Traffic Tourist's Midnight Climb Fails to Change Phuket Traffic Light

[webfact]

 

Pictures courtesy of Channel 3Plus News

 

In a late-night incident in Phuket, a foreign tourist took an unusual approach to hasten his wait at a red light.

 

Impatient with the lengthy signal, he parked his motorbike in the middle of the intersection and climbed the traffic light pole in an attempt to manually switch the light to green, unfortunately, to no avail.

 

The scene unfolded at the Lotus Samkong intersection, a well-known junction connecting Yaowarat and Chalerm Prakiat Rama IX roads in Phuket's Talat Yai and Ratsada areas.

 

The event was captured in four photographs shared widely online, accompanied by humorous commentary questioning the man's actions.

 

Timestamped at 1:20 a.m. though lacking a date, the video taken from a car reveals the foreigner dismounting his motorcycle and proceeding to interact with the traffic lights.

 

Although he indicated to others his attempt to change the light, the light coincidentally switched to green shortly after, despite no manual override being possible.

 

This incident highlights the unique challenges and creative, albeit ineffective, measures tourists sometimes take when navigating local traffic conditions.

 

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Channel 3Plus News 2025-05-14

 

 

[watchcat]

33 minutes ago, webfact said:

In a late-night incident in Phuket, a foreign tourist took an unusual approach to hasten his wait at a red light.

 

Impatient with the lengthy signal, he parked his motorbike in the middle of the intersection and climbed the traffic light pole in an attempt to manually switch the light to green, unfortunately, to no avail.

 

Where the hell was he going , to a hospital with ICU with his pregnant wife? Strange behaviour from an idiot visiting Phuket deport him!

[Gottfrid]

Mongo!

[hotchilli]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

This incident highlights the unique challenges and creative, albeit ineffective, measures tourists sometimes take when navigating local traffic conditions.

Numpty

[sikishrory]

"wait for a redlight"... in phuket 🤣

[KhunBENQ]

13 minutes ago, sikishrory said:

"wait for a redlight"... in phuket 🤣

Exactly.

Which Thai would wait at a stupid red light at an empty intersection 

The traffic lights here are switching stupidly in fixed time intervals. No smart adapting to traffic.

How much time have I spent staring at empty intersections...

[RonJr]

23 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

Where the hell was he going , to a hospital with ICU with his pregnant wife? Strange behaviour from an idiot visiting Phuket deport him!

I second that! lol

 

DEPORT HIM 😉

[wavodavo]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Numpty

IF he's not the dumbest bloke in Thailand he want's to hope that the dumbest bloke doesn't die.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Numpty

[wavodavo]

Just now, wavodavo said:

IF he's not the dumbest bloke in Thailand he want's to hope that the dumbest bloke doesn't die.

I reckon he's a fopdoodle. Wonder if he's bob's brother ??

[Thingamabob]

For all the time and effort involved in trying to manually alter the light to green he might just as well have waited for it to change automatically.

[Burma Bill]

On 5/14/2025 at 9:36 AM, webfact said:

climbed the traffic light pole in an attempt to manually switch the light to green,

 

TAT take note - another one of your quality tourists!

[Magictoad]

10 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

 

TAT take note - another one of your quality tourists!

TAT take note - another one of your quality traffic lights that need fixing!

[saakura]

3 hours ago, RonJr said:

I second that! lol

 

DEPORT HIM 😉

Back to Britain? 🤪

[black tabby12345]

Going up and down the pole.

Would take a lot more than waiting for green light.