Police officers search for
proper driving license and vehicle registrations at a roadblock set up on
Pattaya 2nd Road.
Vittaya Yoondorn
A police checkpoint set up for a day on Second Road
turned up no drugs or weapons but netted officers plenty of fines for
traffic offenses.
The checkpoint, begun July 14 around 8 a.m. opposite the
Montien Hotel in North Pattaya, stopped motorbike drivers and fined them for
not wearing helmets or having licenses. Police said they also used the
opportunity to educate foreign drivers on Thai traffic laws.
Police set up a table to collect the 500 baht fines,
saying it made it more convenient for offenders to pay their fines on the
spot instead of having to complete paperwork at the Pattaya Police Station.
