Popular Post webfact Posted November 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2021 Picture: Daily News Daily News went to investigate after a TikTok post showed a ramp intended for use by the handicapped leading to a special toilet that looked rather difficult to climb. The media said it would be tiring.... They discovered that it was at a gas station on Route 36 near the Pong sub-district intersection leading into Pattaya. Picture: Daily News Staff assured the media that it was built out of concern for the handicapped and the aged to stop them falling. Meanwhile TikTokkers had a field day commenting on what to many seemed more of an obstacle course than a convenience leading to the conveniences. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2021-11-03 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoliLoso Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 They should provide free motorised wheelchairs for the handicapped users. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post clokwise Posted November 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2021 I appreciate that they have concerns for handicapped people, however, wouldn't it have been simpler and cheaper to just build a new toilet on the ground floor? 20 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post itsari Posted November 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2021 41 minutes ago, clokwise said: I appreciate that they have concerns for handicapped people, however, wouldn't it have been simpler and cheaper to just build a new toilet on the ground floor? First thoughts are your way , but maybe the drainage would become a problem if the toilet was located at ground level . However the cost involved with the ramp would outweigh the cost of a sewer pump to enable a WC at ground level if indeed there was a problem with drainage . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Lots of expensive cement. Probably collapse after a year or two. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86Tiger Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 There has been an invention called a "lift." There is even a specialty "lift" developed exactly for occasions such as this open and capable of holding one wheel chair occupant. i would offer it most likely more economical and certainly not as monumental effort required to install as the current "ramp." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottfrid Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Did anyone consider to compare the price for an electric lift with all the costs payed for making this joke? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post worgeordie Posted November 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2021 (edited) It would be "too late" ,if you were handicapped and in a hurry to get to the toilet..... regards worgeordie Edited November 3, 2021 by worgeordie 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bobandyson Posted November 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2021 Looks like a skateboarder's dream slalom challenge. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Take a look at the ramp to enter immigration in Jomtien.... so steep it would take a few guys to pull a wheelchair up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 If you were caught a bit short I think floor two could get a tad messy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Triangle Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Adult diapers anyone ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 2 hours ago, jacko45k said: Take a look at the ramp to enter immigration in Jomtien.... so steep it would take a few guys to pull a wheelchair up. And Hua Hin....... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidneyw Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Bad enough not being handicapped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Obviously no consultation with any disabilities advocates . Even the term handicapped being used remains a worry. Is there a difference between handicapped and disabled? The terms handicap and disability are often used interchangeably; however, they have distinctly different meanings, particularly when used by the medical community. Disability describes the mental or physical limitation a person has, and handicap refers to the disadvantage they experiences because of it. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxrnz Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 But where is the piece of cheese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Tracy Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Just tell disabled people, no wheelchair access. They will use the next rest stop. They are used to being messed around, but this must take the biscuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almer Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 4 hours ago, clokwise said: I appreciate that they have concerns for handicapped people, however, wouldn't it have been simpler and cheaper to just build a new toilet on the ground floor? Any more suggestions like that will see you head of special projects 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 5 hours ago, LoliLoso said: They should provide free motorised wheelchairs for the handicapped users. They would soon breakdown due to lack of maintenance.???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will B Good Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 If only they had had one of these at COP26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.B Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 The owners should be made to pay for a full-time wheelchair pusher. ???? What may not be apparent to non-wheelchair users is the long ramps are also dangerous for coming down. If one lost control of the wheel chair coming down you could end up in a mess at the bottom of the ramp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 7 hours ago, webfact said: the Pong sub-district Appropriate place for a toilet????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffersLos Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 7 hours ago, LoliLoso said: They should provide free motorised wheelchairs for the handicapped users. Funnily enough the budget actually covered that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaiyaTH Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 The amount of concrete for the ramp alone could have build 4 toilets on the ground floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisKC Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Chris.B said: The owners should be made to pay for a full-time wheelchair pusher. ???? What may not be apparent to non-wheelchair users is the long ramps are also dangerous for coming down. If one lost control of the wheel chair coming down you could end up in a mess at the bottom of the ramp. Correct, going downhill, as a runner or a biker or a wheelchair user can be risky. I have done all three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Chris.B said: The owners should be made to pay for a full-time wheelchair pusher. ???? What may not be apparent to non-wheelchair users is the long ramps are also dangerous for coming down. If one lost control of the wheel chair coming down you could end up in a mess at the bottom of the ramp. I spent a few months in a wheelchair after breaking a leg back in Udon Thani, so I know from experience that I would not be tempted to take that one on. Up or down, especially down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Benmart said: They would soon breakdown due to lack of maintenance.???? Same with a lift, would be out of service for weeks at a time. Just like motorized stairs in Malaysia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mancub Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Chris.B said: The owners should be made to pay for a full-time wheelchair pusher. ???? What may not be apparent to non-wheelchair users is the long ramps are also dangerous for coming down. If one lost control of the wheel chair coming down you could end up in a mess at the bottom of the ramp. Especially if having a "coming together" at the hairpin with an upwardly mobile user! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 The only person i have seen in a wheelchair in Pattaya was a farang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Destiny1990 said: The only person i have seen in a wheelchair in Pattaya was a farang. Might that be because many disabled locals cannot afford a chair, or are kept at home due to stigma attached to disabilities? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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