Thai Royal Gazette announces speed limits in special administrative areas, including Bangkok and Pattaya

[snoop1130]

A photo of a toll collection center on the Bangkok-Pattaya motorway.

 

The Royal Gazette last night, November 23rd, has published the Ministerial Regulation regarding the speed limit for driving on roadways in Bangkok, Pattaya City, Muang Pattaya, city municipalities, and community areas.

 

For driving in the aforementioned areas, trucks weighing more than 2,200 kilograms or passenger trucks carrying more than 15 passengers must not accelerate to more than 60 kilometers per hour. Vehicles that are towing another car, small four-wheel vehicles, and three-wheeled vehicles must not go faster than 45 kilometers per hour.

 

Motorcycles must be driving at no more than 60 kilometers per hour. Motorcycles with power limited to a maximum of 35kW or 400 CC, or “Big Bikes”, must use a speed of not more than 80 kilometers per hour.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/11/24/thai-royal-gazette-announces-speed-limits-in-special-administrative-areas-including-bangkok-and-pattaya/

 

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[ThailandRyan]

And who will be doing the enforcement.....hahahaha.  They can not even stop and cite the helmetless riders or those riding the wrong way....lets be real.  Rules in Thailand just seem to be toothless threats.

[worgeordie]

25 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

small four-wheel vehicles

What's that a Honda Jazz , type vehicle , 

regads Worgeordie 

[smedly]

they can introduce as many laws ruled as they like but without proper enforcement they are useless 

 

If the UK or US decided tomorrow that police would no longer enforce traffic laws how long before the still existing laws are totally ignored - that right there is were Thailand is at

[keith101]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

small four-wheel vehicles, and three-wheeled vehicles must not go faster than 45 kilometers per hour.

So these vehicles have to keep at least 15 kmph than trucks  , just how stupid are these people .

[ukrules]

Last time I was in Bangkok we seemed to be moving at about 5 km/h for a couple of hours, only when we got outside Bangkok did the speed increase.

[zzaa09]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

And who will be doing the enforcement.....hahahaha.  They can not even stop and cite the helmetless riders or those riding the wrong way....lets be real.  Rules in Thailand just seem to be toothless threats.

Like everywhere, they exist for the extorted cash pool, less anything practical for the good of the commons. 

[Moonlover]

2 hours ago, keith101 said:

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

small four-wheel vehicles, and three-wheeled vehicles must not go faster than 45 kilometers per hour.

 

2 hours ago, keith101 said:

So these vehicles have to keep at least 15 kmph than trucks  , just how stupid are these people .

No. This is a partial sentence taken out of context. Let's try again with the full sentence.

 

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Vehicles that are towing another car, small four-wheel vehicles, and three-wheeled vehicles must not go faster than 45 kilometers per hour.

Got it now?

[jacko45k]

12 hours ago, smedly said:

If the UK or US decided tomorrow that police would no longer enforce traffic laws how long before the still existing laws are totally ignored

0.5 seconds if you have an Audi?

[Benmart]

A worthless and unenforcable collection of scribblings.

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

For driving in the aforementioned areas, trucks weighing more than 2,200 kilograms or passenger trucks carrying more than 15 passengers must not accelerate to more than 60 kilometers per hour. Vehicles that are towing another car, small four-wheel vehicles, and three-wheeled vehicles must not go faster than 45 kilometers per hour.

So a "small 3/4-wheeler" doing 45 in the slow lane is going to get plowed into next week by a truck doing 60?

[JonnyF]

I'll continue to ride my motorbikes at whatever speed is safe for the conditions thanks.

 

If you think I'm going to stick to 80kph on a 'big bike' (or worse still, 60kph on my 250 which is capable of way over double that) while cars are blasting past me at breakneck speed then you'll have to think again.

 

 

[mikebell]

The only laws EVER enforced are those that benefit the Kwaistone cops.

[eisfeld]

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Motorcycles with power limited to a maximum of 35kW or 400 CC, or “Big Bikes”, must use a speed of not more than 80 kilometers per hour.

That doesn't make sense. If they are limited in power to less than or equal 35kW or 400CC then they are *not* Big Bikes.

 

I'm with JonnyF. I am not endangering myself by artificially driving slower than everyone else even though I have better brakes and reaction times than 99%+ of others on the road. That would mean to always ride very far on the left because the cars will be constantly overtaking. No way, José.

 

While we are on the topic of road safety can someone PLEASE PLEASE tell those maniacs in the road department to not scratch up the roads in bends and leave it with deep crevices that make it super dangerous for motorcycles? That practice has sprung up in a few places around Phuket and surrounding provinces I noticed. Absolute insanity.

[DefaultName]

I can't work out the speed limit for cars.

 

Anyway, I'm usually on a bike and I'll be doing whatever speed the traffic is doing.  Not in the left lane either, the surface is too bad.  Anything else is suicide.