Dongtan Beach to get speed bump

PATTAYA:--Pattaya will fit the road running along Dongtan Beach with speed bumps after complaints about speeders.

 

Deputy Mayor Pattana Boonsawad and city workers toured the so-called Dongtan Free Zone May 30, ordering where speed bumps should be built.

 

The Dongtan road is closed to traffic from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., but those waking or exercising on the strip in the evening said cars whiz down the street, causing accidents or scaring pedestrians.

 

-- PATTAYA MAIL 2019-06-01--

 

11 hours ago, Rimmer said:

complaints about speeders.

these bumps should be put every ten metres on every road in Thailand. 

 

Dongtan beach is adjacent to Jomtien Police station.  Wouldn't it be cheaper to get Plod out of his office or put a camera on this stretch?

On 6/1/2019 at 8:48 PM, Rimmer said:

 

That's some horrible breakdancing. 

So the Deputy Mayor decides where to put speed bumps? Pattaya doesnt have any engineers that are capable of determining where speed bumps should be placed?

Looks like one have them has already had his feet run over as the ski jump idea takes shape???? 

All the low rider pick-up will have to stop and proceed at 1km should be one hell of a jam up. Maybe they could add a few stop lights? TIT!

21 minutes ago, fullcave said:

All the low rider pick-up will have to stop and proceed at 1km should be one hell of a jam up. Maybe they could add a few stop lights? TIT!

As it's a local cruising spot, these speed control measures will no doubt be very popular. 

The Dongtan Beach "boardwalk/promenade" improvement appears to be best accomplishment of the city planners in recent memory. It looks to have good drainage and the general environment is very attractive. Whoever designed this should be hired to consult the Pattaya Beach people who have no sense of planning. The speed bumps will be an added improvement. Just make sure they're high enough. 

About time. I often stay at the Avalon. It's a great hotel and there should be no road to cross....but it is filled with speeding vehicles who don't stop for pedestrians. And predictably there is no enforcement. The worst are the motorbikes...and sadly I imagine that the authorities will see that they can continue to speed by leaving little spaces of either side of the bump for them to speed through. Sometimes I despair.

On 6/2/2019 at 8:23 AM, mikebell said:

these bumps should be put every ten metres on every road in Thailand. 

 

Dongtan beach is adjacent to Jomtien Police station.  Wouldn't it be cheaper to get Plod out of his office or put a camera on this stretch?

The could never ask the officers to leave the station because they might then be expected to issue parking tickets to the bevy of of monster pickup trucks, and a few cars, that almost completely hide the red striped curbs (i.e. no parking) area next to the Dongtan police station on Dongtan road.

2 hours ago, Tonyt00 said:

So the Deputy Mayor decides where to put speed bumps? Pattaya doesnt have any engineers that are capable of determining where speed bumps should be placed?

 

Yes, the worst kind of publicity grabbing photo op to exhibit their fine leadership for all to see..

 

Clearly no need for a senior official to be there for a mundane task like this, let alone trying to instruct the qualified people on what to do. 

23 hours ago, Tonyt00 said:

So the Deputy Mayor decides where to put speed bumps? Pattaya doesnt have any engineers that are capable of determining where speed bumps should be placed?

Generals, Colonels, Governors, Mayors, Deputy Mayors. All seem to experts in so many things except how get compliance with simply wearing a helmet while on a scooter/motorcycle. Traffic engineers and safety engineers must find all this posturing rather amusing.

23 hours ago, Tonyt00 said:

So the Deputy Mayor decides where to put speed bumps? Pattaya doesnt have any engineers that are capable of determining where speed bumps should be placed?

You have to avoid the streets where he drives.

23 hours ago, Tonyt00 said:

So the Deputy Mayor decides where to put speed bumps? Pattaya doesnt have any engineers that are capable of determining where speed bumps should be placed?

They are busy with flood mitigation and beach reclamation! It's had them stumped for years.