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Ministry plans digital meter
News, Published on 18/10/2025
» The Transport Ministry plans to introduce a Digital Taximeter program -- a GPS-enabled system that calculates fares based on distance, traffic conditions, and peak-hour surcharges -- to ensure fairer pricing.
M81 motorway navigation glitches to be fixed
News, Published on 07/10/2025
» The Department of Highways has vowed to quickly fix signs and resolve GPS issues that drivers have blamed for unwanted detours onto Motorway M81 from Bang Yai in Nonthaburi to Kanchanaburi.
Robot tractors cause furrowed brows at Vegas tech show
AFP, Published on 06/01/2022
» LAS VEGAS - Driverless ploughs and autonomous tools to weed vegetable plots are the latest innovations ready to help farmers juggling labor shortages, climate change and environmental protection, while trying to feed a growing world population.
Foreign divers rescued after pickup swept into canal
Published on 10/08/2018
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Two foreign divers relying on a GPS to guide them back to Phuket took an unplanned plunge when a flash flood swept their vehicle off a back road in Thung Yai district and into a canal on Thursday afternoon.
EC says media can 'sleep with ballots'
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 18/03/2019
» The Election Commission (EC) has tried to allay public concerns about the security of advanced voting ballots, saying the media and members of political parties will be allowed to observe the papers at Thailand Post's headquarters and police stations where they are being kept.
Thai driver causes accident in Japan
Gary Boyle, Published on 29/07/2019
» A 31-year-old Thai driver using a GPS to tour Hokkaido Island in Japan has been charged after his car crashed into another vehicle and injured four women, one of whom was badly hurt.
Ukraine accuses Hungary of taking 'hostage' bank staff carrying $40mn
AFP, Published on 06/03/2026
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha accused Hungary on Friday of taking "hostage" a group of Ukrainian bank employees who were reportedly transporting US$40 million and nine kilogrammes of gold.
Cops mull eye-in-sky drones to spy on suspects
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 08/02/2018
» Drones and Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment are among new surveillance technology being considered for use in hunting down suspects, an issue slated for police reform, according to a panel studying judicial reform.
Green or red light: China virus app is ticket to everywhere
AFP, Published on 13/05/2020
» BEIJING: To enter many offices, restaurants, parks or malls in China nowadays, people must show their status on an app that determines whether they are a coronavirus threat.
Malfunctioning tsunami-warning buoy recovered
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 07/08/2023
» PHANG-NGA: Tsunami-warning buoy 23461, which stopped transmitting data on July 31, has been recovered by a navy vessel, having drifted away from its original station about 340 kilometres northwest of Phuket in the Andaman Sea, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) reported.