Do you agree with proposals for a 120 kmph speed limit?

[rumbo1]

Agree 100% , you wont stop bad drivers (western and local ) but at least competent drivers wont keep getting caught by speed cameras and fined when driving safely when conditions allow.  It's like drugs laws dont stop bad people from operating

[Tom1959]

Even that is too fast.100 on Highway,70 on Main roads,50 km/h City limit.

[Guitar God]

Raise it. The only difference will be less money collected by the police for speeding tickets.

 

On a brand new section, absolutely straight section  of highway between Ubon and Yasothon that’s better suited for high speeds than some parts of the German Autobahn, police with radar were raking in over ฿10,000 an hour issuing tickets for people driving 100 in a 90. 

 

It’s usually newer, big cars, trucks and those <deleted> silver vans that drive fast. The 20+ year old rolling pieces of crap with their original brake shoes usually don’t. As long as they stay in the left lane, not a problem. 

[Fex Bluse]

9 hours ago, Mango Bob said:

They do 120 now.  They don't care about the law.  They will kill you if they have to just to get past you.  raise it to 120 they will be doing 140.  What is next?

Exactly. 

They are so funny with their incessant discussion about laws. 

The country is mostly LAWLESS!

Almost nobody cares or even knows the laws here. 

[JAS21]

Yep ... we should give it a try ... MrsJ tells me up to 100 is usually OK on the tollway.  Funny thing though she was driving northwards on a road where they showed the speed limit as 90 ... she was doing just a little more and got pulled up ????... not that funny as it cost me 500thb!

 

Lets be right though ... 90 in a new car capable of 240+ and on a 2 or 3 lane road with little traffic does seem a little slow ...

[Classic Ray]

Significant road engineering and marking needs to be done to allow faster speeds. Currently vehicles merge onto expressways from left and right forcing them to cross over lanes, and of course no one signals. At least on UK motorways there is no crossing by motorcycles and you know traffic only joins from slip roads on the left. Junctions and exits are marked in plenty of time and signage is good. People are prosecuted for failing to move back after overtaking or sticking in middle lanes.

 

All these, as well as driver training and proficiency need improvement before average speed is increased.

[bangrak]

Yes, I do agree with 120kph, as long a 98+% of Thai drivers are restricted to 60kph, as they cannot drive any faster in a safe way! Not even 'Thai-bashing' this, enough to see, even ignoring overtaking and keeping left lane stuff, how these Thais take a, say a Highway 45° or so, curve, even elevated ones... Come in (too) fast, feel the car/pick-up/van getting 'light' at the back, and, instead of lifting the right pedal a tiny bit for the vehicle to find its balance, to then give gas, no, its then they s..t their pants and go on the brakes, nearly, or totally loosing it, woaw... 

[JaiLai]

I drive at 140/150 on these roads, it makes no difference to me if the raise the limit to 120 or not.

[nong38]

The limit means nothing to the locals they do what they want to do. 120 is fine for responsible, sensible, considerate drivers and that tells you why its not right for here until the law is upheld. 90/100 is fine for me and I see the looneys fly by just have to hope they keep out of my way.

[MaxYakov]

Near 75 MPH?

 

Given the demonstrated current high road deaths, poor infrastructure and vehicle maintenance, low driver skill levels and poorer fuel economy - NO WAY, Jose!

 

 

 

Edited August 1, 2019 by MaxYakov

[mania]

90kph> 120kph?

 

What is this population control??

Because at 60 dead per day Thailand already rules the worlds most dangerous roads title.

 

If the new transport minister had half a brain he would reduce the 90kph to 50kph

[Geoffggi]

Thai media has posed a question following the new transport minister's proposal to raise the speed limit on four lane roads from 90 milometers an hour to a blanket 120 kmph limit. 

 

Not sure what a milometer is but unless this is a minimum speed limit it won't work.....

[transam]

Folk here cannot handle 90kph so why up it...????

[jumbo]

For myself I just want them to clearly show with signs what is the speed on any given road.

I don't care it the limit is 70-80-100-120,  but I do care about getting fines

[SmartyMarty]

up here in Chiang Mai, local drivers can jump a kerb and end up in the moat at 30kph.

[ross163103]

Ummmmm, the country with the highest number of road deaths in the world, and they want to raise the limit........gotta wonder what the logic is

[MaxLee]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Do you agree with proposals for a 120 kmph speed limit? 

Yes and no.... the traffic is too jammed!!!

[denis911]

19 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Agree for sure. Also make it a crime to drive less than the speed limit on the two right lanes. Slow drivers cause far more accidents than fast drivers, especially idiot slow drivers blocking the right lanes.

