A Nightmare in Pattaya

A Nightmare in Pattaya

Have you noticed the new No Parking signs on Central Pattaya Road and South Pattaya Road? Yes, my friends, there is no parking on this roads from 09:00 until 24:00 except across the street from the Thai Farmers Bank on South Pattaya Road where there is only one no parking sign that reads 18:00 until 24:00. I wonder where the parking begins and ends from that one no parking sign ? ? ?

Are you sitting down? This is going to get even more complicated. Have you taken your blood pressure medicine? This is going to make you Mad.

On one side of the street the no parking signs read in Thai that there is no parking on that side of the street on odd days and on the other side of the street there is no parking on even days.

How's your Thai? Can you read Thai? You will be expected to be able to read the no parking signs and know which side is no parking on odd and even days. Notice how the other cars are parked and do what they are doing.

I guess it doesn't matter because everybody is ignoring the no parking signs.
I wonder what the logic or intent was to put no parking on these streets? I wonder where are we to park if we want to go shopping on these roads? Oh, I get it. We are to park on the other side of the street but that means we might have to turn around if we are coming to town from the wrong direction. This is going to be difficult.

However, this traffic problem might get better if there is some no parking on these streets but it needs to be clearer and the police need to enforce the no parking laws.

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