PHUKET: Highway Police have been cracking down on speedsters, buses with poor maintenance and ''black'' illegal taxis at checkpoints on Phuket this week.
Phuketwan encountered the Highway Police pulling over vehicles on Phuket's Thepkasattri Road, the main north-south artery.
The checkpoint shifts each day but the open road is just about the only stretch on Phuket that qualifies as ''highway.''
Highway Police Superintendent Major Monporn Likitmanon said that officers under his command also had to cover neighboring Krabi and Phang Nga so they switch from one province to another.
''We have been booking 20 black taxis and 20 speeding motorists each hour on Phuket this week,'' he said today.
''We use a speed camera to detect the people who are exceeding the 90 kph limit. Buses get pulled over to be checked, too.
''Mechanical problems are our business. The Tourist Police are the ones on the lookout for illegal guides.''
He said his officers were not checking whether or not the meters of metered taxis were being used. Only a small proportion of taxis based at Phuket International Airport are fitted with meters.
Phuketwan encountered the Highway Police pulling over vehicles on Phuket's Thepkasattri Road, the main north-south artery.
The checkpoint shifts each day but the open road is just about the only stretch on Phuket that qualifies as ''highway.''
Highway Police Superintendent Major Monporn Likitmanon said that officers under his command also had to cover neighboring Krabi and Phang Nga so they switch from one province to another.
''We have been booking 20 black taxis and 20 speeding motorists each hour on Phuket this week,'' he said today.
''We use a speed camera to detect the people who are exceeding the 90 kph limit. Buses get pulled over to be checked, too.
''Mechanical problems are our business. The Tourist Police are the ones on the lookout for illegal guides.''
He said his officers were not checking whether or not the meters of metered taxis were being used. Only a small proportion of taxis based at Phuket International Airport are fitted with meters.
very good work
Posted by sky on May 16, 2013 18:58