Phuket police have warned that anybody driving dangerously by way of checkpoints will be ticketed. This announcement comes after a report from a Thai news supply said that the Tha Chatchai police had obtained an order to problem extra visitors tickets. This was adopted by a flurry of posts on social media warning drivers in Phuket that police on the Phuket Check Point had been looking to give tickets and make arrests.
The Provincial Police responded in a publish online, explaining that monitoring site visitors is an important a part of their job.
“Phuket Provincial Police wish to clarify that visitors self-discipline to reduce accidents is a vital policy of the state in fixing the issue of lowering the loss of life, physique and property of the individuals as a whole.”
Comprehensive has some of the most dangerous driving circumstances in Thailand, with motorbike crashes being one of the biggest causes of demise on the island.
The report claimed that the Tha Chatchai police have been issuing a mean of 5 traffic tickets per day. The report did not embrace where these tickets had been being given out, and whether they have been seeing the majority of these site visitors infractions on the checkpoint or elsewhere.
The police went on to say that the matter was being investigated.
“Police have given significance to this matter and assigned Colonel Aganit Danpitaksat, Deputy Commander of the Phuket Provincial Police, to investigate such instances. Slow down a bit, many lives are saved…With concern from the spokesperson group of Phuket Province”
The Tha Chatchai police released a statement yesterday saying that for minor transgressions, they typically only gave out warnings. It’s only when drivers continued to disregard the warnings that they were fined.
“The issuance of the mentioned order is geared toward stopping the spread of Covid-19 infections, stopping illegal acts and crimes, and violations of traffic legal guidelines. In the past, there have been frequent accidents within the space of Tha Chatchai Police Station. This is partly as a result of rushing and never observing site visitors self-discipline.”
The police additionally alluded to heightened security at checkpoints as a result of reviews of smuggling.
“In addition, there was information in regards to the smuggling of unlawful objects into the Phuket space through the Phuket Check Point, therefore we now have had to be strict on site visitors self-discipline and crime prevention for the protection of the people of Phuket and vacationers who come to visit or come to do business in Phuket…The Tha Chatchai Police Station has carried out this for the benefit of the federal government, the Royal Thai Police and for the folks of Phuket to have peace, protected from the dangers of traffic and the risks of crime.”
Lastly, the police concluded their statement with a little bit of pleasant recommendation.
“Don’t be paranoid in life.”