Strict speed limits in national parks to prevent wild animals from road accidents

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Strict speed limits in national parks to prevent wild animals from road accidents

 

 

Motorists have been warned to keep their speed within 60 kph while driving through five national parks to prevent wild animals in the parks being accidentally killed or injured.

 

Mr Tunya Neththammakul, director-general of the National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation Department, said over the weekend that he had instructed officials of the five national parks to warn motorists of speed control while driving in or through the parks and to set up checkpoints to ensure speed limits for the sake of the safety of wild animals, especially during the Christmas and New Year holidays.

 

Recently, one extremely rare leopard cat was crushed to death by an unidentified car in Khao Yai national park.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/strict-speed-limits-national-parks-prevent-wild-animals-road-accidents/

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-12-24

[overherebc]

Speed bumps every 200 metres.

[Briggsy]

There will be no enforcement. What there will be (in Khao Yai) is a checkpoint at the T-junction where you are told "Salow, salow" despite the fact that you have driven the 20 plus km from the Prachinburi entrance at 50 km/h having been overtaken by numerous nutters driving at 120 km/h.

 

No enforcement = no effective speed limit.

[mok199]

like...

[gunderhill]

1 minute ago, Briggsy said:

There will be no enforcement. What there will be (in Khao Yai) is a checkpoint at the T-junction where you are told "Salow, salow" despite the fact that you have driven the 20 plus km from the Prachinburi entrance at 50 km/h having been overtaken by numerous nutters driving at 120 km/h.

 

No enforcement = no effective speed limit.

Meanwhile in other news, Police chief goes wild   endangered  species  hunting in Prachuap Khirikhan.

They should get a mew  tourism motto  "Thailand ..why bother"

[worgeordie]

The road should never have been built in the first place

while on all other roads its mayhem as usual.

regards worgeordie

[InMyShadow]

Now we know why big bikes were banned recently.

[Misterwhisper]

An unfortunate animal will be just as dead when it is being run over or crashed into at 60 kph instead of 100 or 120 kph, I fear. Useless rule for people who don't care for rules.

[overherebc]

13 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

An unfortunate animal will be just as dead when it is being run over or crashed into at 60 kph instead of 100 or 120 kph, I fear. Useless rule for people who don't care for rules.

Force it on them. Speed bumps, full width so the bikes have to slow instead of going to the edge of them.

[jaiyen]

I read  "Wild animals "  as  Thai tourists.  That makes more sense !

[Geoffggi]

Just a thought, but why not try enforcing Strict Speed Limits on the ordinary roads to safeguard pedestrians and other road users???

[CGW]

18 hours ago, worgeordie said:

The road should never have been built in the first place

? The roads were there long before the areas were declared to be national parks!

[Just Weird]

18 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

An unfortunate animal will be just as dead when it is being run over or crashed into at 60 kph instead of 100 or 120 kph, I fear. Useless rule for people who don't care for rules.

More chance of being able to stop for it, though, at 60, don't you think?  Excellent law.

[jobwolf]

Speeding Elephants are dangerous for sure.

 

[neeray]

19 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

An unfortunate animal will be just as dead when it is being run over or crashed into at 60 kph instead of 100 or 120 kph, I fear. Useless rule for people who don't care for rules.

But at 60kph, the driver has twice the chance of reacting and stopping as compared to 120. Logic prevails. 

[prakhonchai nick]

It's a park. Speed bumps and maximum 30km/hr

[AsianAtHeart]

47 minutes ago, neeray said:

But at 60kph, the driver has twice the chance of reacting and stopping as compared to 120. Logic prevails. 

Incorrect.  At 60 kph the driver has between three and four times the chance of stopping as compared to 120 kph.  For example, including constants such as average reaction time, the stopping distance may be calculated as per the following graph.