Counterflow drivers face severe penalties: Police
THE Traffic Management Centre warned that counterflow driving risks serious accidents and carries severe penalties including vehicle confiscation and imprisonment, TV Channel 7 said today (Jan. 26). Pol. Gen. Samran Nualma, this centre’s deputy commissioner general, said recent data shows that counterflowing is a significant cause of numerous serious accidents. This not only violates […]
Read More3,731 drink-driving cases in six days of New Year holidays
THERE were a total of 3,936 traffic accidents during six days of New Year holidays (Dec. 30-Jan. 4) with drink-driving accounting for a staggering 3,731 cases (94.79%), TV Channel 7 said this morning (Jan. 5). Pol. Lt. Col. Piya Raksakul, director of Probation Department, said despite intensified enforcement measures yesterday there were altogether 813 […]
Read MoreThai-German actress gets suspended sentence for drunk driving
A THAI-GERMAN actress and model was sentenced to two months in jail, suspended for two years, with her driver’s licence too suspended for six months after refusing to undergo a breathalyser test at Bangkok’s Wang Thonglang district in the wee hours of Sunday morning (Aug. 24), Thai Rath newspaper said today. A businessman who […]
Read MoreSocial media storm over couple quarreling in vehicle
AFTER a hair-raising video clip showing a woman opening the door of a moving pickup truck and trying to jump out went viral on social media police moved it to intercept the vehicle and it turned out it was a foreign husband and his Thai wife quarreling with the former not point a pistol […]
Read More19 drink drivers ordered to wear EM bracelet in one day
WITH the authorities enforcing strict control during the 10 dangerous days of the New Year festival (Dec. 27 to Jan. 5) 19 traffic offenders were ordered by court to wear electronic monitoring (EM) bracelet today (New Year’s Eve Dec. 31), Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Col. Suriya Singhakamol, head of the Probation Department, said […]
Read MoreSedan seized over driving offence on expressway
A DRIVER who was filmed overtaking other vehicles from both left and right sides on the expressway had his sedan seized with his one-month jail sentence suspended for a year-long probation, his driver’s licence suspended for six months and also slapped with 5,000 baht fine, Amarin TV said this evening (Nov. 19). The Dusit […]
Read MoreDepartment warns tourists not to buy a driving licence from illegal websites
THE Land Transport Department warned foreign tourists to not buy a driving licence from websites illegally selling them as they risk losing their property and documents with action taken after a Facebook post falsely boasted that a Chinese woman who did not know how to drive had got one with the help of an […]
Read MoreFirst MP resigns for drunk driving charge
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP-DESIGNATE Natheepat Kulsethasit today (May 16) has become the first elected lawmaker to pronounce resignation after a single day of jubilation to take accountability for a drunk driving charge filed against her. The MP-designate female, known for taking part in gender equality wedding activism, has relinquished her MP […]
Read MoreTraining launched to help drivers to get their points back
DRIVERS keen on getting some or all of their 12 points back before they are restored annually may now enroll for training and take a test to do so, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 6). Ms. Ratchada Thanadirek, deputy spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, reminded drivers that under the driving penalty points system […]
Read MoreDriving instructor surrenders after killing highway policeman
A DRIVING instructor who fled in fear after his sedan hit and killed a motorcycle-riding highway policeman on Bang Pa-in-Bang Phli stretch of Kanchanapisek expressway has now surrendered to police, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Feb. 24). Killed in the crash that occurred at 4.30 p.m. yesterday was Pol. Sgt. Setthakan Loykhampom after he […]
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