Reporting errant motorcyclists to earn money from next month

25 เมษายน 2560

People who report motorcycles that ride on city pavements or are parked illegally can receive rewards from next month as part of City Hall's clean-up campaign.

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Report bikers and earn half the fine, says City Hall

Supoj Wancharoen

People who report motorcycles that ride on city pavements or are parked illegally can receive rewards from next month as part of City Hall's clean-up campaign.

Anyone who provides photos, videos and the registration plate number of those who flaunt the law to their local district offices will receive half of whatever the perpetrator is fined, officials said.

The move aims to make up for the shortage of tessakit officers (city inspectors) overseeing public spaces in the capital.

The plan, which is expected to become law in the next few weeks, comes as city officials are struggling to regulate vendors of street food and other goods in tourist-heavy areas on Yaowarat Road and Khao San Road.

While more talks are needed to finalise the fate of the street vendors in these hot spots, Bangkok deputy governor Amnoy Nimmano said yesterday the city is authorised by law to use incentives, along with legal measures, against rogue riders and motorists who also inconvenience the public.

The 1992 Maintenance of Public Sanitary and Order Act imposes a maximum fine of 5,000 baht on violators and grants the informer half of this sum.

Pol Lt Gen Amnoy said the city has never enforced this rule in the past but a panel now has been set up to draft an ordinance to help clear up the city's streets.

It should be enforced by next month, he said.

City officials will locate violators by working closely with the Land Transport Department, which has a database of registered motorists, the senior policeman added.

If they fail to pay the fine within the specified time, "the city will take action", Pol Lt Gen Amnoy said.