Points system for drivers begins
published : 10 Jan 2023 at 16:15
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
The Royal Thai Police (RTP) on Monday started a point system in a bid to improve driving discipline and road safety in the kingdom.
As part of the new system, every driving licence holder will be given 12 points.
Infractions such as speeding, riding without a helmet, using a mobile phone while driving, failing to fasten seatbelts or not stopping for pedestrians will get a one-point deduction.
Two points will be deducted for running a red light or driving on the wrong side of the road, and for more serious traffic offences, such as a hit-and-run, three points will be deducted.
The highest penalty of four points will be driving while impaired by alcohol or illicit drugs, as well as being involved in illegal street racing and reckless driving.
In addition, one point will be deducted if violators fail to pay the fines for their driving infractions.
If drivers lose all their points within a year, their licence will be suspended for 90 days.
Points will be restored after one year.
Motorists can check all remaining points at the "ptm.police.go.th/eTicket" website or the Khub Dee app and can pay fine via the government's Paotang e-wallet app.
Vocabulary
- deduct: to take away an amount or part from a total - หักออก
- deduction: the process of taking an amount of something, especially money, away from a total, in this case taxes; the amount that is taken away - การหักลบ
- hit-and-run: (of a road accident) caused by a driver who does not stop to help - ที่ชนแล้วหนี
- impaired: not fully able to do something - ซึ่งไมสมบูรณ์
- infraction (noun): an act of breaking a rule or law - การฝ่าฝืนกฎหมาย, การละเมิด (กฎหมาย สัญญาหรือหน้าที่)
- pedestrians: people who are walking, especially in an area where vehicles go - คนเดินถนน, คนเดินเท้า
- penalty: a punishment, or the usual punishment, for doing something that is against a law - โทษ
- point: one item among others -
- reckless: not thinking about the possible bad effects of your actions - สะเพร่า
- restore: to bring back to good condition - ฟื้นฟูสภาพ
- running a red light: to drive through a red light , instead of stopping, which is illegal -
- seatbelt: a safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident - เข็มขัดนิรภัย
- suspend: to stop for a period of time - ยกเลิกชั่วคราว, ระงับชั่วคราว
- violator: a person who goes against or refuse to obey a law, an agreement, etc. - ผู้ฝ่าฝืน, ผู้ละเมิดกฎ
