Bobr

I see they have put up some camera warning signs on Highway 7 leading into Bangkok.  Have they really installed any new system.  2 trips ago, they nailed me legitimately when I stopped for the toll booth near the airport,  They said I was doing 167, but I was really doing closer to 180. It only cost me 900 baht, they gave me a receipt even though I said I did not care about getting one,  and they were very friendly and polite about it.   Last Sunday morning I was again stopped at a toll booth on the upper level of highway 34 and told I was doing 122.  That's not even very fast for that highway.  The Thai I was with ( who is the widow of a ranking police officer)  talked the officer into letting me go, but it's those dam_n cameras again. I had asked if I could just pay the fine there on the freeway  instead of going to the station and he said no, and then he handed the 1000 baht bill back to me and let me go (that's got to be a first).  I even invited him to keep the money for his trouble but he insisted on giving it back.  Now I really am confused.

Does anyone know what is going on with the highways around Bangkok, they used to be one of the few places I could enjoy driving fast with reasonable safety.