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What's new in traffic law: Seatbelts & pay tickets or else
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/03/2017
» Section 44: Wear your seat belt or get ticket, pay ticket or no car registration, park illegally & have car locked or towed, then pay to get car back.
Bangkok sidewalk dangers: Laws difficult to enforce
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/01/2017
» From speeding motorcycles to vendors to makeshift brothels on Bangkok sidewalks, basic walkability suffers & just walking in the street is best option, often.
China's impact on the Thai economy
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/01/2017
» An increased flow of people & goods between Thailand & China means change & with change there are always costs & benefits, reactions to changes & more change.
Unsafe shophouses collapse after residents refuse to leave
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/09/2016
» Chatuchak residents refused to leave dangerous buildings after building safety inspectors declared them unsafe to live in, finally they did collapse.
Kids falling out of school bus vans: Time for reform
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/06/2016
» Frightening CCTV footage of young children falling out of the back of school vans in past week has drawn attention to safety issues.
New immigration form: Privacy violation?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/04/2016
» Immigration's request for intimate details of foreigner lives leads to complaints & worries about privacy & safety.
Bangkok sidewalks: Making safe for walking
Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/03/2016
» Sidewalks as motorcycle expressways, open sewer holes, vendors hogging all space so people walk in street to cars not stopping at crosswalks, Bangkok has dangerous sidewalks.
Thailand's roads second-deadliest in world, UN agency finds
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/10/2015
» 14,059 reported road-deaths per year, 24,237 actual deaths says WHO, 70% on motorbikes, lack of traffic law enforcement. Catalog of road safety articles at Bangkok Post learning.
Police bullet hit girl in car with mother?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/10/2015
» Young girl hit by bullet as she sat with mother in car after being picked up from school. At same time & place, police fired a bullet at drug dealer in sting operation. Police bullet might have hit the girl.
Thailand to get Longest bicycle lane in Asia by 2017 (with photos)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/08/2015
» 184-km long bike lane crossing 5 provinces made of safe rubberized track, separate from motor vehicle traffic by 2017, likely boon to locals & tourism alike.