Thread: Three Helmet-less Students Hide Licence Plate With Sandal Get Arrested After Police I

Chiang Mai traffic police have summoned three students who were captured on a newly installed traffic violation CCTV camera going three on one bike, helmet-less and covering up the licence plate with a sandal.

Chiang Mai Traffic Police have installed roughly 300 CCTV cameras designed to capture traffic violators remotely, specifically focusing on bike riders without helmets. They have been publishing these photos on their Facebook page to identify the systemic problem with helmet-less riders.

On September 6, a photo of three male students on a bike hiding the licence plate with a sandal was posted with a message asking for assistance in identifying the three in the picture. After help from the public and other CCTV footage, the police identified the Bike owner and summoned all three to the Chiang Mai Traffic Police Station for questioning.

Despite trying to avoid the police, the three teens have now been instructed to attend an attitude to driving course. Police told reporters that there have been many cases of people hiding their licence plate from the CCTV cameras, and admit that they have not enough manpower to investigate every case.

Three Helmet-less Students Hide Licence Plate With Sandal Get Arrested After Police Investigation | Chiang Mai Citylife

Originally Posted by misskit

and admit that they have not enough manpower to investigate every case.

Too busy manning automatic traffic lights in Korat or collecting tea money may be?

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Too busy manning automatic traffic lights

Yeah, whats with that!!?? Happens down south too.
Side issue...down here they turn the traffic lights to blinking amber at peak hours! What's the rationale behind that? It's every man for himself at the busiest time.

Originally Posted by Maanaam

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Too busy manning automatic traffic lights

Yeah, whats with that!!?? Happens down south too.
Side issue...down here they turn the traffic lights to blinking amber at peak hours! What's the rationale behind that? It's every man for himself at the busiest time.

They switch off the automatic part and do it manually so they can change the lights, in theory, more efficiently. For example, if there's light or no traffic going one way at a junction and lots going the other way, they can change the lights to allow the long queue to go. It also allows for a longer or shorter time at red/green than when on auto.

^ No! The lights are switched to blinking amber and the cop departs. Every week day around 7:30 am and 4:30 pm. The intersections are not manned by a pointsman. They're just left to bedlam. Noticed it for 3 years consistently.
Major intersections, as post above, are manned and controlled by a cop doing the switching, which sort of makes sense, except when you consider that at peak hour the major intersections are pretty much the same in all directions so no bias/interference needed.

At the end of the day the Thais do not, from my observations, carry out traffic censuses to time traffic movement. It's just easier to stick a 'prick on a switch' and get him to do it manually. In other words Thais do not know how to program automatic traffic lights. In farang land we plant sensors in the roads which detect increases and decreases in traffic movement and change the lights automatically. Due to the substandard workmanship in the roads here I doubt it would be possible in Thailand.