Barcode traffic tickets will be rolled out from Dec 17 to make it easy for motorists to pay fines.
In the initial period, the tickets will be issued in the jurisdictions of the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) and Provincial Police Region 1, 2 and 7, in charge of the Central Plains, East and the western Central Plains respectively, police deputy spokesman Krissana Pattanacharoen said.
During the early period, tickets will be issued for traffic offences in which officers do not seize offenders' licences, such as parking vehicles in no-parking zones or places that obstruct traffic.
If officers decide to temporarily seize driving licences and issue tickets, offenders still need to pay the fines at police stations or designated areas within seven days, in line with the Land Traffic Act, Pol Col Krissana said.
"In the cases where there is no seizure of driving licences, offenders do not need to visit the station," said the spokesman.
"They can pay the fines at Krungthai Bank (KTB) counters or via its ATM booths, the internet banking system, counter services or post offices with a service charge of 20 baht."
Pol Col Krissana said the barcode tickets would also allow police to trace back traffic offences and the officers who issued them.
If violators fail to pay for fines within the stipulated time, they will receive a notice urging them to make the payment within 30 days. If the fines are still not paid, the Department of Land Transport (DLT) will be told to refrain issuing tax payment documents to the offenders until the fines are paid, he noted.
Pol Lt Gen Wittaya Prayongpan, acting adviser to the police chief, said the barcode traffic tickets will be implemented in other areas across the country by early next year.
He said he has instructed officers in all stations to record traffic tickets in the Police Ticket Management (PTM) system. Officers were also instructed to put the ticket information into the system every day so offenders can pay the fines following day if they choose.
Traffic violators would be able to pay at more than 200 branches or 10,000 ATM booths of the KTB across the country as well as via KTB net bank Pol Lt Gen Wittaya said. About seven million traffic tickets are issued every year.