A highways department policeman has hit back at scurrilous online reports that motorists need not pay fines that result from roadside cameras.
It was claimed online that these kind of fines could just be ignored.
Pol Col Ekkarat Limsangkat, a deputy commander of the highways department, said that the posts about not paying fines were an incitement to break the law.
It was not clear whether action would be taken against those responsible.
What was clear were Ekkarat’s pronouncements on fines. He said that all fines – which include those derived from cameras – had to be paid or tax discs could not be renewed.
The police send all unpaid fines to the department of land transport, he said. If fines were outstanding when tax was due to be paid it would be impossible to extend the tax disc.
A thirty day period would be given to pay the fine or fines still due.
If they were still not paid after that it would be impossible to get a tax disc for a year and a fine of up to 2,000 baht could be levied, he said.
(Source:-Thai Rath)