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Sattahip police crack down on illegal motorbike gang at beach gathering
News, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 01/06/2025
» Sattahip police have arrested scores of motorcyclists and impounded hundreds of illegally modified bikes after residents complained about noise and public disturbances during a long holiday weekend. The bikers had gathered from across the country at Nang Ram Beach in Chon Buri province, prompting a swift response from local authorities.
Reckless, noisy foreign bikers rile Pattaya locals
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/06/2022
» Pattaya: Residents of this coastal city have filed a complaint against a group of motorcycle-riding foreign tourists for noise pollution, according to local police.
Bow Bells rang out but not the accents
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/04/2022
» Firstly, a belated follow-up featuring the cockney accent from an American reader who wanted to meet a real cockney when he was in London a few years ago. Aware of the traditional definition of a cockney being "someone born within the sound of Bow Bells", he made a special effort to visit St Mary-le-Bow church, the source of the bells.
Hunt on for bikers who damaged Krabi cave
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/03/2021
» KRABI: Local authorities are hunting down motocross bikers who trespassed and damaged the historic Toh Luang cave in Ao Luk district on Sunday.
Whale of a problem on city pavements
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/10/2019
» Once in a blue moon, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) surprises me with a campaign that actually shows encouraging results.
Big bikers hit with new rules
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 25/09/2019
» Big bike drivers will be banned from driving between traffic lanes and subjected to more stringent procedures in applying for driver's licences, according to the Transport Ministry.
Thank you, 'Mali San'
News, Postbag, Published on 24/08/2019
» We Thais owe many, many thanks to "Mali-San" or Ms Megumi Morimoto, 46, a freshman at Kasetsart University's Sakolnakorn campus. As shown by the clip on Facebook by Udomsak Nak-chang-in and on television, she's been blocking motorcyclists from illegally riding their bikes on the sidewalk at Rumsalee intersection, thus protecting pedestrians from being run over. She's done this over 100 times. Although local bikers have beaten her up four times, Thai onlookers have rescued her.
Revving up for danger
News, Thodsapol Hongtong & Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 14/07/2019
» The crash involving a big bike that was driven by a 13-year-old boy and injured two people in Chiang Mai last weekend has set alarm bells ringing about the dangers of powerful motorcycles on public roads, particularly of those in the hands of careless riders.
Motorcycles key to solving road deaths
News, Nichamon Thongphat & Pornpimol Tinanoi, Published on 13/02/2019
» In 2015, Thailand’s road traffic death toll was the second highest in the world. Over 24,000 people were killed in road accidents, that's 66 deaths every day. The tragedies plunged over 24,000 families into shock, grief, and anger over why so little has been done to make Thailand’s roads safer.
Bangkok's car-free day is mere lip service
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/09/2018
» On Saturday morning, as city officials and invited guests were lining up to welcome Deputy Governor Sakoltee Phattiyakul who was due to officiate a city function, everything seemed to go as planned.