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Published on December 27, 2007

The intelligent transport system (ITS), worked out with the help of the Highway Police, allows drivers to check traffic information and prepare their routes, Passakon Prathombutr, the director of Intelligent Transport Systems Programme, said.

He said the centre had worked with the Highway Police to input traffic as well as accident information from all over the nation into the central system so people can check traffic status, especially on major routes, in real time.

To get traffic information, they can access http://traffic.thai.net and see the density of traffic shown in red, yellow or green.

However, for those already on the road, the centre has developed the system to support a platform that allows users to check routes via their mobile phone.

They just have to download the software from http://map.longdo.com/m and install it in their phone to see the overall traffic map and check traffic status and accident information while on the move via the phone's GPRS network.

Passakon said mobile phone users can also receive traffic information through their mobile phone's short message service. The centre has worked with mobile phone operator DTAC to allow phone users from all operators to get traffic information via SMS.

A DTAC official said users should key in the route they want to travel and send the SMS to the assigned number and the centre will send back real time traffic information in a text message.

DTAC customers can an send SMS to 160938 to get traffic information for free. Customers of other mobile phone operators can send an SMS to 081-552-0588 and will be charged for SMS service as per normal.

Pongpen Sutharoj

The Nation