Last week, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) boasted it made three million baht in three months from the fines it imposed on motorcyclists who drove on pavements.
Deputy Bangkok governor Sakoltee Phattiyakul told local media the BMA has doubled the fine it levies for the offence to 1,000 baht. The main offenders are reckless motorcycle taxi drivers who have compromised ease of access in the city and public safety to take over footpaths for their own ends. The maximum fine is 5,000 baht.
Sirinya Wattanasukchai is a columnist, Bangkok Post.
