The Department of Land Transport has begun inspecting NGV buses using CNG gas tanks nationwide, a total of 13,426 vehicles, expected to be completed within 2 months. The Lopburi Provincial Transport Office has the first operator to contact.
After the Ministry of Transport issued urgent measures for the Department of Land Transport to inspect the condition of 13,426 NGV vehicles using CNG gas tanks, if any vehicle is found to have failed the inspection, its license will be immediately revoked. The latest report from the Lopburi Provincial Transport Office is that buses of Panisara Company (the operator) will be inspected today at the Lopburi Transport Office at approximately 2:00 p.m., making them the first operator to contact them. It is expected that the inspection will be completed within 2 months, or by November 2024.
Mr. Chirut Visanchitr, Director-General of the Department of Land Transport, said that vehicle inspections and CNG gas tank inspections are normally carried out twice a year. It is stipulat
ed that during the tax year, operators must pass an inspection by an engineer once, and at the end of the tax payment year, the vehicle must pass another inspection, such as gas leaks, age, and gas tank friction inspections.
The Central Land Transport Department Committee has determined the age of public buses as follows: 1. Public buses with a distance not exceeding 300 kilometers, the age of the chassis number on the inside of the vehicle (chassis) must not exceed 40 years, and public buses with a distance not exceeding 300-500 kilometers, the age of the chassis number on the inside of the vehicle must not exceed 35 years.
For passenger vehicles with a distance exceeding 500 kilometers, the age of the chassis number on the vehicle must not exceed 30 years. For non-regular passenger vehicles of type 30, it was found that currently there is no age limit for the age of the chassis number on the vehicle.
Source: Thai News Agency