Artikel tagged “bikes”

  • 88 arrested and being sent to ‘attitude adjustment’ on March 11

    88 arrested and being sent to ‘attitude adjustment’ on March 11

    88 motorcyclists have been arrested along with 92 bikes, illegally modified, seized. The arrests relate to road racing in the, now, weekly Bangkok roadside crackdowns.

  • Halving Thailand’s road toll by 2020 – The impossible dream

    Halving Thailand’s road toll by 2020 – The impossible dream

    “The WHO report points out that progress has been made in certain areas, such as legislation. But it has not been fast enough to meet the UN goal of halving road traffic deaths between 2016 and 2020.” Thailand draws world attention for its amazing scenery, vibrant foodie scene, raunchy nightlife and local festivals. It also draws attention for all the wrong reasons – mostly its infamous death toll on the roads

  • Pathum Thani street racers arrested for modifying bikes

    Pathum Thani street racers arrested for modifying bikes

    PHOTO: Facebook/Surachet Hakpal Police have arrested 155 motorcyclists for illegally modifying their bikes for road racing in a joint forces operation in Pathum Thani, just north of Bangkok, last night (Thursday). Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal, deputy tourist police chief, held one of his early morning media-fests at 1am this morning at the Klong Lung district office. He reported that 161 illegally modified motorcycles had been seized

  • Chiang Rai: Rescue operation looking for 11 footballers and a coach trapped in a flooded cave

    11 teenage footballers, along with their coach, have been stuck in a flooded Chiang Rai cave since last night (Saturday). Rescuers have been trying to get to the team who are trapped in a flooded cave in the region’s Mae Sai district. The cave is located in the Tham Luang-Khunnam Nang Non national park. The footballers are all from the Tambon Pong Pha and aged between 13-15

  • Hundreds of share-bikes taken home by renters

    Hundreds of share-bikes taken home by renters

    Despite excellent feedback on the share-bike initiative and more than a thousand users per day, the share-bike project is suffering from renters who think that the bikes are “giveaways from the government”. Many users have taken the bike back home and using it as a personal belonging