Traffic warning as 8 parties hold campaign rallies in Bangkok this afternoon
POLICE are out in full force today (May 12) to facilitate the traffic flow in Bangkok and its vicinity as eight parties are holding big campaign rallies from afternoon onwards as the country gears up for general election on Sunday (May 14), Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Nithithorn Jintakanon, spokesman of the Centre […]
Read MoreTikTok clip of Prayut’s traffic-halting motorcade gone viral
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FEW-MINUTE ROAD TRAFFIC halt by police in Songkhla to accommodate Sunday’s motorcade of caretaker prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has exponentially gone viral online. A TikToker who happened to be among those motorists being temporarily stopped on the southern road by the local police produced a clip online to show […]
Read MoreD-Day April 1 for new vehicle tax rule
AS PART of the government’s effort to strictly enforce traffic rules the police together with the Land Transport Department will from April 1, 2023 not issue a tax sticker to vehicle owners who have not paid their traffic fines until they do so within 30 days, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Feb. 12). Ms. […]
Read MoreDrop in New Year weekend traffic accidents: Police chief
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS during the New Year weekend dropped compared to the previous year with police this evening (Jan. 1) focusing on the exodus back to Bangkok from the provinces, INN News said. National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas thanked policemen for having taken good care of road safety during the New Year festival […]
Read MoreMassive traffic jams after rain lashes city
COMMUTERS were stuck in massive traffic jams across Bangkok after heavy rain this evening (August 26) amid complaints that nothing is moving, Matichon newspaper and Sanook.com said. At 6.45 p.m. FM91 Traffic Pro confirmed that traffic was not moving at all on Petchaburi and Chidlom roads and in the Pratunam area. There were also […]
Read MoreTrat police giving free helmets to those caught not wearing one
INSTEAD of fining riders caught not wearing a crash helmet, police in southern Trat province today (July 27) began giving the traffic violators one each free of charge to ensure their safety in case of an accident, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Col. Somchai Yusawat, deputy chief of Trat Provincial Police, together with Pol. Lt. […]
Read MoreMongkolkit lashes at police move to hit Bangkok motorists with arrest warrants
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MAVERICK MP Mongkolkit Suksintharanon today (June 22) lambasted the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s plan to have arrest warrants issued for traffic rule violators who may have failed to pay for their traffic tickets and called on police chief Pol. Maj. Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk to immediately rescind such a “demented” plan. The […]
Read MoreFrench woman biking in Ayutthaya dies after being hit by sedan
TWO women tourists, one French and the other American, were hit by a sedan while riding their bicycles across an intersection in Ayutthaya city last night (May 25) with the former dying in the hospital while the latter survived her injuries and the accident blamed on a confusion over the traffic light signals, Matichon […]
Read MoreTraffic misery at Asoke-Phetchaburi intersection after bad accident
THERE were terrible traffic jams at Asoke-Phetchaburi intersection early this morning (May 11) after some steel beams fell off a truck and hit a sedan following behind but fortunately no one was injured, Thai Rath and Sanook.com said. Pol. Lt. Col. Thanawat Wiphatothai, a deputy inspector at Makkasan police station, was alerted of this […]
Read MoreTraffic builds up on Asian Highway as Songkran revellers return to Bangkok
AS Songkran holidays draw to a close, holidaymakers started returning to Bangkok with all lanes of Asian Highway from Ang Thong province to Maha Rat district of Ayutthaya province filled with vehicles from afternoon onwards, Amarin TV said this evening (Apr. 15). An inspection found that as more vehicles poured into this key highway […]
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