Many tourists coming to Thailand for the first time are not aware of exactly how much traffic there is in Thailand.
After you have lived here for a while, you learn quickly to forgo events simply due to the fact that the traffic to get there and return is simply just not worth it.
Not only traffic, but the serious lack of parking when you get there.
Pattaya has many large events each year and with each one, the traffic is maddening.
I cannot think of attending any event and having to put up with this kind of traffic and the impossibility of finding a parking place.
It is just not worth the stress!