Unlit construction zone creates deathtrap at highways 36-7 interchange

 

PATTAYA:-- Motorists say roadwork to widen Highway 36 in Kratinglai has created a deathtrap where large holes and drop-offs are invisible in the dark.

 

Highway workers removed streetlights around the work zone at the Highway 36-Highway 7 interchange in Pong, which is being widened to six lanes. The highway on both sides has been dug up, but is badly marked and, at night, the meter-deep trenches can’t be seen.

 

About seven kilometers of roadway are being rebuilt with work expected to continue through December.

 

Commuters are calling on the Highway Department to immediately install lights and better signage to prevent accidents.

 

 

-- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2018-08-10

Of course driving slower with due care and attention would help greatly but of course for Thais that would be incomprehensible.  Better qualify that and say Thai males as generally ,  according to my insurer friend,  Thai females are safer by a factor of 7:1 based on insurance claims.

Everything is invisible in any direction or lumens in their diving style ? 

Another way of keeping Thailand top of the pops for road casualties .. 

They need to install   some "international standard signage"

like this

4 minutes ago, johng said:

They need to install   some "international standard signage"

like this

Who could overlook the green monsters

If only I knew where they developed this lunatic idea of putting some green some 10m from the hazard.

In seven years I can't remember a single proper breakdown triangle or flashing light.

 

I bet some posters have not done many night trips on unlit roads in Thailand?

I avoid it as good as possible.

 

They did have some flashing lights earlier...and some very annoying  bright white fluorescent strip lights

along the central reservation that blinded and totally disoriented me !!

both seem to have gone now.

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yes it can be challenging...but that's the allure of Thailand ,or is it the beaches..mabey the honest taxi drivers....what was the question again??

25 minutes ago, mok199 said:

or is it the beaches..mabey the honest taxi drivers.

The glittering temples and shiny chrome poles ?

There is no will or though of safety here.   One simply must spend tens of thousands on the proper amulet-cheap Chinese copies will be the death of you

1 hour ago, johng said:

shiny chrome poles.

Muppets, 3rd world country mentality....? Lights on, nobody home...?

Why don't they install a giant TV screen showing adverts?  That gives off lots of light and gives the drivers something to do whilst they are squeezing their spots.

Great stretches of Suk are unlit because street lights are not maintained making bike riders with no lights all but invisible.

I drove past this yesterday and its all "lit up like a Christmas tree" 

now , so someone took notice !!!!!!

On 8/10/2018 at 2:35 PM, johng said:

They did have some flashing lights earlier...and some very annoying  bright white fluorescent strip lights

along the central reservation that blinded and totally disoriented me !!

both seem to have gone now.

.

Is this road #36, as I live along that road and don't recognize that spot.

 

4 minutes ago, johng said:

I drove past this yesterday and its all "lit up like a Christmas tree" 

now , so someone took notice !!!!!!

 

I  still haven't seen any lights on road #36 where they are working

1 hour ago, janclaes47 said:

Is this road #36, as I live along that road and don't recognize that spot.

 

 

I  still haven't seen any lights on road #36 where they are working

Yes I think you're correct  I was mistakenly talking about the  junction /spur to Sukhumvit road

at "Bahn Amphur"     my apologies.