Ekkarak said that at present a traffic policeman whose rank is below lieutenant colonel is entitled to a share of traffic fines up to Bt10,000 a month. Ekkarak said his committee decided to stop giving cash rewards to traffic policemen and change to an overtime system of Bt50 per hour. Currently, 50 per cent of traffic fines are sent to local administrations and five per cent is sent to the Finance Ministry as national revenue. Under the new system, 45 per cent of the fines, which are now used as money rewards, would be sent to the Finance Ministry, giving the Royal Thai Police the option to seek it back for use in traffic management operations. Ekkarat said his committee has yet to study whether a fund should be set up to manage the 45 per cent of fines to recovered by the Finance Ministry.

Source: The Nation Bangkok June 01, 2019 05:25 UTC