Pattaya: Shocked residents as toll booths appear overnight

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Shocked Residents as Toll Booths Appear Overnight

PATTAYA: -- During the night City Hall have introduced a new tollbooth at the start of Beach Road, as you enter from Dolphin Round about.

Thai double pricing standards apply with Thai Nationals entering free with foreigners paying a minimum 30 baht. Pattaya City Hall have assured Inspire eMagazine that all Expats that produce a valid Thai licence will be entitled to the Thai pricing.

There will be no costs for pedestrians, and it is unclear whether motorcyclists using the walkways rather than the road will be tackled. Local expat, Steven Sparkle, was there at 2am to witness it. "There were hundreds of workers that literally turned up and it was all done within a matter of hours.

I can't believe it, no one was told about this. It's awful". pattaya-tolls Discount for Beer Bar Patrons If you buy two or more beers at any of the venues on Pattaya Beach Road do get your card stamped, as you will get a full refund on your toll charge when you get to the end of Beach Road from one of the Tollbooths on exit. Dave Trevors who was one of the first to use the toll at 9am this morning was livid.

"I had a meeting at 10am but had to stop and drink two beers along Beach Road so I could get my toll money back, I am not sure this is a good thing for Pattaya that drivers start drinking so early.

Needless to say I was late for my meeting". It is believed that the money back initiative for drinking a couple of beers, which was introduced as a strategy to help local bar business in Beach Road, may need to be rethought as City Hall has questions over the effect it may have on drink driving.

Will not Impact Tourism Numbers Thailand Tourism Authority (TAT) are confident this will have no impact on tourist visitors to Pattaya and in fact believe the new revenue will ensure an even more pleasant Pattaya Beach Road as monies can be used to beautify the area.

They also plan to build 10 minute parking areas for drivers wanting to take advantage of the two beer offer that will ensure they get their toll money charges back; but it is thought this money could be raised by sponsorship for these parking zones by one of the beer companies.

-- Inspire Pattaya 2014-04-01

[geovalin]

What about the divers arriving directly to the beach?

[sirineou]

I love it

If you drink 2 beers you tell the cops at the toll booth and they give you your 30 bht toll back, and then they arrest you for drunk driving r

[angsta]

Very good.

The Berlin Wall, Pattaya style

[Tokay]

The sad thing is, if this were true, no one would be surprised.

[Kerryd]

I hear the toll booths are staffed by Michael Jackson, Kurt Cobain, Elvis and the Big Bopper, and you can get your visa renewed at the same time !

[Briggsy]

[Bluespunk]

quality

[crocken]

I would not think this strange in Thailand.....been here too long I think this is normal !

[tezzainoz]

you missed telling about the new shark nets now used along Pattaya Beach to catch farlang who are now trying to swim around the toll booths

Jet sky owners are doing a roaring trade picking up the tired swimmers

[animatic]

When does the toll booth go up on Walking Street?

5 baht per body, 10 baht for katoeys for having doubled up.

And don't forget the mandatory tramp stamps for under-dressed walking!

[Benmart]

Fantasy sometimes evolves into reality, not only in Thailand, but the rest of the world as well.

[hawker9000]

[HasipHasip5]

So the guy in the story spent a couple of hundred baht in beers to get 30 baht back from tolls....good thinking!!!

[Pattaya Pat]

At least make it slightly believeable!

[WoopyDoo]

April fool report totally transparent.

What gave it away, was that in Thailand, this would not be an unusual line of thinking from City Hall.

[Brasilouro]

What date is it today ??

[wanderluster]

great give city hall more ideas..... it is possible for them to make your dreams come true

[kotsak]

April fool report totally transparent.

What gave it away, was that in Thailand, this would not be an unusual line of thinking from City Hall.

Actually the fact that they've appeared overnight gave it away..

Plus that my previous post saying it was a April's fool joke is gone.. :> I guess I posted it too early.. lol!

Edited April 1, 2014 by kotsak

[rodknock]

WHAT HAPPENS ON HOLIDAYS AND ELECTION DAYS WHEN THERE IS NO LIQUOR SALES??????

[champers]

April fool report totally transparent.

What gave it away, was that in Thailand, this would not be an unusual line of thinking from City Hall.

Spoilsport

[thailandsam]

Very good joke for April fools day, wish it was true.

[Loles]

1st of April ???

[Tingtau]

Never mind the toll booths on Beach Road in Pattaya, what's with the new toll booth at the entrance to Nai Harn Beach? Just as you pass Wat Nai Harn, they've set up a toll booth with a gate bar that can only be raised by putting in 2- 10baht coins. UNLESS you say "เดือนเมษายนของคนโง่"

[CWN]

Probably not the best April joke I have read ;-)

[DLP]

APRIL FOOL The thing that gave it away was saying the job was done in a couple of hours

[BeforeTigers]

This doesn't sound far-fetched at all.

Would have been interesting to see the responses if nobody had poointed it out

Edited April 1, 2014 by BeforeTigers

[DLP]

This doesn't sound far-fetched at all.

Would have been interesting to see the responses if nobody had poointed it out

Sorry

[khunPer]

Seems like the way to go-go...

[Water Buffalo]

This is priceless.