Illegal parking tops list of traffic violations

The Thai Traffic Police’s report on traffic penalties from January to November of this year showed that illegal parking ranked first in the 13-category list of traffic violations.

Pol Maj Gen Piya Tawichai told Dailynews that there were 123,782 traffic violations over the past 11 months. Piya added that police issued over 20,000 traffic tickets in June alone, the highest number of all the recorded months.

A category for complaints against taxi drivers who refused to take their fares to certain destinations was added only in June, yet received 409 cases.

Check out the rankings by cases and months below.

Ranking of traffic violations by number of cases

1. Illegal Parking – 123,782 cases

2. Black Carbon Emissions – 19,517 cases

3. Speeding – 15,591 cases

4. Absence of License Plate – 10,479 cases

5. Drinking and Driving – 7,758 cases

6. No Safety Helmet – 7,084 cases

7. Passing in No-Passing Zone – 6,362 cases

8. Double Parking – 2,597 cases

9. Driving against the Flow of Traffic – 2,359 cases

10. Driving on Footpath – 2,221 cases

11. Parking on Footpath – 1,330 cases

12. Taxi Rejection – 409 cases

13. Racing – 192 cases

Monthly Report

January – 11,081 cases

February – 11,273 cases

March – 14,498 cases

April – 6,420 cases

May – 15,739 cases

June – 20,303 cases

July – 15,600 cases

August – 14,103 cases

September – 5,690 cases

October – 4,972 cases

November – 4,103 cases




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