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Many disabled people living in Soi Paniadchang in Pattaya filed a complaint against an undisclosed condominium for allegedly allowing tenants to park vehicles on the wheelchair lane.

 

Local reporters went to Soi Paniadchang in Pattaya, which housed a large community of disabled people, to check on the controversial wheelchair lane that was seen occupied by a row of motorcycles and cars on social media on Tuesday, September 20th.

 

Soi Paniadchang also housed many workplaces for people with disabilities and the Redemptorist Technological College for Persons with Disabilities. As a result, Pattaya City painted a bright blue wheelchair lane to help people get to these locations. However, tenants from an unnamed condo appear to misuse the lane by parking their vehicles on it, forcing people in wheelchairs onto a dangerous road.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/21/disabled-people-complain-over-vehicles-parking-on-wheelchair-lane-in-pattaya/

 

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Oh cool.

And while they are at it, they could certainly include in their grievance all the motorbikes parked on sidewalks, forcing able bodied people onto dangerous roads....

Thanks in advance...

Edited September 21, 20223 yr by Andre0720
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Remove and destroy the offending vehicles, these ignorant wretches will soon get the message.

 

Inaction, petty fines and other inadequate punishments won't be enough of a deterrent.

Did they actually mark it as a wheelchair lane or just paint it blue?

4 hours ago, Myran said:

Did they actually mark it as a wheelchair lane or just paint it blue?

It's painted with white wheelchair signs.

Saw them painting it and thought this will be used as parking. 

 

Edited September 21, 20223 yr by PoorSucker

13 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

It's painted with white wheelchair signs.

Saw them painting it and thought this will be used as parking. 

 

What an absolute load of dumbasses, then. Zero regard for people with disabilities. Sad to see.

1 hour ago, PoorSucker said:

It's painted with white wheelchair signs.

Saw them painting it and thought this will be used as parking. 

 

So all these mortorcyclists are wheelchair users?

 

 

5 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

So all these mortorcyclists are wheelchair users?

 

 

They will be shortly, the way they ride!

You'd have to be mentally insane as well as disabled to try to use a wheelchair in Pattaya with the pavement on a daily basis due to council and construction incompetence ! I'd force the top brass to get in a wheel chair and go from one side of town to the other, any getting out of the chair - or falling out - resulting in immediate dismissal !

12 hours ago, Andre0720 said:

Oh cool.

And while they are at it, they could certainly include in their grievance all the motorbikes parked on sidewalks, forcing able bodied people onto dangerous roads....

Thanks in advance...

On the rare occasion there is a pavement, it has frequently been commandeered by some food stall and become a seating area for their business...  so pedestrians get forced into traffic.  I noticed this wheelchair lane had been painted as I drive down there often. It functions to allow disabled people  to get to and from the rear of The Father Ray Foundation and go to Big-CX. Sad to see people park on it but TIT! 

I was heading away from BIG-CX and had to dodge a disabled person on the other side who popped out without looking.... they might be in need of some training on road sense. 

vehicles parking on wheelchair lane in Pattaya

 

It ain't just Pattaya either!

Just part of the don’t care attitude. Selfishness, and ignorance. 

1 hour ago, Moti24 said:

They will be shortly, the way they ride!

I didnt know wheelchairs would fit inside a coffin

Push one bike causing the Domino  effect, they'll soon get the message .....or will they 

Edited September 22, 20223 yr by actonion

It's like painting the zebra crossings red, all a waste of time and money.

Here's a chance for Pattaya Plod to shine.  A cop waiting for a motorbike owner to show up - and it's Bonanza Time. I'm not holding my breath.

I don't know how wheelchair users manage in Pattaya. I was walking on the pavement ! up Pattaya Klang the other day and i could barely walk over the holes, loose paving stones, rebars etc.

Not surprised. Look at how shops routinely commandeer public space out front. Bike mechanic shop up by us has had the sidewalk for years, right opposite a school entrance no less. Even if kids could walk it, it is utterly caked in oil. It’ll take decades yet to get this kinda carry-on under control. Lone cops will not take action since they do not know whose feet they’re treading on. 

43 minutes ago, Henryford said:

It's like painting the zebra crossings red, all a waste of time and money.

And paint.... pretty much all rad markings are a waste of paint. Lane markings are completely ignored, I wonder if many know they are even there. 

8 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

So all these mortorcyclists are wheelchair users?

 

 

of course they are.......thats why they park where they should.....

 

    It's not just a wheelchair lane, it's also a lane for walkers, as there are no sidewalks.  Should be big fines for parking there--and also on sidewalks and red striped curbs everywhere--and enforcement with a crew of police tasked with that assignment on a permanent basis.  The fines would easily pay for their salaries.

10 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

It's painted with white wheelchair signs.

Saw them painting it and thought this will be used as parking. 

 

Clamp every bike... 2,000 baht to release it.

A few litres of spilt gasoline and a match will fix the problem

When I first got here I thought red/white/red/white curb paintings acted as bike "spots" to park as they were always filled with bikes parked at them lol

2 hours ago, Henryford said:

It's like painting the zebra crossings red, all a waste of time and money.

It's for hiding the blood splatter. 

17 hours ago, Andre0720 said:

Oh cool.

And while they are at it, they could certainly include in their grievance all the motorbikes parked on sidewalks, forcing able bodied people onto dangerous roads....

Thanks in advance...

Anything else? 

2 hours ago, Henryford said:

I don't know how wheelchair users manage in Pattaya. I was walking on the pavement ! up Pattaya Klang the other day and i could barely walk over the holes, loose paving stones, rebars etc.

When my son was about 1 my I needed to go about 1km down the road. 

My wife had the car. Adamant that I’ll not take our child in any vehicle without a ‘child seat’ I took the push-chair and set off.... 

.... Big mistake, the pavement was hardly navigable, then I had the motorcycles to contend with some of whom were getting angry because I was in their way on the pavement (sidewalk). 

 

It would have been far safer to simply get a taxi... 

 

Thailand is a place which has no respect for the pedestrian whatsoever and a far less understanding of those with mobility needs.

 

Thailand is a developing nation of course, so it can’t have the funds to do a lot of things. 

However, these issues are often attitude rather than ‘finance’ related - the general attitude filters down from the top and that attitude is that people don’t really care about those outside their immediate circle of influence... hence this is the general attitude - out of sight, out of mind. 

 

 

5 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I'd force the top brass to get in a wheel chair and go from one side of town to the other

Or even just crossing the road.

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

allowing tenants to park vehicles on the wheelchair lane.

Typical Thai selfish attitude, similar to parking in disabled bays at supermarkets! In this instance I would personally spray all the offending vehicles with blue paint!

13 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

So all these mortorcyclists are wheelchair users?

 

 

They soon will be.......