Bangkok: Wheelchair user forced into the busy road because of motorcycle prevention bollards

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Bangkok: Wheelchair user forced into the busy road because of motorcycle prevention bollards

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A handicapped Thai woman confined to a wheelchair went on Facebook to complain about the sidewalks in Bangkok.

 

In the Din Daeng area between the Chinese Embassy and the Stock Exchange of Thailand building she said there were S-Guards to stop motorcyclists using the sidewalk.

 

But it also stopped her and forced her into the busy and dangerous main road. 

 

She called on the authorities to rectify the situation.

 

Comment was rife on social media following the post, noted Daily News. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

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[ezzra]

The rationale behind these bollard are: there are like million motorcycles running around and seldom seen wheelchair.. you go do the math...

[colinneil]

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

The rationale behind these bollard are: there are like million motorcycles running around and seldom seen wheelchair.. you go do the math...

Never mind do the maths, being stuck in a wheelchair is hellish, nobody gives a rats a++e for you.

Idiots who ordered those bollards placed there are devoid of brains, stupid pricks, ohh only a woman in a wheelchair, she does  not matter.

[TooBigToFit]

Sometimes you just can't win.

 

[Srikcir]

In front of the Stock Exchange (02-2020):

[timendres]

The bollards are the dumbest possible solution to an already ignorant problem.

[sirocco]

But, no, it's not that silly.
It is only incomplete.
Apparently there is access just before the stakes.
The motorcycles had to use it for a shortcut and happily take the sidewalk.
Now, only pedestrians can access it, without danger.
For strollers, wheelchairs, bicycles, you should widen the strip along the sidewalk, and put, why not, separation stakes.

[Bangkok Barry]

A friend of mine has travelled the world in his wheelchair and told me that Bangkok is by far the worst city for wheelchair users he has ever visited. Spend five minutes on any street in the city and it's obvious why. Many streets don't even have room for normal pedestrians and everyone has to use the road, not just wheelchair users.

[richard_smith237]

This highlights the fundamentally flawed mindset and approach to such issues. 

 

Instead of having the Police do their jobs effectively and fine the Motorcyclists on sidewalks such that the practice is stopped, instead, the local government enables the continued apathy of people who don’t want to do their jobs (the police force) and side steps the issue by installing these stupid bollards, making life harder for others. 

 

Having tried to push child's pushchair down the street in Bangkok, it's obvious that the idea of access is way back in the minds of everyone involved in developing the city.

 

In this measure Thailand is not a ‘developing nation’ it truly is Third World. 

 

 

 

 

 

[transam]

Fink those things are to stop Tanks.....Well it is LOS.......????.............????

[mok199]

More ridiculousness...here in Pattaya after one year of complete beach rd storm drain rejuvenation ( the 3rd in as many years) our fake ( 500 mill) beach washed from a 7 minutes hard rain....