Royal Thai Police to consider removing crosswalk at Kidney Institute Hospital following fatal road accident in Bangkok

[Anant72]

4 hours ago, jaiyen said:

Look at how many unconcerned people it takes to inspect a Zebra crossing ! And none of them know the answer as to what to do so they want to get rid of it !! Pathetic.

It would be comical if it weren’t so tragic! It reminds of a Belgian joke: how many people do you need to change a bulb on a ceiling lamp? Answer 6: one holding the bulb and tive to move the chair around.

[Cake Monster]

Tampering with the Evidence springs to mind

[rudi49jr]

Perfect (Thai) solution: instead of doing something about it, why not just remove the problem? Problem solved, innit?

[Boomer6969]

On thing I forgot to mention is that you don't overtake [should I mention undertaking as it could be seen as callous on this thread] when approaching or in an intersection. While this is absolute common sense for western road users it seems to be a totally out outlandish concept for the Thais.

[thailand49]

Favor of the month cross walks! 

So now everyone is jumping on the bandwagon when the problem is much larger! 

 

And there lays the biggest problem RTP, they want to remove the cross walk!   

This is their solution and reason why the whole system need to be scraped send them all back to the classroom to learn their ABC. Move it sweep it under the rug!  Traffic heavy block off the road send it down to the next intersection,  too many accidents block off the turn out send the traffic down to the next intersection.  This is the solution to every problem in this nation! 

 

I remember a few years ago Pattaya  Beach row right outside the police station Soi 9 they put in a rolling speed bump to slow down the speeding just before the crosswalk with lights, first night a motorbike taxi come down going 100 it hits that bump kills himself next day the police solution is to make the bump smaller.  The is the type of pee brain thinking being developed in Thai government schools to are serving this country. 

 

Edited January 27, 2022 by thailand49

[ChrisY1]

6 hours ago, Asquith Production said:

The road could easily be made safer by installing rumble strips and speed bumps. All roads can be designed to make them safer. Any long stretch of road without some form of barrier will invite speeding

You think Thai drivers have any form of discipline? They don't!

[Asquith Production]

18 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

You think Thai drivers have any form of discipline? They don't!

No exactly  hence my comment.

[RobU]

My Gast is completely flabbered. In fact you could say that I'm flabbergasted

[overt2016]

10 hours ago, RandiRona said:

Please consider skyways to cross big and traffic heavy roads,  cheap to build and safe for everyone.

And forget about the aged or handicapped.

[rudi49jr]

16 minutes ago, overt2016 said:

And forget about the aged or handicapped.

Not to mention that most of the time it’s hot and sweaty in Thailand, so it’s quite an effort for any of us to get up and down those stairs as the sun is beating down on you. 

[RandiRona]

1 hour ago, overt2016 said:

And forget about the aged or handicapped.

There are lifts or escalators like they have in Singapore and other countries which they can use. 

[natway09]

How about some tyre spikes that pop up when the lights turn red,

No, one step forward, two steps backwards

[rodknock]

sure build more overpasses.

that would be great for disabled people.

they have still have not built lifts at all the bts stops as was ordered by court years ago.

the court gave them 1year to complete.  never happened.

they do not care about disabled people in this country!!

[The Hammer2021]

Cross walk? A pedestrian crossing?

[Chelseafan]

17 hours ago, jaiyen said:

Look at how many unconcerned people it takes to inspect a Zebra crossing ! And none of them know the answer as to what to do so they want to get rid of it !! Pathetic.

Yep although the solution is quite simple. Install a huge sleeping policeman (speed hump) and speed cameras which fine you 2,000 baht for going over the speed limit. I think you'll find that will incentivise people to slow down. It does here anyhow!!

 

 

[Chelseafan]

10 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

You think Thai drivers have any form of discipline? They don't!

They do when they think its going to damage their brand new hire purchase car...

 

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/27/2022 at 3:55 AM, rodknock said:

sure blame the pedestrians, not the person who hits them.

Which part of that report was "blaming the pedestrians"?

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/27/2022 at 6:21 AM, Chang_paarp said:

One way of preventing people getting hit at a pedestrian crossing ...would be to install the warning devices listed as missing in the article

That's exactly what the article said they'd do!...

"...the official stated that crosswalk lights and CCTV cameras would be installed at crosswalks".

