Traffic safety: Ten main traffic laws enforced over long public holiday

Royal Thai Police yesterday under the leadership of Roy Inkpairoj, Deputy Commander of the Police Force, rolled out a campaign to enforce ten key traffic safety rules during the long public holiday period from July 28 to August 2. The measures taken to protect citizens during their holiday travels aim to prevent and reduce road accidents.

Inkpairoj issued a radio order to police officers across the country to enforce ten key traffic safety laws aimed at alleviating the main causes of road accidents. The violations include exceeding the speed limit, disregarding traffic signals, drink driving, overtaking in tight spaces, motorcyclists not wearing helmets, and passengers not wearing seatbelts, among others.

Police were instructed to set up roadblocks and alcohol inspection points in areas prone to accidents or lawbreakers. The police avoided overlapping…