Bangkok Metro Police to strictly enforce time ban on trucks
All 88 police stations in Bangkok have been instructed by the Metropolitan Police commissioner to strictly enforce the hours in which trucks are permitted in the city.
Commissioner Pol Lt-General Charnthep Selavej has ordered all stations to strictly enforce the time ban on trucks in order to prevent traffic congestion from worsening.
Pol Maj-General Jiraphat Phumijit, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said if truckers continue to enter inner Bangkok during the banned hours, the bureau may consider also imposing a truck ban on certain routes.
Trucks with 10 or more wheels are banned from inner Bangkok from 6am to 10am and from 3pm to 9 pm. Six-wheel trucks are banned from inner Bangkok from 6am to 9am and from 4pm to 8pm.
Violators are subject to a fine of Bt1,000.
All trucks are also banned from using the aged Krung Thon Bridge, Jiraphat added.
