CityNews – On April 9th a photo shared on Chiang Mai Traffic Police Facebook page showed the public that the traffic police are now learning Chinese.
Photo posted on Chiang Mai Traffic Police Official Facebook PageThis is part of the Traffic Police’s project to solve Chiang Mai’s traffic troubles.
The basic traffic related phrases include: ‘red light’, ‘left turn’, ‘you are not wearing a helmet’, ‘no U-turn’. Some more relevant phrases include: ‘200 baht’, ‘400 baht’, ‘do you have a driver’s licence?’, and ‘you just ran a red light’.But then the language become less traffic related and more flirtatious with phrases such as: ‘you’re very beautiful’, ‘you’re cute’, and ‘I love you.’