CHON BURI: A Canadian tourist, 51, was killed when a big bike doing wheelies crashed into his motorcycle in Pattaya early Friday. The 25-year-old big bike rider was badly hurt. The fatal crash occurred in front of Foodland supermarket on Pattaya Klang Road in tambon Nong Prue of Bang Lamung district, said police who were […]
Big bike drivers will be banned from driving between traffic lanes and subjected to more stringent procedures in applying for driver’s licences, according to the Transport Ministry. The new regulations are part of a package of measures decided on at the ministry’s meeting on road safety rules that should be enforced for motorcycle drivers, said […]
BANGKOK, July 30 (TNA) – The Land Transport Department plans to issue a new ministerial regulation for the safety of big bike riders within six months following recent fatal accidents, involving of powerful motorcycles on public roads. Director-General Peerapol Thavornsupcharoen said that the new regulation will require big bike dealers to organize trainings for their […]
A music industry executive has been dismembered when his big bike hit the railing of a flyover in Bangkok. Police and rescue workers were alerted to the incident on the flyover above the Khlong Ton intersection early on Saturday. They found the headless body of a man and a yellow-and-black BMW S1000 that appeared to […]
BANGKOK, July 27 (TNA) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will from August 1 double fines from 1,000 to 2,000 baht on motorcyclists riding on footpaths, starting from August 1. Informants, who reported the wrongdoing to BMA officials will receive half of the total fines or 1,000 baht after the cases end. Full story: tna.mcot.net […]
SI SA KET: Two men were killed when a big bike collided with a motorcycle with a push cart tricycle in Muang district on Friday morning. The fatal crash happened at kilometre makers 10 and 11 on Si Sa Ket-Kantharalak Road in tambon Phon Khor at 8.45am, said Pol Lt Sirinthra Buntham, deputy investigation chief […]
PHUKET: Police may yet charge a Thai man for his part in a fatal head-on collision on Monday night (June 10) that killed a 58-year-old German man. The accident occurred in front of the Suwanpupa hotel, next to the PTT petrol station, on Phra Baramee Rd on the east side of Patong Hill. Full story: […]
PHUKET: A Chinese tourist has died and another is in critical condition after their motorbike crashed into a light pole in Rawai last night (May 30). Police were notified of the accident at 9:15pm and arrived at the scene on Wiset Rd to find two Chinese men lying on the road unconscious surrounded by blood. […]
