Zebra Crossings to be made safe in Thailand, says Royal Thai Police

[Jim walker]

Has the traffic camera not been invented in Thailand yet daily fines in the post might help thai drivers to observe the laws 

[Megasin1]

LM<deleted>AO ????

[overherebc]

Traffic lights at every zebra x-ing and these fitted to pop up when th light is red for the road.

[johng]

7 minutes ago, overherebc said:

these fitted to pop up when th light is red

They would work for a while until the road flooded and filled it with rubbish..then after its broken...no one would repair it...best thing is to remove the painted zebra crossings which just give pedestrians

( especially tourists who know no better ) a false sense of security.

[glennb6]

might be that showing to enforce a fixed spot (stripped) is easier than other more effective forms of enforcement....

 

re zebra stripes, as a motorcy rider, when that 'paint' or whatever the stripes are painted with - when it's wet it is more slippery than the asphalt or concrete. Try stopping quickly or turning on wet zebra strips.... f'n govt brains at work.

[ESCAPIS]

I hope I live long enough to see this observed.

Enforced? Big question mark, but observed, that would be a real revolution.

[wombat]

2 hours ago, KhunKenAP said:

Zebra Crossings = Target Zones

red or white pays even money.

[Artisi]

Is it the 1st April already, time certainly flies by in LOS? 

[dcsw53]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

"It's all about enforcement," he said. 

Then it will be a breeze. The full weight of the law will descend on those not stopping as it does every day on those, ghost driving, road racing, overtaking on bends with white lines and pulling out without looking. I can't wait. Pass the brown envelope sick bag.

[rosst]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, OMG this hurts, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 

[ttl]

Mukdahan has crossings but ran out of white paint years ago. Best example opposite BIG C , large school. no white paint but usually a gendarme thereabouts.60kph speed zone but locals cannot read 6 0nly 80 coming down past Robinsons but never seen a camera anywhere. Could pay for one in  a week.  This is MUKDAHAN though.

[nodomino]

Hahahahahaha.....

[intherealworld]

35 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Traffic lights at every zebra x-ing and these fitted to pop up when th light is red for the road.

Yes, this is what they need.

Face book,  would be inundated,  with idiots on bikes doing the Superman pose,

As they fly through the air, and headfirst into the tarmac. 

 

[zydeco]

Enforcement? I don't know how many times I've been put in the crosshairs of speeding trucks and cars on the crossing I use at the end of my street. They even seem to speed up, like you're challenging them or something.  BTW, it's about 15 meters from the police station.

[smudger1951]

How long exactly has it taken for people to migrate from the buffalo drawn wagon to the pick-up. In that time people have lost all respect for pedestrian traffic.

[on wards and up wards]

Buddy Holly sang that'll be the day, l think that applies here as well... ????????????

[bluesea]

Stop at a crosswalk in Thailand and someone going to hit you in the rear giveing you a whiplash 100% sure.

 

[zydeco]

Thailand should adopt American civil liability laws and then import some US personal injury trial lawyers. That would bring a stop to the situation, pronto.

[marquis22]

3 hours ago, KhunKenAP said:

Zebra Crossings = Target Zones

Agree, I'm sure a bus accelerated when I stepped onto one :-(

Haven't trusted them since!

[trainman34014]

The Police ''Intended to work'' he said !   That would be a start of something new.

[geisha]

Cameras on every crossing/ lights. Speed cameras on the roads, heavy fines. Surely the heavy fines would please the authorities?

[Vacuum]

4 minutes ago, marquis22 said:

Agree, I'm sure a bus accelerated when I stepped onto one ????

Haven't trusted them since!

Why did you, when a bus was approaching? I wouldn't.

[amdy2206]

My first reaction to the headline was 'Ha ha ha'. 

[TeaMonkey]

The only thing that will make Thailands roads safer are the next generation cars with artificial intelligence that can drive themselves. Won't help with the idiots on motorcycles though.

[elmardelmar]

and in case there is a zebra crossing, someone even manages to add obstacles, making it impossible for elderly, handicapped, mothers with children or bicylces to cross; detour for pedestrians about 1km ! 

 

trying to suggest a solution, Vice President Mr. Pattana Boonsawat does not allow to move any block there, because motorbikes and cars might want to cross and cause many accidents. ENDLESS IGNORANCE !

[garzhe]

3 hours ago, KhunKenAP said:

Zebra Crossings = Target Zones

Do away with them. They just give false sense of security.

[klauskunkel]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

That being said Pol Col Krissana then made a comment 

"It's all about enforcement," he said. 

I just glanced at the article and read the two last lines, and thought that can't be, it's impossible for a police officer to promote enforcement - it's unheard of. Then I figured it out: he is the Police spokesman, he doesn't walk the beat, he only talks about it.

[notasmartassknowitallfarag]

Car is king here. 

 

Pedestrians are second class citizens. 

 

It’s a mindset. It won’t change unless people are educated to change their mindset. 

 

[orang37]

I am gobsmacked to see Thailand's praiseworthy efforts to preserve Zebras continues unabated.

 

Not one single Zebra death in five years is world-class results equal to Switzerland's !

 

Those who dare to mention the thousands of people killed and maimed in those crossings, as if that distracts from this achievement: well, they may be Zebra poachers, or have a thing for stripes. Just ignore them.

 

~0:37;

[soistalker]

Hahahahahannanahahahahhaha!

Sure!