Accessible Parking

One of our network folks wandered at a luxury shopping at Phrom Phong, and encountered with this spectacular scene shown in the image. Without thinking he cried out “PWDs in Thailand are so rich!!” However, I’d like to remind you that public consciousness and wealth is a different thing. No matter how rich or poor, we’re all the same as people. The mall, too, must obey the law regardless of customer’s social status. “Accessible and functional.”

The misuse of the accessible parking has been a prevalent, and long-instilled, problem in our society. This is obviously an act that’s against the law and in total disregard for the need. Knowing the limit of one’s rights as a citizen, thus, is crucial than ever. So today I’d like to share with you some quick take-away facts, compressed from pages of law papers. I took it from the section about the legal requirements, in 2005, it said there are 3 groups of people that can legally park on the accessible parking

Since the past many years, Fashion Island has been one of shopping malls that we’ve engaged in a deliberate consultancy. It keeps improving to match its grand goal: ‘a shopping mall for all’. Recently, we joined the meeting once again and one of the managements threw a commitment word to us, “Good is not enough guys. It must be WOW!” The situation was better now after the peak of the Corona Virus, so yesterday was my first field survey and I was shocked by what I’d seen before my eyes.

The accessible parking is one of the basic rights that is frequently violated by normal people. It also can indicate the quality of life of the PWDs in the particular society. Everyone should be reminded of the social consciousness and responsibility as they reside in the society. A lack of it is the root cause of so many social problems, as we’ve seen.

Bangsaen beach, Thailand: I was waiting patiently for this car’s owner. Not too long, a young girl walk back to get something in the car. I asked nicely, “Hello, is there any disabled people or someone in special need that really have to use this accessible parking?” She replied, “Nope.”

The parking and accessible facilities in Thailand has defined in the law since 14 years ago. In the picture my car (BMW 3539) was parked on the right at Central Bang-na department store and there were many car parking in the accessible parking space and can’t be verified and we were seeing this happening all around in our country. Two years later, I published my first video clip and working on this issue and have been working on up until now. Now, we can be said in Thailand ‘mostly all public places’ have been fixing all their accessible facilities very …

This wasn’t quite a silent move. I got some works to do in Pattaya, so in spare time I managed to visit and investigate the accessible parking and facilities at Makro, South Pattaya branch. A great location with huge space and wonderful ambiance. The accessible parking consists of 3 slots: beautifully and correctly built with constant surveillance by the authorities.

25th of June, I went to participate in a meeting with the management team of Makro (Siam Makro). My role in this context acted like an advisor building understanding, providing information, and suggesting related issues as a whole.   My guideline was to widen the perspective to include all groups of people, not just for PWDs, to provide equality and to all so that everyone is happy.   We wish that they will set a new standard for construction and make proper service management after work. We’re pleased to be part of the team and willing to give more of …

The Century is a compact plaza built primarily as a cinema. There are currently two branches of it. I frequently passed by one of its branches at Victory Monument and observed some of its flaws regarding accessibility

I did make a count down since I made a field survey days ago. By far, I yet received no contact from them. Nevertheless, all Makro branches, 90 stores, must be fully accessible within 3 months of time, and must be constructed perfectly and correctly by law. If you guys get around some of its branches, you can send us an updated image of them. We will make a constant field survey to update the improvement as well. Constructing correctly, according to the law, is just a minimum requirement. If they can make it beyond the minimum standard, the better. …