I am from the mainland europe and I do not remember ever seeing the ZZ lines.

They are indeed dangerous when wet.

Zigzag markings are common in Europe.

So is stopping for pedestrians at a zebra crossing. Here many drivers speed up.

Even at the most famous zebra crossing in the world........abbey.jpg

Especially bus drivers. I was crossing a pedestrian crossing with lights and a bus did not even slow let alone stop at the red light

But good he was going at a decent speed as you could tell he wouldn't stop in time so all the peds just stood and waited till her roared through.

It'll motivate many to zig zag along the road, it's so much fun!

If they can get them to stop painting the kerbs alternating red and white, that will be enough for me. Looks like a mess one minute after it has been painted, and the most labour intensive painting process known to man.

Whoever has that contract to supply the red paint must be loaded.

I am from the mainland europe and I do not remember ever seeing the ZZ lines.

They are indeed dangerous when wet.

No they most categorically are not!

Suthon explained that the zig-zag lines would trick motorists to think the roads are narrower, causing them to slow down.

The mind set here is that when the road gets narrower, the motorist speeds up so he will make it before the other guy.

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Yep. Narrow roads are like Venturi tubes here.

What if i come from Botswana where are the zebras and the antelope

oh wait there's a horny elephant that's ok then.

pedestrian crossings are common in Europe also and so is stopping and giving way to pedestrians at the crossings. Thailand and Europe are worlds apart when it comes to obeying road rules

Wonder how many motorbike riders are going to be killed after sliding in wet weather on the new road-paintings??

You make a very good point. I worked as a motorcycle dispatch rider in London and am all too familiar with slippery road paintings. If we had a couple of dry weeks in London it would only take a light rain shower to make the road paintings lethal.

Well they now have a reason to swerve all over the road. "Officer I was following the lines"

Did anyone think to inform the public before they painted the new markings so they dont have to guess or think they are new paint saving new designed parking spaces?

How about Prayuth uses his weekly slot to INFORM people of what could be a well needed safety road marking campaign and EXPLAIN it to the whole nation in one go ?

Thats after someone has explained to him what they are for that is,

Does anyone seriously expect that suddenly painting zig-zags on the streets of Bangkok will have any effect on raodbsafety????? Only a fool?

I wouldn't be surprised if accidents increased due to people stopping to take photos.

Have they no idea how to introduce a new road safety measure????? You don't just suddenly make them appear and expect people to respect them.......who is going to enforce this? I doubt if the average policeman on the street knows or cares what they even are.

The buffoon behind this should be publicly shamed and sacked.

Does anyone seriously expect that suddenly painting zig-zags on the streets of Bangkok will have any effect on raodbsafety????? Only a fool?

I wouldn't be surprised if accidents increased due to people stopping to take photos.

Have they no idea how to introduce a new road safety measure????? You don't just suddenly make them appear and expect people to respect them.......who is going to enforce this? I doubt if the average policeman on the street knows or cares what they even are.

The buffoon behind this should be publicly shamed and sacked.

Wait until a cop on a bike trys to stop on one when its been raining, he'll care alright.

Id let all the mototaxis you meet know about these markings, the idea is ok but brake suddenly on them on a bike when they are wet and your in bigtrouble.

Guess who might be on the back at the time if you use mototaxis ? YOU.

Wonder how many motorbike riders are going to be killed after sliding in wet weather on the new road-paintings??

You make a very good point. I worked as a motorcycle dispatch rider in London and am all too familiar with slippery road paintings. If we had a couple of dry weeks in London it would only take a light rain shower to make the road paintings lethal.

I can tell you that is rubbish...if they use the correct "paint" the traction on zig-zags in the wet is actually the same or higher that standard city street asphalt.

However in Thailand the road markings arw made of much less sophisticated substances

OK. Here's the solution for blase Thai drivers. Speed cameras hooked up to road spikes. Any car going over 30 km per hour in the "zig zag stretch" gets it's tyres slashed to shreds.

Did anyone think to inform the public before they painted the new markings so they dont have to guess or think they are new paint saving new designed parking spaces?

How about Prayuth uses his weekly slot to INFORM people of what could be a well needed safety road marking campaign and EXPLAIN it to the whole nation in one go ?

Thats after someone has explained to him what they are for that is,

No one bothered to inform the public of the give way rules at roundabouts when they installed a new roundabout in Samui!

Did anyone think to inform the public before they painted the new markings so they dont have to guess or think they are new paint saving new designed parking spaces?

How about Prayuth uses his weekly slot to INFORM people of what could be a well needed safety road marking campaign and EXPLAIN it to the whole nation in one go ?

Thats after someone has explained to him what they are for that is,

No one bothered to inform the public of the give way rules at roundabouts when they installed a new roundabout in Samui!

...and Samui has the highest death rate in Thailand.

OK. Here's the solution for blase Thai drivers. Speed cameras hooked up to road spikes. Any car going over 30 km per hour in the "zig zag stretch" gets it's tyres slashed to shreds.

..and this post gets the award for the most facetious comment of the thread?

Is there an update on how well these zigzags are functioning? Ae there any stats available, a report? prior research?

They could do worse than implement Belisha beacons, the globe shaped orange flashing lollies on a stick that mark crossings in the UK not controlled by traffic lights. As already stated, the zig zag lines are mainly to mark the crossings and denote the no parking zone for visibility of pedestrians by drivers, as (same as Thailand) pedestrians have right of way, although you'd never guess it here, where might is right!

...and Samui has the highest death rate in Thailand.

This stat changes daily. Chiang Mai has had the infamous position many times.

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Had to google what zig zag lines are. Don't remember seeing any in Europe. They a new thang in the old world?

On 12/01/2015 at 5:30 PM, simonuk said:

Um not really to warn us to slow down . They are there to tell us not to park here as it reduces visibility around crossing áreas .

Correct.  Studs and bumps slow cars down.

6 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Had to google what zig zag lines are. Don't remember seeing any in Europe. They a new thang in the old world?

30 years old about...in UK

Sadly, education with respect to safe use of the roads by drivers and pedestrians is lacking. As pointed out in one of the first responses here the zig zag lines are to prevent parking adjacent to crossings in order to allow pedestrians to see oncoming traffic. The fact that this is not appreciated by officials is embarrassing but understandable in the circumstances.




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