Thread: Transport Officials Starts Random Exhaust Checks in Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai provincial land transport office has started conducting checks on vehicles releasing of black exhausted fumes that affected people’s health. Especially vehicles offering service up to Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep-Pui.

The checks come after officials received complaints that some public transport vehicles up to Doi Suthep released black smoke more than standard acceptance.


As engines required for driving vehicles up the mountain may need more power for acceleration than those in the city, they tend to emit more exhaust fumes. The provincial land transport office is concerned about this matter now that Chiang Mai is entering the high season with increased numbers of tourists anticipated.

Big buses are not allowed to go up on Doi Suthep to prevent congestion and accidents.

Smaller sized modified trucks as public transport vehicles are popular choice for tourists. The transport office realized the need to check these vehicles’ conditions. Especially brakes and exhaust as it can affect the cities image and the people’s health.

Chiang Mai transport office revealed that usually they checked public vehicles two times a year. Together with the timing of the pending air-pollution crisis Chiang Mai authorities need to randomly check vehicles with greater frequency. Particularly those taking passengers up to Doi Suthep.

The checks are in accordance with Chiang Mai’s measure to reduce PM 2.5 levels and to reduce amounts of black smoke from public transport. Also to mitigate air-pollution problems for better health of Chiang Mai residents.




https://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/ci...hicle-exhaust/

That's a first step in the right direction, but if they were serious about tackling air pollution (which considering last year numbers they should) they should check vehicles on the highways heading to/from and around CM, focus on overloaded smoke belching trucks, they have already weight stations so just perform pollution check at the same time...(but wait I've seen trucks being weighted at those stations ess than five times in 3 years, I might have passed by at thewrong hours but...), then checks vehicles (usually souped up pick-up trucks) that have a greasy blackish deposit on the exhaust side...there might be a pattern here, just thinking.

Originally Posted by Farang Ky Ay

smoke belching trucks, they have already weight stations so just perform pollution check at the same time

There was a corruption sticker system around 8 years ago.

Pay 1000thb, get an orange sticker for 3 days of use. No weigh station.
500b per day for a daily blue sticker.

The truckers went public with it after an unreasonable increase was demanded. I'm sure the old news articles can be found.

Oh right that rings a bell, explain also why I always see those stations empty...the trucks still seem to pass by without stopping, there must be another system to replace the stickers...

Transport Officials Starts Random Exhaust Checks in Chiang Mai

Well that's me fucked then*...













*For the benefit of the ARFC that's a joke, it's a fuel-injected motor with a Cat and as 'clean' as most any car out there, you may now rant regardless...

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Well that's me fucked then*...

Bogan