Sattahip has stepped up checks on public minivans after a drugged-out driver was involved in an injury accident.
District Chief Prinya Phothisut ordered the Security Affairs section to gather volunteers, navy drug officers and military police at a new checkpoint in front of the Ambassador City Hotel in Najomtien Sept. 4.
Prinya said the deployment was ordered following an Aug. 27 minivan collision with the back of a bus causing passenger injures.
Officials check a van driver’s paperwork, and make sure he also doesn’t test positive for drugs.
Moreover, many district residents have complained about poor driving by public minivans. Checkpoints will examine driving licenses and vehicle-inspection documents, look for weapons and explosives, and test drivers’ urine for narcotics.
In the first 18 inspections, 13 minivan drivers were ticketed for not having done a vehicle inspection within six months or for lack of a driving license.
None of the drivers tested positive for drugs.
