NONG CHOK Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Hi all, what is the latest update on the current road checkpoints situation? Are the main roads/highways being strictly policed? Is it ok to go over a provincial border between 6am and 9pm? I'd like some info as I've run out of medications and I need to cross over a border to go to my usual pharmacy. Where I am right now I've tried many pharmacies but none sell what I require. The last thing I need is the BIB's hitting me with a hefty fine for something so frivolous. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brewsterbudgen Posted August 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 12, 2021 Just register the journey. But there don't seem to be any checkpoints anyway. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 After this latest round of "curfew and checkpoints" best buddy drove from Jomtien to Korat, spent 3 days, then in to BKK and next night to Swampy after midnight (!), without ever seeing any checkpoints, anywhere at any time. They did register travel, but turned out a total waste of time as was never even questioned along the way. 555 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbko Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Get approval before you leave, don't travel during curfew hours and you'll be fine. My wife recently drove from Pattaya to Nakon Ratchasima and back (with approval) and didn't see a single checkpoint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 I did a 1200km round trip two days ago crossed multiple provinces and didnt see ONE checkpioint in use. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxrnz Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 (edited) No check points that I've seen, and I know many who have gone north and south (with their little Kafkaesque travel pass) and nary a sign of a checkpoint. The Pattaya BIB are conspicuous by their absence at the moment. I think they're all in their bunkers playing cards. Edited August 13, 2021 by Gsxrnz spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post herfiehandbag Posted August 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2021 They set one up outside my local police station on Wednesday morning. 5 minutes later it began to rain. Off they scampered... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 The border between Phitchit and Phitsanulok goes directly in front of my house, house in Phitchit, garden in P'lok. I haven't seen any checkpoints yet! LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted August 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2021 (edited) Another massive Prayuth failure. The infamous checkpoints were never set up. He let tens of thousands of super spreaders travel from Bangkok to anywhere they wanted. He even warned the construction workers in advance, that their sites would be shut down. You cannot get less effective at controlling Covid, if you deliberately tried, than this failure known as the leader of the nation. The only leading he is doing, is leading this nation toward a path of economic ruin, devastation, destitution and utter irrelevance. Get out. Get out now. You are despised like never before. Your approval rating is likely down to 1%. Edited August 13, 2021 by spidermike007 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxxper Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Fill the form in, and have a list of the medication you need and the address of the source. Haven’t heard of any serious checkpoints ( And indeed that’s probably why so many cars at the weekend are seen in Pattaya) Hope the trip goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Checkpoints? What checkpoints? Seriously, from all the reports I've read recently, there are none, or only manned during curfew.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlQaholic Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 I recently went into and out of BKK from Prachinburi for my vaccine shot. There were one checkpoint set up by the police on the way in, but it was just one of those unattended show checkpoints with loads of tents and people sitting there basically doing nothing. On the way out of BKK however, I encountered a very active military checkpoint at Phanom Sarakham. They seemed to stop vehicles with certain registration plates, presumably red zone plates, but let all other pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actonion Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Chat to "MEDISAFE" on your Facebook page,, a Bangkok based Pharmacy company who deiver to your door throughout Thailand. medications cheaper then most pharmacies without leaving your home 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudorabies Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Earlier this week my wife and I drove from Hua Hin to Bangkok and back again for her to get her first AZ shot (She quickly and easily registered through my/our cell phone provider but it's for Thai's ONLY). We did not see anything that resembled a checkpoint. Every weekend in HH we still see a large number of vehicles, mostly Mercedes, BMW's and Porsches, with Bangkok plates on the roads. It seems that the talk about checkpoints is just that and nothing more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairynuff Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 1 hour ago, spidermike007 said: You cannot get less effective at controlling Covid, if you deliberately tried, than this failure known as the leader of the nation. The only leading he is doing, is leading this nation toward a path of economic ruin, devastation, destitution and utter irrelevance. You could just as easily be talking about the UK with this comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fairynuff Posted August 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, pseudorabies said: Earlier this week my wife and I drove from Hua Hin to Bangkok and back again for her to get her first AZ shot (She quickly and easily registered through my/our cell phone provider but it's for Thai's ONLY). We did not see anything that resembled a checkpoint. Every weekend in HH we still see a large number of vehicles, mostly Mercedes, BMW's and Porsches, with Bangkok plates on the roads. It seems that the talk about checkpoints is just that and nothing more. There are more people in HH now than there has been for a year. Many people have escaped the tougher restrictions in Bangkok and are now resident. But I also see higher occupancy in the hotels so people are still traveling. I went back to Bangkok for a week, never saw a checkpoint in operation. They’re set up, just not used. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genericnic Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 I'm on my way from Bangkok to khampang pet. Passed 2 check points between Bangkok and Ayutthaya. Was waived through both. David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 28 minutes ago, Fairynuff said: There are more people in HH now than there has been for a year. Many people have escaped the tougher restrictions in Bangkok and are now resident. But I also see higher occupancy in the hotels so people are still traveling. I went back to Bangkok for a week, never saw a checkpoint in operation. They’re set up, just not used. Just another staggering failure of this administration. Let's called it failure #1,550. Only this one led to millions of lost jobs and tens of thousands of Covid cases. Many deaths too. And who is responsible for the spread? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALSinCM Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 There are Covid checkpoints up here in the north but more often than not there are just a handful of RTP sitting at a table watching the traffic drive by. Typical RTP checkpoint. Occasionally they check, most of the time they don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genericnic Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 On 8/13/2021 at 9:45 AM, Genericnic said: I'm on my way from Bangkok to khampang pet. Passed 2 check points between Bangkok and Ayutthaya. Was waived through both. David Just an update to my previous post. I went though 4 check points on the way down from Chiang Mai to Bangkok and another 5 on the return trip. One asked me where I was going - I told him Chiang Mai - before waiving me through. All the others merely waved me through. So much for the interprovincial precautions. ???? David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fondue zoo Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 So travelling from Bangkok to Nakhon Pathom and back again wont be a problem it seems. Trying to convince a non-vaccinated friend to stay put for the moment but nobody cares anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtong Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Jomtien to chaiyaphum and back last week, not a single checkpoint anywhere . To be sure, can use the app to register, but seemingly no one cares. This whole red, dark red, deep dark red, darkest red, etc is just a farce in this way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10012001 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Gold Hat: "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!" quote from treasure of the sierra madre. A classic black and white film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10012001 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 how or what or where do you register for a drive/trip? Website? Online app? Piece of paper with some local office? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbko Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 8/19/2021 at 12:14 PM, gk10012001 said: how or what or where do you register for a drive/trip? Website? Online app? Piece of paper with some local office? https://covid-19.in.th/en 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnao Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 I have had first Pfizer and my Thai lady,shes had one AZ,But because shes registered with her social in BKK she has to go there to get it,second one 31 st August,i dont particularly want to go BKK,but as no buses running,i must drive her there,if i go to Amphur in Pattaya,it could well be full of people not socially distancing,except for necessary shopping we are at home mostly and follow the rules.So the problem is,do i register or not,for this journey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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