'Smart' dummy officers to oversee Bangkok traffic

City police deputy chief Phanu Kerdlarppol said the dummy officers would capture images of traffic violators and help real traffic policemen with their job.
“The Jah Choey will be ‘intelligent’ as they will be equipped with security and speed cameras to detect motorists who violate the law,” he said while thanking the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) for funding the production of “Jah Choey” dummies.
Expressing hope that the dummy officers will help cut down on traffic violations and make Bangkok drivers more cautious, he said they would be placed in 13 locations where accidents take place frequently, like intersections, bridges or roads with solid white lines, or where motorists break traffic laws often. The cameras embedded in the dummies will transmit images to traffic police officers’ smart phones or tablet computers within a 2 to 5kilometre radius as well as to the Traffic Police Command Centre. The dummies will be more mobile than normal CCTV cameras because they can be moved to other locations.
The data transmitted by the dummies will be checked by the traffic police before they issue tickets to fine the violators, he said, adding that if the project proved to be effective, more dummies would be placed in other locations.