New barcode traffic tickets come into force from Sunday

Pol Maj-General Ekkarak Limsangkas, commander of Special Branch Police Division 3 and head of the Police Ticket Management project, said traffic police nationwide would use the new traffic tickets from Sunday.
He said the new tickets had been sent to all police stations nationwide.
The new tickets have printed charges for police to tick so that police do not have to write the charges down. All the printed charges have English translations, Ekkarak added.
He said traffic violators can use the tickets to pay fines at Krungthai Bank counters, KTB ATMs or via KTB net bank app as well as counter services with PTM logo.
However, the motorists must wait two days before they can pay the fines as police will first have to record the copies of the tickets onto the online database of the Police Ticket Management system.
Ekkarak said each ticket will expire in seven days and motorists who do not want to wait can go to police stations and pay the fines.
In case of severe offences when a motorist’s driving licence is seized, the violator must pay the fine at the specific police station where the offence took place to get the licence back, Ekkarak added.
A Bt20 fee will be charged for paying the fine at bank and counter services, he added.
He said traffic police nationwide have been trained on the use of the new tickets and how to record them onto the PTM online database.
He said the PTM system would later be further developed to link with the online car registration system of the Land Transport Department so that the annual payment of vehicle tax would not be allowed if the car owners do not pay the traffic violation fines first.
Ekkarat said the system would also be developed for cutting points of drivers so that their driving licences would be suspended if they repeatedly commit traffic violations.