Only in Thailand? Road carnage gets a little help!

[webfact]

Only in Thailand? Road carnage gets a little help!

 

Pictures (2): Daily News

 

As if the road carnage in Thailand is not bad enough comes a story from Surat Thani of a power pole slap bang in the middle of the left lane on a country road.

 

Anyone driving along - especially in the dark - would be in serious trouble.

 

Posters on social media doubted it was true and thought it was photo-shopped.

 

But it turned out to be genuine - when the road was paved the electrical authorities were too busy and so the Ban Thung Thong to Nong Khla was left in that state.

 

Posters on social media teased that it was a case of the power pole coming first, reported Daily News.

 

But Surat Thani governor Wichawut Jinto did not see the funny side and yesterday ordered the Ban Nasarn district chief and the Wiang Sa electrical authorities to move the pole.

 

 

It was shifted to the position power poles normally adopt - by the side of roads.

 

The governor said it was obviously dangerous and as soon as he heard about it he took decisive action.

 

Source: Daily News

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-05-30

[overherebc]

Meanwhile in the Good ole USA somewhere.

[George Bowman]

From years back in upcountry. The pole was eventually removed, but the hole was never filled in.

[Get Real]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Posters on social media doubted it was true and thought it was photo-shopped.

Must be that single 0.001% that missed how real authorities work in Thailand.

[johng]

Jomtien Second Road 2013

 

 

[coulson]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

as soon as he heard about it he took decisive action

Unlike members of the public, who required to take evasive action.

[Lupatria]

There are way too many beavers in Thailand

 

      

Edited May 30, 2018 by Lupatria

[chrisinth]

Although I don't drive here, when I see a fork in the road I sometimes get confused...............

 

 

Especially if the road has been finished on a Friday afternoon........................

 

[trianglechoke]

golden stuff

[Media1]

You have to wonder how they made it this far. Honestly

[brling]

5 hours ago, overherebc said:

Meanwhile in the Good ole USA somewhere.

First reply and its from an apologist trying to justify a stupid thing, when not even the Thais would not try to defend that. btw no comparison.

[The Deerhunter]

2 hours ago, chrisinth said:

Although I don't drive here, when I see a fork in the road I sometimes get confused...............

 

 

Especially if the road has been finished on a Friday afternoon........................

 

Android ap. SNAV/Google maps is always giving instructions about "In 200 meters take the right fork in the road"    Now I understand!!   And the other picture helps out if I ever hear that I am to take the big spoon!

Edited May 30, 2018 by The Deerhunter

[Knocker33]

Don't worry they will still hit it on the side of the road.

[jvs]

17 minutes ago, brling said:

First reply and its from an apologist trying to justify a stupid thing, when not even the Thais would not try to defend that. btw no comparison.

Union worker not allowed to move a piece of wood?

 

[kannot]

6 minutes ago, jvs said:

Union worker not allowed to move a piece of wood?

 

How then does he lift his head up in the morning??

[gerritkaew]

I image how many people hit this pole...?

Edited May 30, 2018 by gerritkaew

[DonaldBattles]

Somethings  here will never change.

[maddox41]

But they all think there so smart the smartest nation  on earth 

The photos are hilarious 

[overherebc]

54 minutes ago, brling said:

First reply and its from an apologist trying to justify a stupid thing, when not even the Thais would not try to defend that. btw no comparison.

You must be a barrel of laughs on a night out.

[overherebc]

38 minutes ago, jvs said:

Union worker not allowed to move a piece of wood?

 

I think it originally had the title

'Not my job'

[Jeremia Juxtaposed]

49 minutes ago, The Deerhunter said:

Android ap. SNAV/Google maps is always giving instructions about "In 200 meters take the right fork in the road"

But that was a left fork ..........

[The Deerhunter]

5 minutes ago, Jeremia Juxtaposed said:

But that was a left fork ..........

Damn!  An extra 20km for the next U-turn  to get back here.

[Berkshire]

1 hour ago, brling said:

First reply and its from an apologist trying to justify a stupid thing, when not even the Thais would not try to defend that. btw no comparison.

Trying to justify?  He was doing nothing of the sort....just pointing out that stupidity exists everywhere.  What the freak is wrong with you?

[SpicyMeatball]

[evadgib]

This one in Choeng Mon, Samui did same for up to a decade before finally being corrected by the introduction of the road in the background:

 

[Jeremia Juxtaposed]

2 minutes ago, The Deerhunter said:

Damn!  An extra 20km for the next U-turn  to get back here.

A ... left .... fork.

 

They painted over a ....left ..... fork...

[The Deerhunter]

1 minute ago, Jeremia Juxtaposed said:

A ... left .... fork.

 

They painted over a ....left ..... fork...

So? Do you suspect that I am a right blind dick?

[Jeremia Juxtaposed]

1 minute ago, The Deerhunter said:

So? Do you suspect that I am a right blind dick?

A fork that had been left there....!!!

[The Deerhunter]

4 minutes ago, Jeremia Juxtaposed said:

A fork that had been left there....!!!

Yes. A Farang dinner fork.  Then painted over. Then removed.  Yes, I saw that in the first 1/2 second!!!!!

[brling]

11 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

Trying to justify?  He was doing nothing of the sort....just pointing out that stupidity exists everywhere.  What the freak is wrong with you?

Nonsense, the apologist was trying to justify stupidity.