System to assist in identifying overwhelmed cars
PUBLISHED: 28 Jun 2024 at 05: 00
Suriya Jungrungreangkit, the secretary of transportation, pledged to toughen regulations for lorries that exceed the maximum weight and stop corruption related to the bridge.
He claimed he had instructed the Department of Highways ( DoH ) and the Department of Rural Roads ( DRR ) to adopt new technologies to make overloaded vehicles more visible, and that he was seriously considering bringing legal action against drivers who violate the weight cap laws.
Saturated lorries are to blame for highway damage and incidents, he said.
A 3D measurement system, which is one of the new technologies recommended for use to better intercept overloaded lorries, could be combined with licence plate recognition ( LPR ) cameras, which are already in use, he said.
Mr. Suriya claimed that the DoH has already installed the LPR cams and Frank technology in 192 areas, that it is also planning to do so in 16 more and that it will do so in 752 more.
When all 960 areas are equipped with WIM technology and an LPR camera, he predicted, they will create a statewide network to identify saturated vehicles. They may improve the enforcement of the law that restricts the carrying pounds, he said.
Following attempts to suppress the problem of trucks being overloaded, the number of motorists caught reddish- handed has rapidly declined, he said.
From Oct 1, 2023, until June 19, a full of 2, 107 circumstances were recorded, along from 2, 659 in the same time of the past month, he said. And in a year- on- time evaluation, the entire cases recorded last year was 3, 416, along from 3, 488 cases recorded in 2022, he said. ” And while I am the transport secretary, there must not be any highway bribery]linked to overwhelmed lorries], while the number of new cases overwhelmed vehicles will have to lower”.
Citing a past study of statistics compiled by the DoH and DRR, 10 regions where this wrongdoing is prevalent are Ayutthaya, Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen, Chon Buri, Bangkok, Samut Prakan, Nakhon Sawan, Ubon Ratchathani, Saraburi and Chachoengsao, he said.
He claimed that these two agencies have increased strange spot inspections on these automobiles using mobile trucks weighing tools in addition to increasing the checks on lorries carrying weight at the weighing stations located on the highways.