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Speeding, tailgating van hits highway sweeper, kills two
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/05/2017
» Wreck of commuter van after crashing into street sweeper, killing van driver & passenger. Speeding van was following too close behind truck.
Speeding + double parking = disaster
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/07/2016
» Speeding cars, drivers dozing off, not watching in front, dangerously passing other vehicles, all can be avoided with careful defensive driving.
Generation Y Thailand: A new Me Generation?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 18/07/2016
» 32% of population, Gen Y shares hobbies on social media as road to instant fame, seeks out exotic lifestyles, but needs to exercise more & eat less.
Police stop tourist searches & public urine tests
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/02/2015
» New police policy aims to make police officers into "diplomats" when dealing with tourists, after random police searches in Bangkok last year, sometimes with demands for money or humiliating public urine tests, led to many complaints.
Making Bangkok a more walkable city
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/12/2014
» Walking is free, healthy & enjoyable but... city dwellers dislike walking for many reasons: potholes, vendors leaving no space for pedestrians, bullying motorcycle taxis, old unused phone booths, possible police extortion....to name but a few.
Pathumthani's 8 kilometer-long flood wall: Success story (photos)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/10/2014
» 1,000 houses flooded for weeks in 2011 & severely damaged, now protected by flood walls, but gaps in concrete for vehicles & people to pass through still had to be left.
What's new in business news: September 20, 2013
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/09/2013
» Thai-EU trade talks stay away from drug patent expansion, Taiwan pushes for Thai trade deal & corruption cause of recent rash of disrailments alleges Chuwit.
2010 temple shootings: Soldiers did it
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/08/2013
» Shots fired by military killed the six at Wat Pathum Wanaram in 2010, a Bangkok criminal court decides.
DTAC expands to Myanmar?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/05/2013
» DTAC's Norwegian parent company aims to cover 75% or more of Myanmar with mobile phone coverage in 5 years.
Real estate boom: North Bangkok
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/11/2012
» Limited office space & rising rents in central Bangkok has led to office building boom in north Bangkok.