District Chief Calls For Banning Coaches In Central Pattaya

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District Chief Calls For Banning Coaches In Central Pattaya

Story by Albert Jack

PATTAYA: Banglamung’s district chief has spoken again about banning large coaches from Central Pattaya, insisting they park instead outside the town and tourists then use the more convenient baht buses to deliver them to the beach or city.

Chakorn Kanjawattana said at town meeting that, in his opinion, large tour buses are the main cause of Pattaya’s traffic problems. ‘They park where they want,’ he said, ‘often double-parking and getting stuck on the small sois, where they should not be going in the first place.’

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-- Pattaya One 2016-07-16

[BigBadGeordie]

How about traffic regulation enforcement under existing regulations?

Sorry, being silly, forgot where they are talking about for a moment.

[Mickmouse1]

How many baht buses he has???????

[KhunBENQ]

A parallel thread running since yesterday based on Pattaya Mail.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/931979-district-chief-ban-tour-buses-from-pattaya/

[Benmart]

Traffic rules and laws are ignored. Lax and spotty enforcement invites contempt of these rules and laws. Ignorance and corruption go hand-in-hand to feed the roadway chaos. The tourist industry in Pattaya will slowly choke itself by its sheer numbers, which are overwhelming an antiquated and neglected infrastructure.

[Classic Ray]

Like in other countries, there is no need to ban them from entering the city or dropping off/picking up passengers, just a need to provide a coach park for them outside the city and stop them parking inside the city. But of course the last part is the hardest unless you have an active, incorruptible police force.

[squatncrunch]

I am afraid where these coaches will go if ousted from Cent. Pattaya. I fear even more parked along Jomtien 2nd rd. extension making it even more dangerous.

[johnnort]

The Baht buses are the cause of traffic build up, not necessarily the coaches. How many times have you been in a line of hardly moving traffic to find the road clear as far as one can see ----- in front of a lone baht bus crawling at walking speed?

[sharecropper]

The Baht buses are the cause of traffic build up, not necessarily the coaches. How many times have you been in a line of hardly moving traffic to find the road clear as far as one can see ----- in front of a lone baht bus crawling at walking speed?

Not as often as I've found myself behind ten almost empty coaches spewing fumes out of their filthy exhausts as they jump red lights and clog up small sois, or, worse, crawl along empty looking for a place to park for the night and then keep their engines running all night to keep the driver cool.

Ban them from the city centre. And start taxing them more too. Let's see some local dollars from these zero dollar tour nightmares.

[MyFriend You]

Like in other countries, there is no need to ban them from entering the city or dropping off/picking up passengers, just a need to provide a coach park for them outside the city and stop them parking inside the city. But of course the last part is the hardest unless you have an active, incorruptible police force.

They had this same problem in Pham Ngu Lau in Saigon for years, City planners got fed up with the large busses picking up tourists so they did jus as you suggest - made a parking area for large busses and had the hotels/tourists agencies pack the travellars to the busses - we can now cross the street without fear of a humongus bus running us over.

Thailand can learn a lot from Vietnam in that respect, but I drove in Thailand for four years without a single accident - I'd rather drive in LOS any day than Vietnam - its absolutely crazy here with all the Motorbikes going every whichaway.

Edited July 17, 2016 by TunnelRat69

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Topic running here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/931979-district-chief-ban-tour-buses-from-pattaya/