Bangkok: Mass arrest of road racers in Thon Buri

HUNDREDS of illegal road racers, including more than 100 minors, were arrested in a major operation in Bangkok early yesterday. Of 431 suspects arrested, 251 were road-racers, while 180 were classed as |”supportive” passengers. The passengers were fined Bt500 each for inappropriate behaviour and causing a public nuisance, before being released. Read more: The Nation […]

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The Pilgreens will connect Bangkok to Toulouse with an electric Tuk Tuk

Karen Koulakian and Ludwig Merz, double degree students at the College of Management of Mahidol University (Double degree with IAE Toulouse, France), have decided to take up an insane yet audacious and thoughtful challenge: driving back to France with an electric Tuk Tuk! Rémy Fernandes-Dandré, their friend currently working in Paris, will join this unique […]

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Bangkok bus driver arrested over yaba

A Bangkok suburban bus driver has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs after his vehicle with passengers on board broke down in Thon Buri. Traffic police from Bukkhalo station on Thursday were sent to clear the traffic congestion caused by the broken down air-conditioned bus at the foot of Krungthep Bridge. Read […]

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Commuter-rejecting taxis rampant on 4 Bangkok streets

A mobile phone application from the Department of Land Transport has revealed that Bangkok’s Sukhumvit, Silom, Sathon and Phaya Thai are the streets where taxi drivers routinely reject commuters in need. Chirute Visalachitra, deputy director-general of the department, said on Monday that taxi passengers who used its DLT Check-in application reported that rejection problems happened […]

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