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Helmet plan hopes
Postbag, Published on 10/11/2024
» Re: "Helmetless riders to undergo training" (BP, Nov 8).
Online shopping imports face full tax
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 02/01/2026
» Thailand yesterday began collecting taxes on all imported goods bought online, a move the government says will create "a level playing field" between local and imported cheap products.
No helmet? No problem
Published on 26/09/2019
» It isn’t just in Thai boxing where the lives and limbs of young Thais are at risk daily. Thai teens are even more at a threat of suffering severe injuries, or dying, on the country’s roads. These roads can turn into veritable slaughterhouses during certain periods such as the Songkran holiday with its freewheeling atmosphere and widespread drunkenness.
Pick up that helmet
News, Postbag, Published on 08/10/2019
» The serious road mishap involving a pickup truck that overturned, killing more than a dozen of passengers who rode on the vehicle's tray was sad. A recent study shows that the vast majority of people killed when they fall off pickup trucks were killed by their head injuries.
Enforce the helmet rule
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/04/2021
» Songkran, a joyful, traditional New Year festival that begins on April 13, has its own dark side. It’s renowned as a time of deadly road accidents — dubbed the “Seven Dangerous Days” — as a large number of people join in a mass exodus, heading to their home provinces and holiday destinations.
Paper PM rapped for no helmet
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 14/01/2018
» Life-size cardboard cutouts of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha were among the highlights at Government House yesterday as kids celebrated National Children's Day.
Ukraine racer appeals Olympic helmet ban
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» MILAN - Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said he hoped “truth would prevail” as he appealed to sport’s highest court on Friday following his Olympic ban, as US figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin eyed a second gold of the Milan-Cortina Games.
Denmark bans Islamic full-face veil in public spaces
AFP, Published on 31/05/2018
» STOCKHOLM: Denmark on Thursday became the latest European country to ban the Islamic full-face veil in public spaces in a move slammed by human rights campaigners as "a violation of women's rights".
Fast & precarious
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 06/09/2018
» My heart was filled with excitement as the door of the gondola lift closed and the cable car was slowly leaving the station, taking me, my friend Kent and our downhill bikes up the slope to the trailheads 1,780m above sea level. We had planned this trip for more than half-a-year, and it's happening. A few minutes from now, we would be riding the famous trails of Fujimi, in one of Japan's largest bike parks.
Activists back cops in child helmet row
News, Pitcha Dangprasith, Published on 30/01/2019
» Road safety activists dished out free helmets for children Tuesday following social media debate over whether a police officer was right to charge a father whose three-year-old daughter failed to wear a helmet while on his motorcycle.