Motorists and Business Operators complain about new Pattaya Beach Speed Humps

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Motorists and Business Operators complain about new Pattaya Beach Speed Humps



PATTAYA: -- In the early hours of Thursday a 26 year old man suffered minor facial injuries after he was thrown 20 meters off of his motorbike onto the road after he failed to see newly constructed road humps on Pattaya Beach Road.

The injured man along with other concerned residents and business operators believe the new humps will cause a serious accident which could potentially involve foreign tourists.

Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/112628/motorists-and-business-operators-complain-about-new-pattaya-beach-speed-humps/


-- Pattaya One 2013-12-20

[Patje]

The injured man along with other concerned residents and business operators believe the new humps will cause a serious accident which could potentially involve foreign tourists. other road users .

[Tokay]

Shouldn't have been driving 180kph while drunk and making a Facebook update. Unseen things in the road will get you every time.

[DD13]

The "speeders" will learn in the end.........it may take a few "bumps & bruises"........but they are the reason for them being there

A great idea........well done Pattaya Council

Oh ....and another idea.....

Make the humps "the" designated place where pedestrians can cross the road......(they are wide enough for this purpose)

They can see.....and be seen by the motorists

Edited December 20, 2013 by DD13

[noikrit]

They're complaining about the speed bumps because they can't speed !! Doh ! GOOD MOVE !! Just make sure they are highlighted !!

Edited December 20, 2013 by noikrit

[Norabone]

How fast do you have to travel to get thrown 20mts and how stupid/drunk to only get away with minor facial injuries?

[fakename]

Well, he did have a good excuse as to why he was speeding. He could have said that he thought he was just a cool guy, and wanted to show the beach bunnies how fast he could go.

[Kerryd]

"The humps are not marked in any way, as yet"

Yeah - let's through some speed bumps onto a high-traffic road with no warnings/announcements, and NOT MARK THEM so that they are visible, especially in low/no light conditions !

On one hand, the fact that the city (finally) recognized that there is a problem (cars/motos often driving at very high speeds in areas where there is lots of foot traffic crossing the road all over the place) and did something about it is laudable. I've seen the traffic on Beach Road, especially in the early hours of the morning, but even during regular daytime hours. Unless it's a full-blown traffic jam there are always people flying along there like the devil (or ex-wife) is on their tail.

Throw in a few thousand tourists trying to get to/from the beach/bars, add to it that many of those tourists are under the (apparently incorrect) impression that they have the right-of way wherever they decide to cross (even at marked crosswalks) and you're just asking for accidents to happen, a lot.

On the other hand - no warnings and NO MARKINGS ?!?!?!? At the VERY least there should have been reflective markings and warning signs. H3ll, even here on the Kandahar Air Field they've embedded blinky LED lights at pedestrian crosswalks to warn drivers.

I hope the quality of the construction is somewhat better than normal as well, otherwise those "bumps" will be disintegrating and spreading hunks of concrete all over the road, creating an even more dangerous situation. (Just wait for the next rainy season when they are submerged and invisible as well ! All sorts of fun on it's way !)

[bluebluewater]

I love a good speed hump in the morning . . .

[scar2]

Well done Pattaya City Hall.

We need more speed bumps on Beach road and Second road.

[jmccarty]

These are more like speed hills. Much bigger than any I have found on a road before. And as said above, not marked yet so a surprise if hit at anything over 10km/h!

[Namplik]

Somnamna....

[guzzi850m2]

This is actually the best speed bumps I seen in Pattaya with soft slopes so you can still go around 30 km/h or so over them.

No excuses for the complaining bike rider and the police should have fined him for speeding.

[i claudius]

Perhaps he thought he was Evil Kenievel, ?

[paquito]

No need to be speeding if the bl@@dy things are badly engineered:

http://youtu.be/yQDNoPpDO5Y

[MMarlow]

Shouldn't have been driving 180kph while drunk and making a Facebook update. Unseen things in the road will get you every time.

I'm really surprised that some people "like" drivel such as this. Some readers of this forum will actually believe what you posted.

[MMarlow]

How fast do you have to travel to get thrown 20mts and how stupid/drunk to only get away with minor facial injuries?

Well, travelling at just 40kph means that, normally, in one second approximately 11metres will be covered so add in a little take-off fron the hump and your answer is not necessarily that fast.

You reckon that to get away with minor facial injuries he is stupid? Some strange people on here.

[Kabayo66]

Speed bumps are an effective method of reducing traffic speeds, but they should be clearly marked. Perhaps they should paint them black, then hire a talented artist to paint them so that approaching vehicle operators clearly see what appears to be hundreds of 10-15cm long stainless steel spikes mounted vertically in the road, forming the Thai and English words, "SLOW DOWN."

[BlueSkyCowboy]

The bump on Soi 9 in front of the police building looks good and is reasonable. This is a beach community and not an interstate highway. I watched some dead brains race on 2nd road yesterday, not safe for other people

[BlueSkyCowboy]

The bump on Soi 9 in front of the police building looks good and is reasonable. This is a beach community and not an interstate highway. I watched some dead brains race on 2nd road yesterday, they are a real danger to other people on the road

[cup-O-coffee]

The irony here is so thick you can cut it with a speeding Thai, who adds stupidity to lunacy by thinking that an intelligent person can be deceived into thinking that speeding Thai motorists and price-jacking businesses are actually concerned about foreign tourists being hurt by speed bumps.

