Bangkok targets polluting cars

Bangkok targets polluting cars

BANGKOK (AFP): Bangkok officials are daubing red paint over cars and buses which give out black exhaust fumes in an effort to tackle the city's worsening pollution, a newspaper said yesterday.

At a checkpoint set up in the city Wednesday officials from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration monitored exhaust fumes from passing vehicles.

Black exhaust offenders had a notice painted on their windscreens, reading "Not allowed to be used," The Nation daily said.

The cars must then be kept off the road until the exhaust is repaired, or they face fines. The paper did not specify the size of the fines.