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Picture: Thai Rath The policeman responsible for the new law about driving licences that will start in Thailand on September 20th has given details about three ways drivers can show their licenses when requested by an officer. One of them is NOT a simple picture of a licence on the driver’s phone. …
Effective 20th August, traffic police have no authority to confiscate the driving license of the driver of an automobile or motorcycle when being stopped for a traffic violation under the new Land Traffic Act B.E. 2562. Traffic police still have the authority to issue penalty tickets on the spot to a motorist or a…
Picture: Manager Online Thailand’s ban on smoking at home comes into law today. People can be prosecuted for domestic abuse by lighting up. Women and children are said to be the recipients of most second hand smoke and from today onward can be considered victims in Thailand. There is a hotline number…
Damage from drought has reached an estimated Bt3 billion in the Northeast, according to report of the Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), while more than 800,000 rai (128,000 hectares) of farmland countrywide are thoroughly uncultivable and 10 million rai of crops will be dead standing. Tassanee Muangkaew, the OAE assistant secretary-general revealed that…
Daily News reported that 57 people died at the scene of road accidents on Tuesday bringing the total for the year to 9,160. They caution that this is only those who perish at the scene of accidents. In reality the total death toll is considerably higher. DPM Prawit Wongsuwan and a top policeman…
Picture: Daily News The top policeman responsible for introducing the new driving licence points system has said that the new measures will be up and running in December. Tweaks are taking place and the public will be informed about the system in a PR campaign from next month, said Maj-Gen Ekkarak Limsangkat. The…
Several areas in upper Thailand are still experiencing heavy rain. Water levels of major dams in the northeastern provinces of Nong Khai and Bueng Kan have increased due to continuous rain over the past week, bringing some relief to the agricultural sector. Four medium-sized dams in Nong Khai province, including Huai Bang Puan,…
Thailand is gearing up for the PTT Thailand Grand Prix 2019 Moto GP to be held from October 4-6 at the Chang International Circuit in Buri Ram. Sports Authority of Thailand governor Kongsak Yodmanee chaired a meeting on Monday at which everyone involved in the preparations compared notes on the event, which is expected…
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan (fifth from left) and key government officials in opening ceremony Thailand is aiming to reduce the rate of road accidents by half by next year and meet the goal set by an international benchmark, participants of a national road safety convention held on Wednesday at Bangkok International Trade &…
Photo credit: Tanit Bussabong Thailand was in stitches after pictures of a boy wearing a pot with handles instead of a helmet were shared widely across social media. The boy was one of three on a bike as police in Nakorn Nayok pulled them over. Officer Tanit Bussabong explained that at first the…