I recall a colleague bringing a Korean friend to the 'village' on our Friday off to enjoy our pool facilities, and it was very apparent he was not confident in water.. my colleague said all Koreans were poor swimmers.
I hate to break it to you, but as a pedestrian, you have little standing in the plans of Pattaya, pardon the pun. They are more likely to open up more parking to facilitate vehicles, than close roads to traffic..... think of Beach Rd.
And the motorcyclists to get on the wrong highway....... Hwy 36 is particularly dangerous as it gets a lot of HGV traffic and fst Bankok drivers, and has many dangerous U-Turns. Came back from the Transport Office on my motorcycle that way and felt it dodgy.
Heaven knows, got stuck in it yesterday.... no longer a days holiday, low season etc etc, yet still all choked up at hellfire junction and back from there. One way on Diana seemed not to be helping. Does get busy at lunch times and delivery trucks parking up are some reasons.
Do you actually believe in your wildest moment that is the only use I get out of it? I live well out of town and my Mrs likes odd trips back to the village... a truck or SUV almost obligatory for there. I have my moments where I long to live central though ....
The video clip above in the lift was especially scary..... the fact it could pretty much explode in there with the guy, or it could have happened in say the apartment while he was sleeping and it charged, well that could set fire to the whole building.
Well I got some backlash recently when I suggested EVs were prone to fires that cannot be put out.... but there surely would be some cheap type of batteries with less stringent manufacturing being used somewhere.
Rumour has it nearly all are illegally rented, as the drivers do not have motorcycle licenses. But the reality is crushing them would impact the Thai business owners who rent them out, and usually police avoid that.