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Point system can deter bad drivers
News, Editorial, Published on 04/12/2022
» The Royal Thai Police and the Land Transport Department say a demerit point system will be introduced on Jan 9. The move is a bid to improve road safety in a country known to have the deadliest roads in Southeast Asia.
Iran protests enter third month with deadly clashes
AFP, Published on 17/11/2022
» PARIS - Iran issued a series of death sentences as women-led protests over Mahsa Amini's death in custody entered a third month Wednesday, with clashes reportedly claiming at least seven lives in two days.
BMA to ramp up festival security
News, Published on 01/11/2022
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is planning to tighten safety measures at public areas during this year's Loy Krathong festival.
VIDEO: This Week's Top Stories October 21
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/10/2022
» This week: Phuket pounded, new variants arrive, monk causes accident and rollerblader fined
Drug control, road safety loom large
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/10/2022
» Combating drug trafficking and tackling online crimes are the top priorities of the new national police chief, Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas.
Fast and furious no more? Bangkok's infamous No.8 bus
AFP, Published on 30/09/2022
» A "Pink Devil" roars down Bangkok's busy streets, furiously overtaking tuk-tuks, cars and motorbikes, narrowly avoiding a collision as it slows to allow passengers to scramble on before veering back into the capital's hectic traffic. Welcome aboard the No.8 bus.
27 people killed in China quarantine bus crash
AFP, Published on 18/09/2022
» BEIJING: Twenty-seven people died en route to a Covid-19 quarantine facility when their bus crashed in southwest China on Sunday, local authorities said, in the country's deadliest road accident this year.
School van tragedies can be averted
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 05/09/2022
» The death of a 7-year-old school girl found locked in a school van from morning until late in the afternoon in a parking lot of a school in Chon Buri last Tuesday is a tragic incident that can be prevented, without much difficulty.
Governor orders inspection of city traffic bridges
News, Published on 28/08/2022
» Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has called for a comprehensive inspection of road bridges across the city after being alerted to damage to the bridge over the busy Ratchada-Lat Phrao intersection.
Bangkok bridges to be inspected after Lat Phrao damage found
Online Reporters, Published on 27/08/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has called for a comprehensive inspection of traffic bridges across the city after being alerted to concerning damage to the bridge over the busy Ratchada-Lat Phrao intersection.