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Songkran drive-by warning
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 10/04/2018
» Revellers are being urged to stop their vehicles before throwing water over pedestrians in a bid to reduce Songkran traffic accidents, as hospitals prepare emergency response measures and medical facilities.
Thai tourist industry challenged by direct flights to neighbours
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/06/2017
» Expanding air traffic to the region could lead to lost travel opportunities for Thailand in the future as tourists fly directly to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.
True innovation at a small Bangkok police station
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/05/2017
» 100 baht fines if you study the traffic laws & pass a little test on the rules of the road. Innovation starts at local level, one police station at a time.
Road safety: Law enforcement, not just long tests
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/03/2017
» Reckless driving is the norm in Thailand, so only law enforcement & punishment will change behavior, not long classroom courses quickly forgotten.
Road safety: Habits of ineffective policymaking
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/01/2017
» Road safety big issue during holiday season but then forgotten, so policies never solve dangerous road problem, a long-term problem in Thailand.
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.
Young middle-class Thai women marrying foreigners: Why?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/08/2015
» "Western men find me attractive the way I am, I don’t have to be someone I am not," but "my parents told us not to walk in public around the house because they felt embarrassed to be seen by the neighbours."
Bank of Thailand, new governor: Economist Veerathai Santiprabhob
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/07/2015
» Youngest leader in four decades to head central bank, with PhD in economics from Harvard, led Policy Research Institute at Ministry of Finance during Asian financial crisis, was chief strategy officer at SET & currently sits on junta's super board.
Taxi hits bicycle: What happens next?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/06/2015
» If I hit a motorcycle with my car, my insurance has to pay. But when a careless taxi hits my bicycle, I have to pay? But, wait, if I tell the police officer my work is a journalist, then the taxi has to pay? What exactly is the law?
Street racers: Shock therapy with parents
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/06/2015
» 125 street racers over 18 charged with reckless driving, 107 juvenile racers (106 boys & 1 girl) will undergo special "shock therapy" with parents & some parents may be punished too.