Thailand to increase speed limit to 120kph

[NoshowJones]

19 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Thailand appears to be run by idiots. As if the carnage on the roads wasn't enough at 90kph.

"Thailand appears to be run by idiots."  What do you know about Military Academy education? ????

[NoshowJones]

18 hours ago, kimamey said:

A proper driving test would probably help.

I am not sure if a proper driving test will be beneficial to most Thais. You can't fix stupid. although the less Thais that are driving the safer the roads will be.

[Mr Meeseeks]

59 minutes ago, mikebell said:

I counted NINE vehicles telescoped into each other on the 7 near Pattaya.

I travel that route maybe twice weekly and see those types of accidents so often I have lost count.

 

On the last trip I had one of the inadequate man-children driving one of those hi-end Toyota people carriers deliberately undertake and pull in front and brake check me in the outside lane when I was doing a steady 120kph in traffic. I am going to assume that he got annoyed with something because his brain cannot function like a normal adult and had to do something to 'prove' his masculinity.

 

They will never solve the problems on the road here mainly because their face-saving and groveling culture prevents it, and because they are simply incompetent, corrupt, lazy and useless in general.

[mr mr]

10 hours ago, whaleboneman said:

What do good drivers look like?

 

seeing as how thailand is pretty much the worst in the world....pick any other country and on average their drivers are better than thai. 

 

 

[patman30]

so many silly and some racist comments in this thread
yes in general road safety here is bad
i see many foreigners driving worse than locals here
some assume everything should be like back home, others assume they can do what they want, and at worst pay a small fine

and silly comments about how "they" will now drive even faster.........????‍♂️

from what i read in OP
the limit will be increased from 90 to 120kph
only on roads WITH 4 LANES
the highways have been improved over the years and widened with more lanes added
they are just updating the limits to match the type of highway

i do hope they increase to other roads too
i drive on highway 21, its limit is 90
but everyone does around 120
nobody really goes screaming along and those who do, would do so regardless what the limit was
but as 90 is really slow especially when road is empty
once you are driving 95 kph, you might aswell do 120kph
as speeding just a little does not give you just a little ticket
increasing limit to 120kph
gives everyone no reason to speed

and finally something is being done about the sunday drivers who hog the outside lane

[kiteman9]

3 minutes ago, patman30 said:

so many silly and some racist comments in this thread
yes in general road safety here is bad
i see many foreigners driving worse than locals here
some assume everything should be like back home, others assume they can do what they want, and at worst pay a small fine

and silly comments about how "they" will now drive even faster.........????‍♂️

from what i read in OP
the limit will be increased from 90 to 120kph
only on roads WITH 4 LANES
the highways have been improved over the years and widened with more lanes added
they are just updating the limits to match the type of highway

i do hope they increase to other roads too
i drive on highway 21, its limit is 90
but everyone does around 120
nobody really goes screaming along and those who do, would do so regardless what the limit was
but as 90 is really slow especially when road is empty
once you are driving 95 kph, you might aswell do 120kph
as speeding just a little does not give you just a little ticket
increasing limit to 120kph
gives everyone no reason to speed

and finally something is being done about the sunday drivers who hog the outside lane

Incredible information and ideas on how to make the roads safe, great post. Raise the speed limit to speed up Thailands genocide plan 

[MisguidedPangolin]

They should probably oil the roads to reduce friction and improve efficiency. I don't even know how surprised I'd be if they trialed that.

Multiple speed limits for different types of vehicles on the same road with drivers of the mentality of the local demographic... what could go wrong. Good job, Thailand.

[Forrests Father]

Sounds like a Top Gear Episode. What could possibly go wrong?

[kimamey]

15 hours ago, patman30 said:

so many silly and some racist comments in this thread
yes in general road safety here is bad
i see many foreigners driving worse than locals here
some assume everything should be like back home, others assume they can do what they want, and at worst pay a small fine

and silly comments about how "they" will now drive even faster.........????‍♂️

from what i read in OP
the limit will be increased from 90 to 120kph
only on roads WITH 4 LANES
the highways have been improved over the years and widened with more lanes added
they are just updating the limits to match the type of highway

i do hope they increase to other roads too
i drive on highway 21, its limit is 90
but everyone does around 120
nobody really goes screaming along and those who do, would do so regardless what the limit was
but as 90 is really slow especially when road is empty
once you are driving 95 kph, you might aswell do 120kph
as speeding just a little does not give you just a little ticket
increasing limit to 120kph
gives everyone no reason to speed

and finally something is being done about the sunday drivers who hog the outside lane

As far as I can tell driving in the outside lane is normal here. It took me a while to get used to but the fact the left lane is so bad made me understand it a bit better.

[mikebell]

20 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

because they are simply incompetent, corrupt, lazy and useless in general.

And that's just the police who condone this sort of driving!

[Chelseafan]

On 2/27/2021 at 3:01 AM, colinneil said:

This so-called government have come up with some crazy ideas before, but this surely takes the prize for sheer stupidity.

Roads here are crazy enough with speed limit of 90, but 120 absolutely stupid.

 

90kph / 55mph on a motorway is pretty slow IMHO. Most countries in the world allow at least 100kph and alot 120kph.

 

 

[colinneil]

3 minutes ago, Chelseafan said:

 

90kph / 55mph on a motorway is pretty slow IMHO. Most countries in the road allow at least 100kph and alot 120kph.

 

 

Why are you commenting on what other countries do?

What other countries do has sod all to do with how the crazy bar stewards here drive.

[petermik]

7 hours ago, colinneil said:

Why are you commenting on what other countries do?

What other countries do has sod all to do with how the crazy bar stewards here drive.

U tell him our kid

[Chelseafan]

1 minute ago, colinneil said:

Why are you commenting on what other countries do?

What other countries do has sod all to do with how the crazy bar stewards here drive.

 

Just puttting it into perspective. You could reduce the speed limit to 60kph but it woudn't lessen any of the carnage.

 

[elgenon]

So big-rig trucks can go full bore?

[Brightly]

This is insanity.

[VocalNeal]

On 2/28/2021 at 12:21 PM, patman30 said:

i see many foreigners driving worse than locals here

 

Hey I resemble that remark.

[VocalNeal]

On 2/28/2021 at 4:25 AM, SiSePuede419 said:

On which highways is it safe to go 120kph?  Certainly not the ring road around Chiang Mai.

 

Does that ring road have U-turns? Then the new limit does not apply and will not be posted.

[Fozdick]

I didn’t notice that there was a speed limit  that was adhered to

[Jen65]

On 3/1/2021 at 9:20 AM, Chelseafan said:

 

90kph / 55mph on a motorway is pretty slow IMHO. Most countries in the world allow at least 100kph and alot 120kph.

 

 

Yes, but in most countries people have a brain !