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Safety first?

Depending on who you ask, Bangkok is an amazing/horrible, peaceful/chaotic, idyllic/nightmarish place to live. Just like every other developing city, we have our share of problems. And just like every other developing city, we try to improve our surroundings and protect people from harm.

However, no matter what your perception is of this City of (Fallen) Angels, there's one thing we can agree on: Bangkok never fails to entertain with some of the ridiculous ways it promotes safety.

Here are some examples of safety measures that probably started out with good intentions, but passed through a malfunctioning cerebral cortex, got caught up with some misfiring synapses, and came out a mess of mushy mistakes.

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  • Discussion 1 : 26 Jan 2013 at 14.081

    This is an excellent recap of urban Bkk but I do wish writers would stop using the term "developing " to describe BKK and Thailand. S.Korea and Singapore were almost
    leveled in WW 2 and "developed", from the ground up, including their governments, over
    35 years ago. Thailand,if anything, is receding and no one around to throw a life preserver !

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