Seatbelts needed for taxi passengers

Tourists flag down a taxi at Khao San Road. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)
Tourists flag down a taxi at Khao San Road. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)

Passengers will need to wear a seatbelt while riding in a taxi or other public transport vehicles starting from Nov 6, according to the police.

The announcement, published in the Royal Gazette on Tuesday focused on the requirement for taxi drivers to ensure all passengers wear seatbelts.

The warning may be made verbally, by a sign inside the vehicle, through an audio recording played inside the vehicle or via other means.

The driver must also inform passengers they must sit in designated seats, as well as never allow more than the legally permitted number of passengers into the vehicle on each trip.

No supplementary seating installed without official permission may be offered to passengers to sit on.

No passengers may stand inside a moving vehicle unless there is a designated area for standing.

Also, passengers may not stick any part of their body out of a moving public transport vehicle.

The announcement will take effect 90 days from its publication in the Royal Gazette or on Nov 6.

Vocabulary

  • announcement: a spoken or written statement that informs people about something - การประกาศ
  • designated: chosen for a duty - แต่งตั้งให้เป็น
  • ensure: to make certain that something happens or is done - ให้การยืนยัน, รับรอง, ให้ความมั่นใจ
  • means: methods; ways - วิธี, วิธีการ
  • permit (verb): to allow someone to do something - อนุญาต, อนุมัติ, ยินยอม
  • requirement: something that you must have or do in order to do or get something else - ข้อกำหนด, ข้อบังคับ
  • royal gazette: a royal publication begun in 1858 by King Mongkut (Rama IV) as the official way of announcing news laws, decrees, ministerial proclamations, etc. - ราชกิจจานุเบกษา
  • seatbelt: a safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident - เข็มขัดนิรภัย
  • supplementary: additional - ซึ่งช่วยเสริม
  • take effect: to begin to be used or required - ส่งผล
  • vehicle: a machine that you travel in or on, especially one with an engine that travels on roads, e.g., a car, bus, van, truck, etc. - ยานพาหนะ
  • verbally: using words - ทางคำพูด
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