Police checkpoint on bypass road nets two offenders
POLICE SET UP A CHECK
point on the bypass road on Mar 8 to observe and enforce safe and correct road safety procedures among drivers which netted a grand total of two offences.
Despite being on the lookout for offences such as speeding, dangerous overtaking, driving while using a mobile phone and driving a motorcycle without a helmet during a three-hour timespan,
there were only two cases of violation attributed to driving with an invalid licence, police
confirmed.
The checkpoint was set up on Chalerm Phrakiat Ror IX Rd in Rassada and was operational from 8:30am to 11:30am under the direction of Phuket Town Police Chief Col Sarawut Chuprasit and Deputy Superintendent Lt Col Satit Nurit.
There were a total of eight officers at the site overseeing the campaign, police confirmed.
They reported stopping a total of two motorcycles and eight vehicles (cars, trucks, vans) during the three hours and the only offences undercovered were two people driving without a valid licence, who were duly reprimanded.
Officers confirmed that they were specifically on the lookout for the following offence categories:
1. Driving without a licence
2. Driving without wearing a helmet
3. Driving with “accessories”
4. Driving without wearing seat belts
5. Using a mobile phone while
driving
6. Traffic light violations
7. Overtaking in a dangerous place
8. Speeding
9. Driving while intoxicated There was no mention at all
of the CCTV cameras that had
supposedly been introduced last year to police traffic viola
tions, let alone whether they were functional and being utilised.