Silom, Khao San roads packed with Songkran revellers amid tight security
BOTH Khao San and Silom roads are chock-a-block with Songkran revellers today (Apr. 13) with Thais and foreign tourists having a splashing good time amid tight security, Amarin TV said. Khao San road is one of the key areas where Songkarn is being celebrated with the Khao San Road Business Association having organised Khao […]
Read More60km an hour speed limit kicks off on almost all Bangkok roads
WITH a new traffic regulation having been announced in the Royal Gazette, as of today (Dec. 24) vehicles travelling on all except 13 Bangkok roads have to maintain a speed limit of 60km an hour with this reduced to 50km an hour in the area around the Royal Palace, Amarin TV said this morning. […]
Read MoreFarmers now forbidden from drying rice on roads
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RICE FARMERS ARE NO LONGER allowed to literally put their product to dry on the surface of rural roads anywhere or else they could be immediately arrested, a government official confirmed today (Jan.11). The Rural Roads Department has issued a regulation to terminate the common practice of literally strewing the […]
Read MorePhuket business groups urge Prayut to quickly repair Patong highway
THIRTEEN Phuket business associations have jointly sent a letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha urging him to order the quick repair of Highway 4029 that was damaged by floods triggered by tropical storm Nesat earlier this month as it links Patong beach to Phuket Town and the airport with both Thai and foreign tourists […]
Read MoreTrailer-truck disappears while driver takes a shower
PUZZLED by the disappearance of a 22-wheel trailer-truck was its driver who was later informed by local residents that it had flipped over by the roadside a kilometre away but he insists he pulled the handbrake before stepping out, Matichon newspaper said today (Apr. 23). Mr. Singto Khlainoi, 20, a native of Nakhon Ratchasima […]
Read MoreBangkok roads almost empty amid stepped up lockdown
TRAFFIC on most of Bangkok’s roads was greatly lighter than usual with some of them almost empty the morning (July 20) the first day of enhanced lockdown with 100 percent work from home in effect but some vendors were still visible as they said they had to trade in order to survive, Sanook.com said. […]
Read MoreTel Aviv set to become first city with electric recharging roads
By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business New York – The city of Tel Aviv is working on creating wireless electric roads to charge and power public transportation in the city. The electric roads are part of a pilot programme led by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality in collaboration with ElectReon, a company developing a system that can […]
Read MoreCables left on road ensnare motorbike injuring 2 persons
AN ELDERLY man and his granddaughter got badly injured in Chonburi province last evening after their motorcycle got tangled in a large pile of communication cables haphazardly left on the road, Sanook.com reported this morning (August 3). The accident was captured by a car camera of the vehicle coming in the opposite direction of […]
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