Photo: Patong Police

 

PHUKET: Police in Patong have had water-filled barriers installed on a curve in Kalim in the hope of preventing more drivers from plunging over the road’s edge down to the beach below. Three foreign tourists have already fallen victim to the sharp curve this month, police said.

 

The curve, along the Kalim beachfront, is located just before reaching the Ban Kalim Municipal School, north of Patong, Patong Police noted in their announcement today.

 

The final straw came yesterday (Oct 13) when yet another foreign driver plunged over the edge of the road, the announcement added.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/three-foriegn-drivers-fall-for-kalim-corner-in-two-weeks-81701.php

 

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Pi55ed or what?

Fixing the road might help ?

The big yellow "barriers", are past Kalim beach,,,, about 1/2 a klick!! 

12 hours ago, Deli said:

Fixing the road might help ?

I'd be looking at deporting the incompetent foreign drivers before fixing the road.

It appears the Thais don't have any problems with it. 

 

We are staying at Kalim Beach just before the school on the Patong side. When we came late september many of the street lights on the high lampposts were out of light, they have recently been fixed.

 

Where the red water filled barriers are put it is to catch the cars coming from Kamala which drives to fast or for other reasons fails to take the almost 90 degree bend on the road and crosses over the opposite lane and down to the beach.

 

Late afternoons and evenings there are many vendors along the stretch and a nearly constant stream of cars and motorbikes in both directions , so I guess the accidents must have happened in late evenings or nights as the outcome could have been much worse if happened at other times.

Driven that road so many times.  You'd have to be stupid drunk to end up on the beach.  

Ok.. 3 foreign drivers in a week..how many Thai drivers?

2 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I'd be looking at deporting the incompetent foreign drivers before fixing the road.

It appears the Thais don't have any problems with it. 

 

they have  got their amulets..

What nationalities were they? 

3 minutes ago, alien365 said:

What nationalities were they? 

Maybe Cambodian , Burmese  and a Malaysian 

18 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Pi55ed or what?

Nah, just the usual incompetent foreign drivers who love to come here to bang on about how their driving abilities are so superior to everyone else's, particularly Thais!

17 hours ago, Deli said:

Fixing the road might help ?

Here we go...blame the Thais.   Paying attention to road conditions like the thousands of drivers who didn't crash there would help also.

3 hours ago, Scott Tracy said:

Ok.. 3 foreign drivers in a week..how many Thai drivers?

Judging by the (lack of) reports, none.

Not sure how your foot would ever come off the brake going down this hill ????

1 hour ago, itsari said:

1 hour ago, alien365 said:

What nationalities were they? 

Maybe Cambodian , Burmese  and a Malaysian 

My guess would be Americans, a Europeans (including UK) or Australians.

27 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

My guess would be Americans, a Europeans (including UK) or Australians.

Yes , more than likely you are on the right track .

 

 

 

2 hours ago, itsari said:

Maybe Cambodian , Burmese  and a Malaysian 

Asian basher aah, tough guy. 

Probably not even living in Thailand 

1 minute ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Asian basher aah, tough guy. 

Probably not even living in Thailand 

Safety first does not seem to fit you somehow . 

I am not tough and i am not living abroad . 

 

4 minutes ago, itsari said:

8 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Asian basher aah, tough guy. 

Probably not even living in Thailand 

Safety first does not seem to fit you somehow . 

I am not tough and i am not living abroad . 

Oh, OK you're just an 

Asian basher 

5 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Oh, OK you're just an 

Asian basher 

Your not finished with me . 

OK , i mentioned the three neighbouring countries as they are foreigners .

In the original post it was mentioned three foreigners had gone wrong on the 90 degree bend and then we all assume it was a caucasion . Ok now ?

I am not a Asian basher thank you

A post using a trolling video has been removed. 

Looking at the CCTV's all the drivers were traveling to fast.

 

A few lights might help.

 

Stop driving like idiots would help more.

1 hour ago, sammieuk1 said:

Not sure how your foot would ever come off the brake going down this hill ????

The accident place is half a kilometer after the hill coming from Kamala, so it's more the foot on the speeder which didn't came of ????

2 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Not sure how your foot would ever come off the brake going down this hill ????

Hopefully by braking on the engine.

assuming I've got the right location and not making excuses for poor driving, but that is a dreadful corner. You approach it from either direction expecting a bend but it is in fact an abrupt right-angle. In addition, the central yellow line is completely worn away by tyre scrub as everyone cuts it when trying to make it into a curve.

 

Looking at the amount of road improvements in the area over the last eighteen months it's frustrating that they can't spend a very small sum reprofiling this bend - I mean corner - it just needs a few pots of paint!

 

 

 

 

 

22 hours ago, Deli said:

Fixing the road might help ?

From the article:

Quote

The Phuket Highways Office will set up cement blocks along the outer edge of the curve as a permanent measure, the announcement concluded.

They haven't heard of guardrails which would should be standard at such an edge?

Some pain/signs, solar powered warning lights would be added comfort. Asking for too much.

5 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

From the article:

They haven't heard of guardrails which would should be standard at such an edge?

Some pain/signs, solar powered warning lights would be added comfort. Asking for too much

Nothing to do with your comments above. 

 

The problem has been clearly identified by another member from his comment below 

 

Driven that road so many times.  You'd have to be stupid drunk to end up on the beach

22 hours ago, Deli said:

Fixing the road might help ?

 

driving with due care and attention might help.

3 hours ago, stevenl said:

Hopefully by braking on the engine.

Or not in an auto????