Traffic cameras get new brief as police widen net
Cameras will be repositioned around the city to help curb a wider range of traffic violations and cut the rate of arguments between police and motorists, a senior officer says. Jirapat Phumjit, deputy chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau who oversees traffic regulations in the city, said on January 17 he had ordered 88 stations in the city to prepare cameras and other devices for monitoring traffic violations more broadly. At the moment most cameras are positioned at intersections to catch motorists who run red lights. Under the new measure, traffic police also hope to catch motorists driving in the wrong lane, for example. However, they have been told to avoid setting up checkpoints on main roads as a way to monitor traffic violations.
