Saen Saeb Canal gets traffic sign test in effort to reduce boat accidents

[webfact]

Saen Saeb Canal gets traffic sign test in effort to reduce boat accidents

By The Nation

 

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The Harbour Department will install traffic signs and lights on the Saen Saeb Canal as a pilot project to try to prevent boat accidents, a deputy department chief said on Wednesday.

 

Major marine transportation routes would see traffic signs and lights installed using Bt2 million from the 2019 fiscal year’s budget, said Nut Jubjai, deputy director-general of the Harbour Department.

 

The project was initiated by Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, who wanted to have warning signs installed at major piers and transport routes to prevent boat accidents.

 

Signs could go up starting in October or November, with the department working with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the concessionaire of the Saen Saeb shuttle boat service, the Family Transport (2002) Co Ltd.

 

If the test is successful, it would be expanded to other routes, Nut added.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30354774

 

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[canopus1969]

They ignore them on the road so what chance on a canal  !

[petedk]

What accidents?

 

I recently took a boat from Pratunam on  Saturday afternoon. The pier was absolutely packed.

An empty boat came along and after about 20 people jumped on, a siren sounded and the boat pulled away immediately. Some guy (Asian) slipped off the edge of the boat and fell in.

Luckily nothing happened to him and he was helped out.

 

How will signals help there?

 

Actually the boats seem to have some kind of rules where they wait for each other.

[wombat]

triggering the sensor hose that controls the sequence could prove problamatic 

 

[grumbleweed]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Canal gets traffic sign test in effort to reduce boat accidents

Another innovation in the pipeline is ashtrays on motorcycles