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Location & geology would be helpful info.

Much prefer western tourists to the hordes from Bangkok that turn up for New Year & all the 3 day weekends ????

39 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Following on from @SomchaiDIY's informative earlier post with the accident location, if you use Google Earth Street View and travel in the westerly direction the Yaris was taking, there's two lanes (in both directions), a 60 kmh speed limit sign, followed by a yellow school zone sign and then a 50 kmh limit sign, also painted on the road surface. There's no signage prohibiting left or right turns. The white dashes on the west-bound lane indicates that this is the side with the school and  hence a solid white line is between both lanes.

 

According to this version of the Thailand Highway Code YELLOW LINES: mark the center of a two-way road used for two-way traffic. You may pass on a two-way road if the yellow center line is broken. When a solid and a broken yellow line are together, you must not pass if you are driving next to the solid line. Two solid yellow lines mean no passing. Never drive to the left of these lines.

 

https://thaidrivinglicense.wordpress.com/traffic-sign/

 

It's ambiguous in that they seem to be for preventing cars passing or overtaking other cars but doesn't use the word cross or crossing as in, "Two solid yellow lines mean no crossing. Never cross to the left of these lines."

 

An earlier post suggested the pickup may have been partially to blame but looking at the picture below, taken from Google Earth Street View, the pickup would have been coming over a slight crest (heading east towards the street camera view). Also note in the picture that a car has just emerged from the right-side road (where the Yaris was turning into) and has crossed the solid yellow hatched zones do do this.

 

 

In my experience in Isaan, these solid yellow lines are crossed every day, not overtaken on but by vehicles entering and exiting from side streets. They are not prohibited from doing so.

We had similar on road 1317 east of Chiang Mai.  Too many accidents, so now a concrete barrier has been erected to separate carriageways.  That central reservation is not wide enough to wait on to turn right, without risk of being hit from behind, or by on coming traffic.

Are rice farmers pumping groundwater 24/7 to flood their fields?

4 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

which was reported on November 20th by members of the paramotor club in Chiang Mai

Where can I report the noise pollution created by these flying lawnmowers?

Couldn't watch True4U last night on my computer.

47 minutes ago, Paul Catton said:

This behavioral problem is not relegated to Thailand, solely, has happened worldwide.

Yep.  Family back in UK complaining that bonfire night now means several nights of random loud fireworks all through the night.  Too many a$$holes in the world. 

On 10/26/2022 at 6:02 PM, NotEinstein said:

Extended my family visa today. A busy office, but very efficient - handed in paperwork and paid at the front desk. I had an appointment booked, so just had to wait (we got there early). 40 minutes later called to sign some papers, had photo taken, they had done a 90 report for me, and they handed over my passport. All done in one interaction, so we left 20 minutes before our appointment time. There was no walk-in queue after 13:30 from what I could see.

With an appointment, do you still have to get your papers checked outside, under the tent, before joining the queue inside?

8 hours ago, huangnon said:

True. Wonder if Somchai will start fitting ejector seats into his Fortuner?

He'll probably fit it to the driver seat ????

I thought a "gun amnesty" was to give people time to surrender illegal guns, not to register them.  The proposed amnesty is crazy!

CNN should broadcast a travel review of Thailand, warning prospective visitors of all the scams & environmental pollution ????

Schools still requiring ATK tests for kids every week & masks.  Time for this to end!

I always buy in bulk at Makro.  Save money & then when I sell the cans at the recycling shop it's a win win situation, almost paying me to drink ????

19 hours ago, Slip said:

Call the immigration office and ask them to advise.

Bad advice!

Wear a mask when you go to immigration.

I wonder if they had insurance.

On 9/30/2022 at 12:55 PM, scubascuba3 said:

It's a post covid working from home problem, probably sort itself out in a couple years

Yes.  last year I got mine 3 weeks after submitting in Chiang Mai.

8 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

Yes, I'm wondering what the traffic is like into BKK right now...may leave it until next week for it to dry out a little.

Floods might get worse.  A lot of water heading south from up north ????

Just now, KhunBENQ said:

And a power generator?

The PA system is for everday life, not just during emergencies.

1 minute ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Try living somewhere else. 

 

I live in a gated housing estate, nice and quiet. 

 

Where did I say I lived in a village?