['Big Bike' Licence]

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Smaller motorcycles will not be allowed to exceed 80kph, while those with 400cc engines and 35-kilowatt engines and above are limited to 100kph.

School buses must not exceed a speed limit of 80kph.

The speed limit for vehicles travelling in the furthest right lane is no less than 100kph.

 

So small bikes and school buses  wont be allowed to u-turn   as they are limited to 80kph but have to be doing 100 kph to use the u-turn lane   

[Gruesome end to teenage shenanigans in Phitsanulok]

R.I.P     T.I.T !!!

[No alcohol can be bought or sold online from next week]

2 minutes ago, SooKee said:

Is smiling in the street illegal yet?

Doesn't matter no one can see the smile behind the mask anyway

[Big project]

This is the road I came out of onto Sukhumvit   Nissan/ Mitsubishi dealership.

it looked to me as if access to the beach is still open  I could see the sea but didn't go look.

 

 

[Big project]

I went as far as Ambassador..there is a black building that looks like a part of the Ambassador complex

at that point I tuned left out to Sukhumvit.

 

 

Hope they keep this huge tree.

[Big project]

Just back from my "survey"

 

 

behind the hoardings

 

There is a lot of other new stuff around the area.

 

 

 

there's always a dream

[Big project]

 

8 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

Head towards the Pinnacle and you'll see the new towers being built.  Hundreds more units. 

 

Here maybe ? 

 

  https://www.google.com/maps/@12.8525819,100.9010963,3a,42.7y,291.96h,100.12t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1slFclRYZDCkAek3N6oAu2Xg!2e0!5s20200701T000000!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DlFclRYZDCkAek3N6oAu2Xg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D322.9152%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192!9m2!1b1!2i32

 

[Sweden's pandemic experiment ends amid spiking coronavirus cases]

Just a thought but isn't it winter in Sweden now ?  isn't that normally the time when hospitals are stretched to their limits ?

[Big project]

2 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

P.S. have you seen all the new development just north of The Ambassador?

 

Nope can't say I've noticed anything   near the Pinnacle  though if it can't be seen from the Sukhumvit road I wouldn't have seen it.

[Big project]

1 hour ago, kenk24 said:

unless you are right on the beach that has got to be pretty true anywhere... 

 

Do you remember the VT7  debacle ?   there was a very long thread in this forum somewhere about it

in essence they "re-defined" where the shore line  was measured from  so that the condo could be built less than 100 meters from the old shoreline.

 

[Huge postage increase !]

24 minutes ago, Guderian said:

are prices higher in the franchised sub-post offices than they are in the main branches?

 

Yes that's how they make a bit of profit for themselves, the customer gets the "convenience" of not having to go all the way to the main post office.

[Big project]

8 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

There is a huge new project starting next to the Ambassador, ICON SIAM. 

Not that I've really had a good look but I've seen no progress on that site when driving past  since they put up the big white hoardings ...its nearer to the Ocean Marina than Ambassador    nearly opposite the spur road leading to motorway 7

[Pantomime.]

13 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

will there be a pantomime in Pattaya this year?

Yes but you won't see it because "it's behind you" 

[Over 2.4 million farmers to get cash assistance under rice price guarantee scheme from Dec 9]

9 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Schemes R Us.

 

LOS  ....  Land of Schemes. 

[DPM Anutin: No need to enforce lockdown]

1 hour ago, Natai Beach said:

Most of the covid infection deaths have been from farang countries.

Quite a few where elderly in care homes  mistakes where made there for sure.

 I asked the esteemed  Thaivisa POTY 2020 winner   how many elderly Thais

live in care homes but she had no information,my guess is not many ?

Also the countries worst hit may have had mild winters the year before

meaning that there where more elderly/at risk people for the virus to claim.

Thailand is warm and lots of people live a more "outside lifesytle"  doors and windows open all day  lots of intense UV light to kill viruses and  produce vitamin D

There has been suggestions of a DNA difference in those worst effected.

Also  a suggestion that exposure to previous  viruses like SARS  (covid 1) could have provide immunity.

[DPM Anutin: No need to enforce lockdown]

42 minutes ago, joecoolfrog said:

Very true but we both know why mass testing will most certainly not happen , the results might prove to be inconvenient !

I don't think mass testing will help anything anyway as most people don't die from the WuFlu  a lot don't even know they have/had it  as the symptoms where mild ( yes there have been people who died)

of course if someone turns up at hospital with severe symptoms then a test for COVID would be appropriate

testing everyone in the world just doesn't make sense especially with the "false negatives" and "false positives"

due to testing errors...unless you want to collect everyone's DNA..I'm sure there are governments and companies that would love to have all that juicy information...to "keep you safe" of course. !

[Big project]

I couldn't find these signs  maybe the "back hoe"  got there first ??

 

Anyway its definitely the offices for the  road construction project 

"road number 3 ( Sukhumvit)  Pattaya - Sattahip  first phase  kilometre 153+200 to Kilometre 160+500 a length of 7.3 kilometres."

 

 

[DPM Anutin: No need to enforce lockdown]

3 hours ago, Classic Ray said:

I hope someone does a study into exactly why Thailand has apparently suffered so few infections/deaths from COVID-19

I very much hope so too,  incredible when there where millions of Chinese tourists including 7000 directly from Wuhan at the start of the year.

One thing that may have helped a bit was that there where many people wearing face masks at that time due to the extremely bad air pollution.

[DPM Anutin: No need to enforce lockdown]

20 minutes ago, Natai Beach said:

They should be grateful Anutin and Thailand have been world leaders in fighting covid. 

They are world leaders in road deaths and air pollution too

[COVID-19 in Thailand: Situation is under control, don’t believe fake news, says spokesman]

11 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

his formula for doing that?

Its easy...if it comes from a government source  then its "real"  anywhere else it could be fake or maybe not

but anyway they are saying "trust only us we are the only true news source"

[Poll: Khao Kapao tops Thai menus! Most Thais spending less than 300 baht/day on food, washing hands more]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Spending showed that 77% put a 300 baht ceiling on their daily food bill,

Well it just so happens that the minimum wage is around 300 baht per day  so it doesn't surprise me that the large majority are spending less than 300 baht per day  simply because they do not have any more to spend on food  let alone the mortgage,car/bike repayments,electricity,mobile phone,clothing  etc etc.....

[Held in Customs received from USPS tracking]

22 hours ago, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

She had to pay about 800 baht to get them out. That's about a 25% tax.

There is a 30% tax on shoes into Thailand !!!!    

 

 

[Big project]

I believe its going to be the "temporary"  office for the Sukhumvit road widening project  you can see they are laying new drainages/sewage pipes and a new water main  then one more lane  may be both ways.

 

I'll try to remember to get a good ( higher resolution) photo of the sign in the OP above this afternoon  then all should become clear ( cause it will be readable )

 

[vacinnes could give immunity for 3 months]

3 months !   thats going to be an impossible  but lucrative task  jabbing 8 billion people again and again and again. Total madness.

[Mr Diy car care products, are they good ?]

I haven't tried the car care products but lots of other stuff from Mr D.I.Y  are good value and of reasonable to good quality.