Originally Posted by
behuman
And everybody should wear a helmet riding a motorbike and all cars should stop at pedestrin crossings, etc....
It is the charme of Thailand that "everything goes". In the case of the masks it is rather that Asians appear to be more careful about health issues than we Caucasians. Not necessarily a bad thing.
Anybody can quote this "mask law" ?
You are of course right - but contrary to the fines for not wearing a helmet being the usual couple of hundred baht trafic offence, the (advertised) fines for not complying with the mask mandate is 10 or 20k if I remember correctly..
Cannot remember which part of the CCSA's imposed legislation the mask mandate is part of, to be honest. There was talk about lifting it in June along with the rest or stuff though.
Originally Posted by
BinSabai
in the tourist areas, the mandate has been less and less enforced...obviously the BiB are ordered to tolerate this...
I walked through typical tourist areas in Bangkok like lower Sukhumvit, Silom Soi 4, Patpong, Soi Cowboy and people wearing masks were in the minority (also locals did not wear), but if you just step one block outside, for example Silom around Saladaeng or around Asoke, 95% were wearing masks
I took a walk down Patpong, Silom and Sathorn the other day (and drive around Silom, Sala Daeng, Sathorn, Rama IV, Witthayu almost daily) and I would say 98-99% wear masks still, with the exception of a few foreigners.