Phuket local government says that they are about to stop dangerous riding for those who use no helmet whilst riding their motorcycle into compulsory law. The regulation would realized after the region’ Police queued up this new motorcycle safety laws set into force later this year.

From July 1st this year, police say, any motorcyclist or passenger caught riding without a helmet will be fined.

According to the UK-based ‘motorcycle community’ website visordown.com, the decision was taken to make helmet use compulsory in order to reduce the number of riders killed or seriously injured on the roads.

It was not immediately clear why the compulsory wearing of a helmet is considered a “new” law, as the helmet law was introduced in Phuket in 1996. What could be “new”, however, would be any enforcement of that law, which has been widely scoffed at over the past 14 years.

News by Phuket Gazette