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THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Tuesday 11 February 2025
Pattaya's Pedestrian Perils: Crumbling Walkways and Traffic Chaos Picture courtesy: Siam Rath ANALYSIS Amid the glittering nightlife and bustling beach crowds, Pattaya presents a troubling reality for pedestrians. The city is marked by hazardous crossings, deteriorating footpaths, and a glaring lack of traffic enforcement, making it a perilous adventure for those on foot. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1351424-pattayas-pedestrian-perils-crumbling-walkways-and-traffic-chaos/ -
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Pattaya's Pedestrian Perils: Crumbling Walkways and Traffic Chaos
Picture courtesy: Siam Rath ANALYSIS Amid the glittering nightlife and bustling beach crowds, Pattaya presents a troubling reality for pedestrians. The city is marked by hazardous crossings, deteriorating footpaths, and a glaring lack of traffic enforcement, making it a perilous adventure for those on foot. Pattaya, while famed for its lively atmosphere, is anything but a pedestrian paradise. The roads, more tailored for the convenience of vehicles, present a significant hazard to walkers. Even controlled crossings with traffic lights fail to guarantee safety, as a surprising number of motorbikes and cars disregards the green pedestrian signal. This forces walkers to navigate cautiously, watching for reckless drivers who flout the law with astonishing regularity. The situation worsens as one gets off the roads and onto the sidewalks. Footpaths in Pattaya are frequently in disrepair—punctuated with uneven surfaces and gaping holes. Compounding the issue are the persistent obstructions caused by parked motorbikes and bustling street vendors, which regularly spill over onto the footpaths. Such obstacles can force pedestrians onto the roads themselves, raising risks in already traffic-heavy zones. Cultural gaps contribute to the danger as well. Many foreign visitors, accustomed to strict pedestrian rights-of-way in their own countries, step into Pattaya traffic expecting vehicles to stop. However, in Pattaya, pedestrian priority is rarely acknowledged at crossing points, leading to potentially dangerous misunderstandings. A straightforward, potential remedy could be the installation of pedestrian footbridges, similar to those that line Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. Despite these structures proving effective elsewhere, Pattaya surprisingly lags behind in implementing such pedestrian safety measures. Picture courtesy: Siam Rath It raises eyebrows as to why city planning has overlooked such a crucial aspect. The local government is tasked with taking this pedestrian plight seriously. Adding to the woes is the decision to reduce police presence at critical intersections. This absence of enforcement emboldens reckless conduct among drivers, placing locals and tourists alike at heightened risk. As a city that aspires to be a premier tourist destination, Pattaya must prioritise pedestrian infrastructure improvement and establish stringent enforcement of traffic laws. Addressing this issue demands not only a structural overhaul of pedestrian pathways but also a cultural shift in recognising pedestrian rights. Effective changes are imperative if Pattaya is to cater safely and comfortably to its visitors. For now, however, the streets tell a story of caution and survival, rather than leisure and ease, writes Pattaya Mail. -- 2025-02-11 -
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Donald Trump Mocks Taylor Swift After Super Bowl Exit Amid Chiefs’ Crushing Loss
Trump is such a petty creep, he could not let this go. There are unspoken rules to this stuff - the Queensberry rules of basic decency - and he breaks them all. He punches downwards - which a gentleman should, would, could never do - and every blow he aims is below the belt. So the fact that a significant minority - perhaps a third - of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:* Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.* You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of BS. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. -
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Thai Girl Thanks Swiss Saviour a Year After Life-Changing Rescue
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My Thai Tax Office Tax Filing Experience...
What date did this tax stuff come into effect. I might be due.
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