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The 1st Division King’s Guard has put military personnel and vehicles on standby after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha asked the armed forces to prepare trucks to transport goods if truck operators decide to strike on December 1.

Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana voiced his concern to the Land Transportation Association of Thailand on Wednesday after it warned that trucks would block roads if the government did not give in to their demand to cap the diesel price at THB30 per litre.

Truck operators nationwide are prepared to parade around Bangkok on November 16 after the government rejected their demand to reduce the diesel price from THB30 to THB25 per litre for a year amid impacts from Covid-19.

Stuck in a dangerous jam

Trucks will halt 10 per cent of their operations in protest against the high price of diesel at THB30 per litre, the Land Transport Association of Thailand announced.

More than 200 truck operators and drivers in Chonburi, Sisaket, Amnat Charoen and Ubon Ratchathani have gathered at the main road at 10 am on Tuesday.

Tuesday was a very unlucky day for a driver when some packages slipped off his trailer and policemen rushed to help him only to find the boxes were filled with amphetamine pills.

Nikola Corp. offered the public a look at the production line the company is counting on to start delivering trucks to customers in the wake of its founder being charged with securities fraud.

A TikTok user captured a truck gradually sliding into a canal in Pathum Thani’s Khlong Luang district.

A 10-wheeler swerving into the opposite lane slammed into a pick-up truck speeding from the other side in Samut Prakan’s Bang Pu area on Sunday evening.

The Commerce Ministry is planning to promote the food-truck business, especially since it has grown amid the Covid-19 crisis and was close to Bt3 billion in value last year.

Even the pandemic didn't stop automakers from unveiling cars in 2020. From the achingly beautiful Ferrari Roma to the electric Polestar 2, and from the Mercedes-Maybach GLS to three track-worthy wagons, the new products provided some optimism about the future of driving while many other diversions (concerts, shopping, travel) stalled.