I believe that R T A's could be cut by 25-30%  if they enforced a no "lane hogging" or "driving" in the overtaking lanes. What also infuriates me is this new "right hand flasher" as you approach a slower vehicle from behind, making "you" break the law and undertake, because they are too lazy or dumb to move over to let you pass. Biggest problem is, no driver education and no active policing. Put me right if I am wrong, but I believe "lane hogging" is now an offence with driver points in most Euro countries, ("A NEW study has revealed that millions of drivers in the UK are putting themselves at risk of a £100 and three penalty points while lane hogging on the motorway").

Regards

 

[akampa]

I don't disagree with 120kph, but Thai drivers do not have any road sense especially on the motorways suggested in the article they do not understand lane discipline and all the other requirements needed to drive safely. sticking in the right hand lane doing 80kph just creates an accident  waiting to happen.

They ( Thais ) just do not have the experience of  fast driving correctly ,so we have to wait a couple generations for it to get better.

[natway09]

If the heavy trucks could be kept in the left hand lane that would help some 

but who would enforce anything anyway ?

[Salerno]

Absolutely agree.

[garrya]

Speed limit? I don't know.

Stop sign? I don't know.

Indicator? I don't know.

...

 

It's Thailand. Who cares?

 

[nong38]

This is a good idea on well maintained roads, provided all Thai drivers have a limiter on their vehicle with an upper limit of 50 kms per hour.

[daveAustin]

Didn't know there was a speed limit in Thighland.

[gunderhill]

On 8/1/2019 at 2:21 PM, rtco said:

Amazing Thailand ... one minute they are advocating an increase in the speed limit and the next there is more of this ... 

How about tackling the current problem instead of creating further ones or is this because you want to maintain your position as the No 1 in road deaths? 

 

"head on smash" =  if they were  both doing 60kph theres  your 120kph  jump off a 10 story building as promoted by the headline.

Im for 120kph many big roads are way way too slow.

[gunderhill]

On 8/2/2019 at 9:25 AM, denis911 said:

I believe that R T A's could be cut by 25-30%  if they enforced a no "lane hogging" or "driving" in the overtaking lanes. What also infuriates me is this new "right hand flasher" as you approach a slower vehicle from behind, making "you" break the law and undertake, because they are too lazy or dumb to move over to let you pass. Biggest problem is, no driver education and no active policing. Put me right if I am wrong, but I believe "lane hogging" is now an offence with driver points in most Euro countries, ("A NEW study has revealed that millions of drivers in the UK are putting themselves at risk of a £100 and three penalty points while lane hogging on the motorway").

Regards

 

even  easier stagger  u  turns so Both  directions cannot  turn at  the  same u  turn point as  your  view of oncoming traffic is totally obstructed

[Assurancetourix]

On 8/1/2019 at 3:41 PM, drbeach said:

90 is way too slow, vehicles are built to much higher standards than they were in the 70s when the 90km/h limit was first enacted.

 

90/95 km / h is the speed at which you consume the least because it is at this speed that you have the most engine torque.
And do Bangkok - Chiang Mai in one go?
leave it to the Thai driving madmen ..
There is so much to visit along the way;

Most of the members on this forum note that with a speed limit of 90 km / h, many Thai or foreign drivers drive between 110 and 120 km / h.
What do you think it will happen if the speed limit is raised to 120 km / h?

the too many drivers traveling at 110/120 will increase to 130/140 and as most of them do not know the distances of safety, braking distances on dry or wet road, the accidents will not be more numerous but the number of dead will increase considerably.

[Assurancetourix]

18 hours ago, natway09 said:

If the heavy trucks could be kept in the left hand lane that would help some 

but who would enforce anything anyway ?

If the roads were properly constructed, the heavy goods vehicles could drive in the left lane of the four-lane roads or more.
I suppose you are very likely to have noticed that many left lanes are unusable because beautiful rails have been "made" by the many heavyweights that ply the roads of Thailand.
Why these rails?
Because beneath the few inches of asphalt there is soil when there should be pebbles.
Moreover tonnages in Thailand go up to 55 tons!
In Europe beyond 44 tons you drive an exceptional convoy, this does not always imply the presence of escort vehicles; on the other hand you are subject to draconian traffic rules;
driving prohibition at night, speed limited to 60 km'h on motorways when authorized or on other roads, etc ...
In Thailand, it is not uncommon to notice that at a " weigh place " a truck  which should weigh a maximum of 55 tons actually weighs more than 20 = 75 tonnes , sometimes more ..
With this, the tachograph is not mandatory here on vehicles over 3t 5 as well as on coaches with more than 9 seats.

 

In fact we circulate "the middle age" with vehicles of the 21 * century.