Khet
Udomsak Mayor Pairoj Malakul na Ayutthaya.
Patcharapol Panrak
Saying local government workers should set a good example
for residents, the head of Sattahip’s Khet Udomsak District told workers if
they were caught driving motorbikes without helmets, they’d be suspended
from work.
At a Feb. 4 traffic-safety workshop, Khet Udomsak Mayor
Pairoj Malakul na Ayutthaya said bureaucrats needed to be versed in traffic
laws, signs and signals. Workers, he said, needed to respect the road and
the laws that govern it.
To force employees to be good examples for the local
citizenry, Pairoj announced that any district worker seen driving to work
and not wearing a motorbike helmet or car seatbelt would be banned from
entering the office, giving them a one-day suspension as punishment.
Pairoj said Sattahip’s well-know vehicle accident record requires
cooperation from everyone to solve.
