Condoking wrote:Have also received reliable advice that there are speed cameras at the 142 kilo mark on the 4 road to/from Bangkok and at the 72 kilo mark on the 35 road.
I'm sure this is good information, but it means very little to me. What are the 4 and 35 roads, and are there any memorable landmarks nearby?
[Edit] Can anybody explain what a mounted Thai Speed Camera looks like, or better still, does anybody have a photo?.
Big Boy, here is a photo of the "type" of speed cameras used here. This one is called a "Multi Nova" and is automaticaly activated. The ones I have seen here are very similar, but are manned.
Just another observation: there are CCTV cameras permantly installed at Petchkasem (4), 142 Km mark, one facing north and one south, as mentioned proviously. They are mounted on the support colums of a pedestrian overpass, and the speed camera is sometimes deployed up on the overpass bridge section. The CCTV cameras do not record speed.
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On the way back from Issan when I'm heading West towards Saraburi at Pak-Chong turn-off there's always a police road block under the overpass & the MIB have clip-boards that seem to indicate they're acting on info previously attained.
OK..come back about 10kms and on your left there's now a new police station (just after an army camp, & opp. lots of stone statues lining the Rd for sale)..at this police-station there's nearly always a MIB sat outside with a camera on a tripod facing the traffic as it roars by (many don't see this 'cos he's not on the road's edge)..it only takes a radio message & your plate-No is on that clip-board.
Nereus wrote:So if you see some bod on the side of the road, with a big black coloured device on a tripod, there is a good chance it is a speed camera.
Not according to my (dangerous driver) other half, it isn't, when I pointed out said camera en route to Bkk, "it's a road survey". Still cost her 200 baht though!
Got my first speeding ticket about a week ago. It was down past Chumphon somewhere so yes, the cameras are in operation. The limit on the ticket was 120 kph, I was doing 122 according to the camera so there is absolutely no leeway.
No worries, it was a fair cop, the fine was 500 baht.
Now comes the utter fiasco with paying it. This (as most things here do) involves a trip to the blue government bank which is the busiest and least efficient in Thailand. QR codes need scanning, ID needs verifying, paperwork needs taking, and you need to queue to pay it (well the mrs did as the truck is in her name), it took about half an hour. I would imagine there is an app for that - but I don't trust Thai apps so it is the hard way like most things here!
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buksida wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:54 am
Got my first speeding ticket about a week ago. It was down past Chumphon somewhere so yes, the cameras are in operation. The limit on the ticket was 120 kph, I was doing 122 so there is absolutely no leeway.
No worries, it was a fair cop, the fine was 500 baht.
Now comes the utter fiasco with paying it. This (as most things here do) involves a trip to the blue government bank which is the busiest and least efficient in Thailand. QR codes need scanning, ID needs verifying, paperwork needs taking, and you need to queue to pay it (well the mrs did as the truck is in her name), it took about half an hour. I would imagine there is an app for that - but I don't trust Thai apps so it is the hard way like most things here!
That sounds strange and very awkward, we have always gone to the post office with the fine letter, they scan it and you pay the fine amount. Also need to pay for an envelope for them to send the receipt. As easy as that.
Also been caught several times around Chumphon but now we now where the camera is so we are careful.
It does remind me of the only speeding ticket I've had some years ago. Received it in the post accompanied with a picture obviously from the camera. It did show my car with a speed of 143 kph!
Haha. There's no way the car I had would do that and the big giveaway in the pic was a tuk-tuk following me at very close range (perfectly normal).
Laughed a while but at just 400 baht it wasn't worth challenging.
A Thai tuk-tuk has sped its way into the record books after achieving a record-breaking speed of 119.584 km/h
My daughter received a ticket in the post several years ago, including a photo of the front number plate.
The alleged offence was somewhere in a northern province.
Only thing was; the car was sitting in the parking area of my Condo in Bangkok at the time, with the battery out! Not sure how she sorted it out, but definitely didn't pay!
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Nereus wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:51 am
My daughter received a ticket in the post several years ago, including a photo of the front number plate.
The alleged offence was somewhere in a northern province.
Only thing was; the car was sitting in the parking area of my Condo in Bangkok at the time, with the battery out! Not sure how she sorted it out, but definitely didn't pay!
Maybe that's how the BIB have mistakenly fined me so many times for what I've thought until now was a figment of their imagination. So the Sunday morning they had tracked me driving from Hua Hin to Bangkok on the hard shoulder, it was probably a marathon runner with a shirt number similar to my car registration. I take it all back - obviously a genuine mistake
Speeding cameras are not new. I got caught by one about 15 years ago while driving a hire car from the River Kwai back to HH. Black and white time stamped photo showing the front of the car. I knew the renter of the car. He paid the fine and claimed it back from me next time he saw me.
Motorists risk arrest over unpaid fines under new rule
Motorists who refuse to pay their traffic fines could face arrest under the latest measure ordered by the Royal Thai Police (RTP).
Under the new measure, which takes immediate effect, motorists who fail to settle their fines before the deadline will receive a warning.
If they continue to avoid paying the fines, an arrest warrant will be issued, according to Pol Maj Gen Jirasan Kaewsaeng-ek, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB).
The measure was launched after many motorists were found to have failed to pay their outstanding fines and carried on violating traffic rules. As such, Pol Maj Gen Jirasan said, the MPB decided to take a tough stand.
The measure, he added, would compel motorists to be more disciplined drivers and also help improve road safety.
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