Zebra crossings in Prachuap Khiri Khan to be made safer for pedestrians

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By Online Reporter

 

Officials in Prachuap Khiri Khan have launched a new campaign to reduce accidents at crosswalks or zebra crossings.

 

On Tuesday (Mar 21) Mr Sathien Charoenruen, Governor of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, as Director of the Road Safety Center of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, chaired the opening ceremony of the road safety campaign.

 

The campaign seeks to improve pedestrian safety by repainting the markings of zebra crossings in numerous schools across the province.

 

The campaign aims to make the crossings more visible and enhance their safety features, thereby reducing accidents and making them safer for pedestrians.

 

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[Will B Good]

Zebra crossings in Prachuap Khiri Khan to be made safer for pedestrians...............by closing the road to all traffic.

[Joe Farang]

The red paint will hide the blood.

[spidermike007]

Perhaps there is a way to teach drivers the concept of respect for others?

 

Can they figure out a way to impart the idea of the sanctity of a life? 

 

Can they teach patience, and the reality that getting there 20 seconds later does not make any difference, at all? 

[Denim]

32 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Zebra crossings in Prachuap Khiri Khan to be made safer for pedestrians...............by closing the road to all traffic.

No, just build 2 stout parallel walls either side of the crossing.

[keith101]

Painting red and white does nothing i was almost hit by young college student on a motor bike yesterday crossing one .

[connda]

They should have drop-down gates like at railroad crossing.  Paint, I'm afraid, isn't going to make anything safer.  The problem is with Thai drivers and Thai driving culture in general.  No paint in the world is going to change that unfortunately.

[Andre0720]

Well, they could not be made more dangerous.....

[richard_smith237]

A lick of paint... that’ll do !!!...   

 

A nationwide cultural shift is required before crossing at pedestrian crossing anywhere in Thailand is considered a safe thing to do. 

 

Such actions (as painting the crossing) somehow always seems to completely ignore the elephant in the room....  and that is that the enforcement is utterly lacking, the apathy exampled by law enforcement in issues where an impact could be made borders on negligence - not only does that lack of law enforcement do nothing to protect the pedestrians it actually further enables the recklessness of many drivers.