Edited January 29, 2022 by Liverpool Lou

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/27/2022 at 6:53 AM, jaiyen said:

Look at how many unconcerned people it takes to inspect a Zebra crossing ! And none of them know the answer as to what to do so they want to get rid of it !! Pathetic.

Pathetic? Really?   They didn't say that was the only option...

"For Bangkok, the official stated that crosswalk lights and CCTV cameras would be installed at crosswalks". 

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/27/2022 at 7:34 AM, IAMHERE said:

Thai logic could be if the Zebra Crossing is removed then it wasn't needed. If it wasn't needed then the Corporal shouldn't be punished for it being there, a victim himself of bad traffic planning.

No, that's your logic, not Thai logic.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/27/2022 at 8:08 AM, worgeordie said:

After they painted all those little squares on the  side and down

middle of the road, then they thought a bit more ,and decided

the best way was to get rid of it, leaving people to run over the

road to cross it.

No, not exactly...

"For Bangkok, the official stated that crosswalk lights and CCTV cameras would be installed at crosswalks". 

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/27/2022 at 8:11 AM, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

Indeed. Tremendous loss of face in having one of their fellow men hit a pedestrian, in what was obviously the wrong place, the crosswalk. Solution? Remove the crosswalk.

Indeed not.  Read the full article...

"For Bangkok, the official stated that crosswalk lights and CCTV cameras would be installed at crosswalks". 

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/27/2022 at 8:11 AM, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

Also, forget all those rumours about the bike not having a plate, not being registered, not even his bike, "borrowed" from the well known RTP toy box called police impound. All FAKE NEWS.

These confirmed charges are "fake news", are they?...

Speeding

Reckless driving causing death
Using a vehicle without a licence plate
Failing to keep his motorcycle in the left lane
Failing to give way to someone using a pedestrian crossing
Using a vehicle with unpaid annual registration tax
Using a vehicle that lacked required equipment
Not having third-party vehicle insurance.

 

It has also been confirmed that he bought the bike, it had not been impounded.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/27/2022 at 10:16 AM, RocketDog said:

Royal Thai Police to consider removing crosswalk at Kidney Institute Hospital following fatal road accident in Bangkok.

 

So much 'consideration', so little action, as with all government functions.

You could always read the full article!

 

"For Bangkok, the official stated that crosswalk lights and CCTV cameras would be installed at crosswalks". 

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/27/2022 at 10:36 AM, big dendrobenaes said:

and what are they going to put there as replacement ??????!!!!!

"For Bangkok, the official stated that crosswalk lights and CCTV cameras would be installed at crosswalks". 

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/27/2022 at 11:00 AM, kcpattaya said:

I cannot believe the stupidity of these clowns...
Let's remove all traffic lights so nobody ignores the red light.

Apart from you, no one has said that.  

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/27/2022 at 11:09 AM, connda said:

That's how it's done people!!!  If someone get's killed in a crosswalk - REMOVE the crosswalk!!!  ????????????

Reading the article...that's how it's done!...

 

"For Bangkok, the official stated that crosswalk lights and CCTV cameras would be installed at crosswalks". 

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/27/2022 at 1:13 PM, rudi49jr said:

Perfect (Thai) solution: instead of doing something about it, why not just remove the problem? Problem solved, innit?

Perfect Thaivisa poster response, instead of reading the article just bang out an inaccurate comment...

"For Bangkok, the official stated that crosswalk lights and CCTV cameras would be installed at crosswalks". 

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/27/2022 at 1:39 PM, thailand49 said:

And there lays the biggest problem RTP, they want to remove the cross walk!   

No, the biggest problem is posters not being able to read.  From the article...

"For Bangkok, the official stated that crosswalk lights and CCTV cameras would be installed at crosswalks". 

Edited January 29, 2022 by Liverpool Lou

[Liverpool Lou]

On 1/27/2022 at 7:27 PM, RandiRona said:

On 1/27/2022 at 6:16 PM, overt2016 said:

And forget about the aged or handicapped.

There are lifts or escalators like they have in Singapore and other countries which they can use. 

Garbage.  Where exactly in Thailand are any of these lifts and escalators provided for people just wanting to cross the roads to use?

Edited January 29, 2022 by Liverpool Lou