Traffic offenders punished

Traffic offenders punished

BANGKOK (Reuter): The Bangkok metropolitan police began a 10-
day campaign yesterday to punish some of the city's undisciplined
motorists and pedestrians blamed for exacerbating the capital's
notorious traffic snarls.

Police said the campaign, which will run through New Year's
eve, would deploy 4,000 police officers on the streets in an
effort to crack down on traffic violators either behind the wheel
or on foot.

Studies by the traffic board committee found that disregard
for traffic laws was a major cause of the city's traffic
congestion, which has reached nightmarish proportions. Several
million cars, motorcycles, buses and trucks struggle to enter and
leave the city each day.