How about showing a little concern about foreign tourists and slowing down to let them cross the street, and so they can go into the businesses and get charged at a price that is the same for one and all?

Speed bumps! Concern for foreigners! Yeah! Right! BWAHahahaaaaaaa

Edited December 20, 2013 by cup-O-coffee

[NoshowJones]

The "speeders" will learn in the end.........it may take a few "bumps & bruises"........but they are the reason for them being there

A great idea........well done Pattaya Council

Oh ....and another idea.....

Make the humps "the" designated place where pedestrians can cross the road......(they are wide enough for this purpose)

They can see.....and be seen by the motorists

There should be no speed bumps anywhere in any country. They also slow down the emergency services. What about an ambulance that has to get a seriously ill person to hospital in a life or death situation. Why can't the police go out and catch the speeders on a regular basis? and punish them severely. I am not just referring to Thailand or Beach road here.

[NoshowJones]

Well done Pattaya City Hall.

We need more speed bumps on Beach road and Second road.

Read post 22#.

[cup-O-coffee]

The "speeders" will learn in the end.........it may take a few "bumps & bruises"........but they are the reason for them being there

A great idea........well done Pattaya Council

Oh ....and another idea.....

Make the humps "the" designated place where pedestrians can cross the road......(they are wide enough for this purpose)

They can see.....and be seen by the motorists

There should be no speed bumps anywhere in any country. They also slow down the emergency services. What about an ambulance that has to get a seriously ill person to hospital in a life or death situation. Why can't the police go out and catch the speeders on a regular basis? and punish them severely. I am not just referring to Thailand or Beach road here.

You must be joking. Really. You really must be joking. I know you are joking.

...erm...

You are joking, ...right?

[JoeThePoster]

The humps are not marked in any way

Whatever they do, I hope the don't paint white stripes on them like the pedestrian crossings. Just imagine, the whole country would come to a standstill.

[ppmacready]

These are more like speed hills. Much bigger than any I have found on a road before. And as said above, not marked yet so a surprise if hit at anything over 10km/h!

For 18 years I have lived here, the government has gently requested the Thais wear helmets.

You can see for your self the easy way just don't work with the Thais.

Speed hills are great for teaching Thais and they can get all the free food they can suck up a straw at the local hospital.

[Pattaya28]

Speed-Bumps !!!!

Next Pattaya will be having chicanes / width restriction posts. More carnage I guess.

[NoshowJones]

The "speeders" will learn in the end.........it may take a few "bumps & bruises"........but they are the reason for them being there

A great idea........well done Pattaya Council

Oh ....and another idea.....

Make the humps "the" designated place where pedestrians can cross the road......(they are wide enough for this purpose)

They can see.....and be seen by the motorists

There should be no speed bumps anywhere in any country. They also slow down the emergency services. What about an ambulance that has to get a seriously ill person to hospital in a life or death situation. Why can't the police go out and catch the speeders on a regular basis? and punish them severely. I am not just referring to Thailand or Beach road here.

You must be joking. Really. You really must be joking. I know you are joking.

...erm...

You are joking, ...right?

People dying is no joke. If the police and courts would do their jobs properly, there would be no need for speed bumps, or sleeping policemen as they are called in the UK. May I again emphasis, I am referring to any country here, not just Thailand.

[cup-O-coffee]

The "speeders" will learn in the end.........it may take a few "bumps & bruises"........but they are the reason for them being there

A great idea........well done Pattaya Council

Oh ....and another idea.....

Make the humps "the" designated place where pedestrians can cross the road......(they are wide enough for this purpose)

They can see.....and be seen by the motorists

There should be no speed bumps anywhere in any country. They also slow down the emergency services. What about an ambulance that has to get a seriously ill person to hospital in a life or death situation. Why can't the police go out and catch the speeders on a regular basis? and punish them severely. I am not just referring to Thailand or Beach road here.

You must be joking. Really. You really must be joking. I know you are joking.

...erm...

You are joking, ...right?

People dying is no joke. If the police and courts would do their jobs properly, there would be no need for speed bumps, or sleeping policemen as they are called in the UK. May I again emphasis, I am referring to any country here, not just Thailand.

I am referring to lunatics.

I suspect the consequences of having speed bumps in their proper places will be much less in tally to, say...

...having guard rails in their proper places...

...light poles in their proper places...

...having barriers in their proper places...

...having corners in their proper places...

...having ditches and ravines and cliffs in their proper places...

...having buildings in their proper places...

...having pedestrians in their proper places...

...having other drivers in their proper places...

...and so on and so on ad-nausea.

Yes! Let's argue logic in an all out effort to sustain lunacy.

EDIT: Possum1931, the legitimate point about ambulances which you describe is only corroded by the reasons for which those ambulances are needed, as I implied above. -respect

Edited December 20, 2013 by cup-O-coffee

[avidflyer]

Actually those "speed humps" are intended to provide an easier way for wheel chair users to cross Beach Road. Now all you wise guys can have fun with that twist of reality.