Air con experts

[AndreasHG]

The median U-turn is a unique feature of multilane highways in Thailand and is one of the most dangerous (and most idiotic, I would add) road features ever conceived by human mind. I am always extremely cautious when approaching a , expecting the unexpected.

 

I wonder why Thai have not yet discovered the roundabouts. They are much safer and not overwhelmingly expensive to build.

 

[BangkokReady]

3 hours ago, billd766 said:

What a good idea.

 

Putting some of the blame on the innocent victim who actually had the right of way, instead of ALL the blame on the cement truck driver, who should have stopped and waited at the U turn.

 

Did I get it wrong?  If she had followed the common sense approach of slowing down at junctions and looking out for traffic that is emerging into the road you are travelling on, would she not be more likely to have survived?

[billd766]

39 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Did I get it wrong?  If she had followed the common sense approach of slowing down at junctions and looking out for traffic that is emerging into the road you are travelling on, would she not be more likely to have survived?

And if the concrete truck driver had stopped, BEFORE making a U turn, (as he should have done), she would still be alive.

 

She had the right of way, HE didn't.

 

Nor does it appear that he even bothered to slow down.

[BangkokReady]

9 minutes ago, billd766 said:

And if the concrete truck driver had stopped, BEFORE making a U turn, (as he should have done), she would still be alive.

 

She had the right of way, HE didn't.

 

Nor does it appear that he even bothered to slow down.

 

Yes.  If either the concrete truck wasn't driving too fast and didn't fail to give way, or, if the woman had been driving defensively and anticipated the threat the track would potentially pose, the accident probably would not have occurred as it did.

 

I'm glad that we can agree about that.

[BangkokReady]

4 hours ago, AndreasHG said:

The median U-turn is a unique feature of multilane highways in Thailand and is one of the most dangerous (and most idiotic, I would add) road features ever conceived by human mind. I am always extremely cautious when approaching a , expecting the unexpected.

 

I wonder why Thai have not yet discovered the roundabouts. They are much safer and not overwhelmingly expensive to build.

 

Maybe because they require all traffic to give way to the left and move in the same direction.  I imagine a roundabout where people are constable traveling the wrong way round and never give way would be pretty dangerous.

 

Unfortunately, Thais simply won't follow road rules.