Photo evidence: Volunteer traffic police
Trained volunteers will take photos of drivers breaking laws and post to police website as evidence.
Trained volunteers will take photos of drivers breaking laws and post to police website as evidence.
A heavily congested traffic on Rama IV road in Bangkok. (Photo by Patipat Janthong)
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Local News
'Eagle eye' on bad drivers
28/09/2012
Online Reporters
Traffic police are taking a new approach to catching bad drivers in the capital, by taking photos of offending vehicles and posting them on the police website.
The Metropolitan Police Bureau has launched the "Eagle Eye Volunteer" programme, which is aimed specifically at traffic offenders, in order to address the increasingly severe traffic crisis in Bangkok.
About 100 traffic police from 88 police stations across the capital and 100 volunteers will be trained to take photographs of vehicles committing traffic offences and upload them to the traffic police website, www.thaitrafficpolice.com.
The photos would be used as evidence to impose fines on the owners.
At the same time, traffic police plan to deploy more officers to assist motorists, particularly in the flood-risk areas during the current heavy rain period.
Pol Col Wanchai Yusaeng, deputy commander of traffic police, said the number of cars on city roads has risen drastically in recent years. Now there are approximately seven million vehicles in the city area, up from five million only two years ago. About 2,000 new cars are being registered every day.
(Source: Bangkok Post, Local News, 'Eagle eye' on bad drivers, 28/09/2012, Online Reporters, link)
Traffic Law Enforcement Vocabulary
traffic law - the laws about how cars, trucks and other vehicles must drive on roads (See Wikipedia)
law enforcement - the activity of police, what police do, gathering evidence of crimes and catching criminals (See Wikipedia and Outline)
vehicles - machines with an engine (cars, trucks, vans, buses, etc) used to carry people or goods from place to place ยานพาหนะ
traffic - 1. the number of cars on the road (example: traffic is light on Sundays); 2. the number traveling to a place during a period of time (people, aircraft, ships, trains, cars, trucks, etc.) ความหนาแน่นของจำนวนคน หรือยานพาหนะในช่วงเวลาใดช่วงเวลาหนึ่ง
congestion (noun) - when it is difficult to move because a place has too many cars or people
congested (adjective)
heavily congested - too many cars or people in an area (so cannot move)
heavily congested traffic - too many cars in an area
eagle eye - can see small things (small details that others easily miss)
'Eagle eye' on bad drivers
approach - a particular way of doing something or thinking about something การจัดการกับปัญหา วิธีการทำให้ถึงจุดหมาย
take a new approach - change the way you do things (to get better results)
taking a new approach to catching bad drivers
offence - breaking the law
traffic offence - when a person breaks a traffic law
offender - a person who breaks the law
traffic offender - a person who breaks a traffic law
offending (adjective) - breaking the law
offending vehicles - a car that broke a traffic law
taking photos of offending vehicles
post on website - put something such as an article or comment on a website
post photo on website
posting the photos on the police website.
Traffic police are taking a new approach to catching bad drivers in the capital, by taking photos of offending vehicles and posting them on the police website.
launched - sent something out, such as a rocket into space ปล่อย
launched - began เริ่ม started เริ่มต้นดำเนินการ
launched a programme
specifically - in an exact and detailed way
aimed specifically at ...
aimed specifically at traffic offenders
crisis - an urgent, difficult or dangerous situation วิกฤตการณ์ วิกฤต
traffic crisis
traffic crisis in Bangkok
severe - very serious and worrying ที่รุนแรง ที่น่าเป็นห่วง
severe traffic crisis
increasingly severe traffic crisis in Bangkok
address - to deal with a problem จัดการปัญหา จัดการกับปัญหา
done in order to address the increasingly severe traffic crisis in Bangkok
volunteers - people working without (for a good cause, helping people)
100 volunteers will be trained to take photographs of vehicles
commit - do some act (example: commit a crime, commit a sin, etc)
commit traffic offence
vehicles committing traffic offences
upload to website
upload photo to website
upload the photos to the traffic police website
evidence - information that is used in court to try to prove something; to prove whether or not someone has committed a crime หลักฐาน หลักฐานประกอบการไต่สวนคดี หรือพิจารณาคดี
photos would be used as evidence
impose - to force someone to accept something กำหนด,บังคับ การกำหนด นำกฎหมายมาบังคับใช้
impose fines - make someone pay money (a fine) for breaking the law
impose fines on the owners of offending vehicles
The Metropolitan Police Bureau has launched the "Eagle Eye Volunteer" programme, which is aimed specifically at traffic offenders, in order to address the increasingly severe traffic crisis in Bangkok. About 100 traffic police from 88 police stations across the capital and 100 volunteers will be trained to take photographs of vehicles committing traffic offences and upload them to the traffic police website, www.thaitrafficpolice.com. The photos would be used as evidence to impose fines on the owners.
deploy - to put in place or position and make ready for use นำมาใช้ การนำ (กำลังเจ้าหน้าที่) ลงประจำท้องที่ (of soldiers, police, etc.) to put in place ready for action ส่งทหารตำรวจเข้าประจำการ
officers - police officers (the polite formal way to talk about police, "cops" is informal slang)
deploy more officers to assist motorists
risk - danger, the possibility that something dangerous or unpleasant might happen ความเสี่ยง
flood-risk areas - areas where there is the possibility and danger of floods happening
current - of the present time ปัจจุบัน
during the current heavy rain period
At the same time, traffic police plan to deploy more officers to assist motorists, particularly in the flood-risk areas during the current heavy rain period.
deputy - a person who is given the power to do something instead of another person, or the person whose rank is immediately below that of the leader of an organisation รอง, ตัวแทน,ผู้รักษาการแทน
commander - a police offer of high rank ผู้บังคับบัญชา
deputy commander
deputy commander of traffic police
vehicle - a machine that you travel in or on, especially one with an engine that travels on roads, e.g., a car, bus, van, truck, etc. ยานพาหนะ
registered - officially recorded as a business with the government (and given permission to operate)
dramatically
risen dramatically
the number of cars on city roads has risen drastically in recent years
approximately
vehicles
there are approximately seven million vehicles in the city area
register
2,000 new cars registered every day
Pol Col Wanchai Yusaeng, deputy commander of traffic police, said the number of cars on city roads has risen drastically in recent years. Now there are approximately seven million vehicles in the city area, up from five million only two years ago. About 2,000 new cars are being registered every day.
act - a law passed by a country's government พ.ร.บ. พระราชบัญญัติ
