 9,498]

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

Vehicles emitting black smoke to face fine up to Bt5,000, department warns

.......or paying backhanders of up to Bt500. Your choice.

[toofarnorth 4,257]

How does a vehicle get its MOT/insurance cert. when it belches out smoke ?  Do they go to the nearest place that issues the certificates and say here is 1000 B if you don't test it.

If I was one of the BiB in a car and I stopped a smoking vehicle I would want to see where it was tested and follow up . But of course I am not a BiB and that would involve work such as stopping 3 underage kids riding around on a Wave where none have a crash hat on.

[CharlieH 29,747]

5 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

How does a vehicle get its MOT/insurance cert. when it belches out smoke ?  Do they go to the nearest place that issues the certificates and say here is 1000 B if you don't test it.

If I was one of the BiB in a car and I stopped a smoking vehicle I would want to see where it was tested and follow up . But of course I am not a BiB and that would involve work such as stopping 3 underage kids riding around on a Wave where none have a crash hat on.

Problem there is whilst at the test there was no issue, whats done to the vehicle afterwards is the question and has no connection to the testing area. A test is only good for that moment. 

 

Its the people selling the necessary enhancing/performance items are at the source, that where they should start.

[Jimbo2014 2,850]

Total waste of time if no-one enforces it.  There are so many great idea laws in Thailand and Thailand has one of the largest per capita police forces.  However, somehow none of these laws are enforced.  We hear about massive raids on seniors hosting bridge parties or illegal immigrants selling Som Tum.  These raids consist of 40-50 crack Thai officers, but there never seems to be one around on the road to enforce any of these laws, or in the burning crop fields, or anywhere else useful.

Edited January 25 by Jimbo2014

[CharlieH 29,747]

4 minutes ago, Jimbo2014 said:

Total waste of time if no-one enforces it.  There are so many great idea laws in Thailand and Thailand has one of the largest per capita police forces.  However, somehow none of these laws are enforced.  We hear about massive raids on seniors hosting bridge parties or illegal immigrants selling Som Tum.  These raids consist of 40-50 crack Thai officers, but there never seems to be one around on the road to enforce any of these laws, or in the burning crop fields, or anywhere else useful.

Very true, been said many times without real active enforcement and real consequences its all just another publicity "seen to be doing" nonsense.

 

You wont even see a Policeman in tnis area after 5.30pm !

[toofarnorth 4,257]

1 minute ago, CharlieH said:

Problem there is whilst at the test there was no issue, whats done to the vehicle afterwards is the question and has no connection to the testing area. A test is only good for that moment. 

Agree if it gets retuned to sound rorty which could mean burning too much fuel , but what about Somchai in his battered 30 yo Toyota pickup the back of which is covered in soot , there are very many around up here , of course the vehicle may never get taxed or go for testing , I don't look for a tax cert. I just think " That should be off the road ".

[bluesofa 41,418]

25 minutes ago, transam said:

Blimey, that will be a nice little earner up my way, they can do the no crash hat, kids riding motorbikes, no lights on bikes and cars too whilst they're at it...

That'll never work, it smacks of multi-tasking. One crackdown at a time.

Thailand: the hub of serial crackdowns, lasting no more than a week each time.

 

I just hope they don't get around to the 'leaving the house without underwear' crackdown.

[bluesofa 41,418]

10 minutes ago, Jimbo2014 said:

Total waste of time if no-one enforces it.  There are so many great idea laws in Thailand and Thailand has one of the largest per capita police forces.  However, somehow none of these laws are enforced.  We hear about massive raids on seniors hosting bridge parties or illegal immigrants selling Som Tum.  These raids consist of 40-50 crack Thai officers, but there never seems to be one around on the road to enforce any of these laws, or in the burning crop fields, or anywhere else useful.

' These raids consist of 40-50 crack Thai officers,'    I think you've misspelt 'crack'.

[DaLa 1,407]

I used to burn tyres on a log burning stove in the UK that emitted cleaner gunge than some of the vehicles here. Together with my 90% blacked out windows it can make it difficult to see.

[WineOh 5,144]

repeating the same old rhetoric time after time does not make it so.

What's the point in announcing these fines if there is nobody on the streets that will enforce them?

 

 

[Glaswegian2 132]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

In an attempt to reduce PM2.5 pollution, the Department of Land Transport will impose heavy fines on the owners of vehicles that emit black smoke exceeding the safety standard.

 

Yeah. Right you are... or 1000 baht on-the-spot fine which goes in my pocket, and don't do it again...

 

Same as usual.