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    Targeted Inspections Conducted on Vehicles Emitting Black Smoke

    To alleviate air pollution levels in Bangkok, more inspections of vehicles and public transportation are being carried out to ensure fewer overall emissions in the capital.


    The Pollution Control Department (PCD) is working with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and Department of Land Transport (DLT) to ensure that vehicles in Bangkok aren’t releasing excess black smoke emissions.


    Police have also set up more roadside checkpoints to inspect public transport vehicles, as these cars run on diesel oil, which reportedly can exacerbate air pollution levels.


    According to reports, 39,909 public transportation vehicles were inspected at checkpoints between October of last year and last Friday. 178 were found to be emitting smoke in excess of the legal limit, of which 135 were trucks while the remainder were buses.


    The Department of Transportation is urging drivers to thoroughly inspect their vehicles in order to verify that they are not emitting excessive levels of smog. Any vehicles violating regulations will be suspended from the road until its issues are addressed.

    Targeted Inspections Conducted on Vehicles Emitting Black Smoke

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    If they set up those here in KKC , half the vehicles will fail. The other day we were driving and not too far ahead of us was a pick up truck that every time it change gear would smoke so much you could hardly see the road.
    Buck in the Us such vehicle would not had gone a mile before it was pulled over and put out of circulation.
    The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.

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    You see them all of the time in Chiang Mai, too. There is really no excuse for allowing those vehicles to remain on the road.

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    Ah, another "crackdown", and we all know how long those last.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Ah, another "crackdown", and we all know how long those last.
    These are "Targeted Inspections" so obviously they will be immensely successful.
    It is sugar cane time and those ancient trucks hauling the stuff are all over the place at the moment. It seems like belching black smoke is a part of their design characteristics. The police should just sit outside the collection points and take them all off the road. That would get their attention.

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    Operative word being "should".

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