Motorbike taxi association president Chalerm Changthongmadan Thursday led 20 members to file a complaint with the Metropolitan Police Bureau over gangsters extorting fees from them. Deputy city police chief Pol MajGeneral Wichai Sangprapai has vowed to crack down on the gangsters and punish police officials involved. Read more: The Nation
After more than a decade of involvement in the Thai motocross scene, former rider Phillipe Rahmani has finally realised his dream of introducing the first ever MotorCross World Championship here next year. Rahmani, now overseas developer for Youth Stream Dreams Factory, sanctioned by the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) to organise the MotorCross World Championship, signed […]
BANGKOK, April 18 – Thailand’s death toll from road accidents nationwide during Thailand’s traditional week-long Songkran new year reached 320 with the number of injuries at 3,320 persons, according to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department. During seven days of the Songkran holiday from April 11-17, 320 deaths were reported, rising by 49 persons compared […]
BANGKOK, April 17 – A cumulative toll of 282 dead, 2,876 road accidents and 3,059 injured has been reported for Songkran’s first 6 dangerous days, according to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department. The death toll from road accidents is 23 per cent higher than in 2011, while the ratio of deaths per accident is […]
BANGKOK, April 16 – Thailand’s holiday death toll reached 253 in road accidents throughout the country through the first five days of the Songkran holidays April 11-17, according to the Road Safety Centre of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Cumulative road accidents through Sunday reached 2,581 with 2,751 persons injured. On Sunday alone, […]
BANGKOK, April 15 – Day four of the seven-day Songkran period between April 11-17 saw 66 deaths and 620 injuries in 580 road accidents on April 14, bringing the death toll to 210 with 2,288 injured overall in 2,134 road accidents, according to the Road Safety Centre. Supakorn Wongprat, the centre chair, told a news […]
BANGKOK, April 11 – A crater appeared in center city Bangkok’s busy Pathumwan intersection Wednesday morning, with city authorities initially saying the depression was believed to be caused by soil and sand under the road surface moving into a large drainage pipe. Bangkok Deputy Governor Teerachon Manomaiphibul and drainage, sewerage and public works department officials […]
An Australian member of a well-known Motorbike Club was killed in a bizarre road accident in Jomtien in the early hours of Sunday. Police and Rescue Services were called to the Jomtien Second Road, formally the Tappraya Road, opposite the entrance to Pattaya Park to deal with the motorbike accident. Lying on the pavement next […]
