Residents in the Khao Talo atea and motorists using the Khao Talo railway crossing have been advised that a major road safety emergency exercise will take place on 13 July 2025, between 08:00 and 12:00.

Wat Yan Sang Wararam Hospital, working with relevant agencies, will conduct a joint drill designed to improve the prevention of and response to road traffic accidents at the railway crossing. The exercise will involve a realistic emergency simulation, with ambulances, advanced life support vehicles, rescue teams and personnel from multiple organisations operating in the area.

Authorities have stressed that the exercise is only a planned training event and have urged members of the public not to be alarmed if they see emergency vehicles or large numbers of responders at the scene. The simulation is intended to test coordination between agencies and strengthen their ability to respond effectively during real emergencies.

The drill forms part of ongoing efforts to improve emergency preparedness, enhance the efficiency of assistance provided to accident victims and increase safety for people travelling on local roads. Organisers say practising realistic scenarios allows emergency services to identify areas for improvement and ensure a faster, more coordinated response when genuine incidents occur.

Residents and road users are being asked to avoid the immediate area if traffic is affected during the exercise. Officials have apologised for any inconvenience caused and have requested that motorists and pedestrians follow all instructions issued by officers managing the operation.

As preparations continue, authorities are encouraging public cooperation throughout the exercise to help ensure it can be completed safely and effectively. The agencies involved say the training is an important step towards improving emergency response capabilities and protecting road users in the event of future incidents.

I notice we now have yellow boxes at all the railway line junctions now. A waste of paint as people still block them.

35 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

Residents in the Khao Talo atea and motorists using the Khao Talo railway crossing have been advised that a major road safety emergency exercise will take place

Was this actioned after that stupid foreigner got his car trapped in the boom gate the other day. 🤔

How will this Emergency Exercise take place. Will they let loads of traffic go across the tracks, only locals though, send a train at 100 kph, lower the barriers just in time, with lights flashing of course, and have a copper there telling the traffic to stop? 5-5-5

Edited July 10Jul 10 by wil iam not

What they need is a decent barrier that goes right the way across, solved

They need these , not only do they stop cars and bikes going round but stop the bikes going under.

Edited July 10Jul 10 by NE1

The average Thai is not very good at thinking ahead, their immediate priority is only to get across the junction, what will happen if they're stuck in a traffic jam on the actual line when the barriers come down seldom enters their heads. A few weeks ago at lunchtime, I was on that Khao Talo crossing and the roads were jammed in all directions, but I refused to advance onto the railway line until the cars in front of me had moved so that I could get safely across the railway. I had some fool in a tiny Suzuki Swift behind me trying to tailgate me to force me to move forwards, while two idiots on motorbikes went past me indicating that I should move onto the railway line. I ignored them all until it was safe to drive across. They need to run some TV adverts showing the horrible consequences of getting stuck on a railway line when a train goes through at speed, or include actual videos as part of the driving licence tests, like they do with car accidents on the Defensive Driving courses. OK, so it was a farang in this case, but I've never had a foreigner try to coerce me onto the railway tracks, so far it's only been Thais, but one of these days it'll probably happen, lol.

5 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Was this actioned after that stupid foreigner got his car trapped in the boom gate the other day. 🤔

Lived on Khaotalo before, when in rush hour, falang and Thai still go when traffic is jammed, standing still in the railroad tracks.

Some traffic signs needed.

Or even better.... Build a tunnel or elevated railroad for the trains.

Simplest solution is to make rot fai road two ways, its just one-way with two-three lanes, one goes north other south,other sides of the railway.

Other solution is to build an underpass Sukhumvit - Khaotalo-Thepprasit like Klang-Sukhumvit.

This would ease the cues on Khaotalo.

Edited July 10Jul 10 by PoorSucker

4 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

Lived on Khaotalo before

Was that goat hanging out at the 7-Eleven when you lived there. It was the 7-Eleven on the right as you started going up the hill.

I think the public killed it, stupid people feeding it ice-cream, chips, biscuits etc

1 minute ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Was that goat hanging out at the 7-Eleven when you lived there. It was the 7-Eleven on the right as you started going up the hill.

I think the public killed it, stupid people feeding it ice-cream, chips, biscuits etc

Live in condo behind BigC extra since 5 years, once I saw two 200 kg pigs going through the garbage.

Free range goat...kebab

When I lived in Sweden it was common among sheep farmers to loose some to Kebab shops.

Edited July 10Jul 10 by PoorSucker

They are still going to go through , I can Make it , I can make it ....I can ma...Bang.

regards worgeordie

8 hours ago, Guderian said:

what will happen if they're stuck in a traffic jam on the actual line when the barriers come down seldom enters their heads.

It happened in Bangkok last month when a bus could not get out of the way of a train. Many killed.

17 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

Simplest solution is to make rot fai road two ways, its just one-way with two-three lanes, one goes north other south,other sides of the railway.

Not sure that would work, it was tried during the construction and created awful traffic jams, as would traffic lights.

The National Motto is 'Me First.' The supposed reputation for Thais being a polite Nation (it's a load of krap) goes out the window when they hit the roads. If you throw in a serious deficit of brain matter then you get the log-jam. These selfish drivers cannot see the stupidity of blocking lanes rather than allowing some cars through. Throw in a complete absence of police control; nay police presence and you get the perfect storm. (These comments also apply to farang drivers who have lived too long here.)

On 7/10/2026 at 9:55 AM, Guderian said:

The average Thai is not very good at thinking ahead, their immediate priority is only to get across the junction, what will happen if they're stuck in a traffic jam on the actual line when the barriers come down seldom enters their heads. A few weeks ago at lunchtime, I was on that Khao Talo crossing and the roads were jammed in all directions, but I refused to advance onto the railway line until the cars in front of me had moved so that I could get safely across the railway. I had some fool in a tiny Suzuki Swift behind me trying to tailgate me to force me to move forwards, while two idiots on motorbikes went past me indicating that I should move onto the railway line. I ignored them all until it was safe to drive across. They need to run some TV adverts showing the horrible consequences of getting stuck on a railway line when a train goes through at speed, or include actual videos as part of the driving licence tests, like they do with car accidents on the Defensive Driving courses. OK, so it was a farang in this case, but I've never had a foreigner try to coerce me onto the railway tracks, so far it's only been Thais, but one of these days it'll probably happen, lol.

"The average Thai is not very good at thinking ahead,..."

You're talking about anticipation. My parents said to me a million time 'what happens if...?'

School teachers the same.

I lectured bachelor and masters classes at several Thai Unis. Most had international students, mostly from Germany, France, Spain, Denmark... about 20% to 30% of the students.

The International students often asked good questions, mostly coming from anticipating a result or an abovious future need.

The Thai students wer amazzed. A couple of time the Thai students sked the i/national students 'Do you have a book of questions, can I buy a copy?

The i/national students always responded 'no, I'm thinking ahead'.

Another farang professor had a situation where a Thai masters studen complained 'but that's not in the course curriculum'. An i/national student spoke up immediately and loudly 'it's just common sense'.