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1 in 5 motorists charged at checkpoints
From the Gazette>>>
The road toll in Phuket during the holiday season “seven days of danger”, from midnight December 28 to midnight last night, stands at six dead and 76 people injured in a total of 72 accidents.
During the road-safety campaign, 62,013 motorists were stopped at the nine checkpoints on the island manned by a total of 342 officers, with 12,180 motorists charged with violations.
The most common charge was driving without a license (4,780 cases), followed by driving while not wearing a seatbelt (2,203), riding a motorcycle without a helmet (2,052), drunk driving (2,030) and riding a motorcycle deemed unsafe by police (1,115).
At a minimum 300baht fine that's some serious tea money collected. Must have been at least 4million baht.
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