BeefSlapper Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Hi. Um going through Jomtien roundabout everyday, I must say its rulez less. Thais dont know how to go through it. Just random. Bikes and cars that are on it stops to let approaching vehicles go through. They bad trained or is it me who dont know thier rule. In old eur u let everyone on ur right or left depends on country goes before u. Vehicles on round about got right to go before approachin vehicles. Its terrible b cuz once they stop once they go. Random really. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Its safe as houses. Its like a ploughed filed now on the Watboon side !!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeefSlapper Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 They plant trees thats okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocacoc Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 24 Live broadcast from a Roundabout in NL. Maybe someone can use it for educational reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 They are now planting Foxtail palms on that road in the central divider, looks like from from Sukhumvit junction as far as soi 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeefSlapper Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Its terrible man. Simple thing. Just shows you thier skills and knowledge of road rules. Back in the day in Poland I had to attend 1 month theory classes and read memorize road laws book, then do 20h car driving with instructor before I was allowed to take a tough test that only me in my group of 10 passed. I did thai licence too so I know how its done. Laugh really it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeefSlapper Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 here it is so no surprise here Thailand ranked third among countries having highest road fatality rates http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/thailand-ranked-third-among-countries-having-highest-road-fatality-rates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) They are now planting Foxtail palms on that road in the central divider, looks like from from Sukhumvit junction as far as soi 5 I saw them the other day planting trees in the central reservation my immediate thought was why are they wasting money on that when they should be fixing ( properly ) the road surface and lighting first. Also saw a car on the roundabout with its front end smashed and an older pickup truck with back bumper hanging off a couple of meters off the roundabout. Its quite dangerous to use the roundabout as stated in the highway code ie: give way to vehicles coming from the right already on the roundabout they either don't know or just ignore this roundabout rule. Tour buses just hurtle straight on through without stopping, motorbikes stop on the roundabout waiting for cars to go first no one knows who has right of way chaos !!! nearly as bad as Zebra crossings Edited September 9, 2015 by johng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 24 Live broadcast from a Roundabout in NL. Maybe someone can use it for educational reason. Yes very good but they are driving on the "wrong side" of the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) Edited September 9, 2015 by johng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 It actually works , even if Thais don't understand it they have to slow down . Just go with the flow, drive carefully and watch the other traffic, especially bikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) It actually works , even if Thais don't understand it they have to slow down . Just go with the flow, drive carefully and watch the other traffic, especially bikes. Keep banging that drum. Think you will see 10 palm trees in the middle of it soon. just to block your vision, to make it even more safer Just a guess Edited September 9, 2015 by onemorechang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 They are now planting Foxtail palms on that road in the central divider, looks like from from Sukhumvit junction as far as soi 5 I saw them the other day planting trees in the central reservation my immediate thought was why are they wasting money on that when they should be fixing ( properly ) the road surface and lighting first. Also saw a car on the roundabout with its front end smashed and an older pickup truck with back bumper hanging off a couple of meters off the roundabout. Its quite dangerous to use the roundabout as stated in the highway code ie: give way to vehicles coming from the right already on the roundabout they either don't know or just ignore this roundabout rule. Tour buses just hurtle straight on through without stopping, motorbikes stop on the roundabout waiting for cars to go first no one knows who has right of way chaos !!! nearly as bad as Zebra crossings Just watch the video, shocking, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryB1263 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Does anyone know if the three girls are ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroona Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 The roundabout is better than what was there before. It is an improvement. Not ideal, I suppose, but they are trying. But what do we get on here? A thread which shows how superior it in the home countries of the posters. Barely disguised Thai bashing. But this ain't your home country. This is Thailand and each and every one of us weighed up the pros and cons before we decided to settle here. Bad traffic, bad driving, poor road infrastructures in some places are, unfortunately one of the poorer aspects. We all knew about it before we put down roots here. Sitting behind your keyboard pontificating about other countries will have absolutely no effect on what happens here. I'm sure City Hall will welcome all your improvement suggestions. I don't actually see many positive ideas in this thread, but I'd like to see some. If you aren't too busy, that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) Make it the same as the junction up the road a bit and the same as the rest of Thailand. ( it works ) The so many accidents at the junction before is a myth, no more than any other place in Thailand. BTW all that load you just dropped about other countries. Is the roundabout a Thailand idea !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BTW the roundabout is there for the ever increasing amount of buses that are coming to Jomtien, so they can spin round easy and not at the U-turn junctions, but some still do that as well. Edited September 9, 2015 by onemorechang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionsreplies Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Why trying to understand ? Just go fast and brake late, then all the strong guys on the circle suddenly lose their baaals and stop 5o let me go ♡♡♡♥♥♥ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanW Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 So many unnecessary deaths. When will they ever learn? ?? At the end of the day the top people just don't care. Heart breaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 There is little point in installing a roundabout if they don't also install the signs instructing who has right of way. There need to be large Give Way to the Right signs on each entrance to the roundabout to at least give users who understandably have little or no experience of them a chance to go the right thing. To put in a roundabout in a country that isn't used to them and then give no guidance as to how to use it is ludicrous. I haven't seen the junction since the roundabout was installed so if there are prominent signs I take back the aspersions I have so frivolously cast upon the local powers that be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou62 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I much prefer the roundabout, I live on Soi Wat Boon and use it regularly. I treat it as I would a roundabout in the UK, and won't proceed if there isn't clear space. While on it I stay aware of approaching traffic from the linked roads and also the cars/bikes in front of me in case they stop. It slows all the traffic down (including the busses) which used to tear down that stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya28 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 The nonsense I see at this roundabout is hilarious. Even had a motor-bike coming towards me / negotiating the roundabout the wrong way. Why !! Why !! Why !! And many a time, when I pull up at the roundabout, I have a Thai on a motor-bike waiting very politely to let me go 1st which definitely is "not" Thai charactor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 There is little point in installing a roundabout if they don't also install the signs instructing who has right of way. There need to be large Give Way to the Right signs on each entrance to the roundabout to at least give users who understandably have little or no experience of them a chance to go the right thing. To put in a roundabout in a country that isn't used to them and then give no guidance as to how to use it is ludicrous. I haven't seen the junction since the roundabout was installed so if there are prominent signs I take back the aspersions I have so frivolously cast upon the local powers that be! Zero signs, so your right Don't think they would care about reading them but we all live in hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I much prefer the roundabout, I live on Soi Wat Boon and use it regularly. I treat it as I would a roundabout in the UK, and won't proceed if there isn't clear space. While on it I stay aware of approaching traffic from the linked roads and also the cars/bikes in front of me in case they stop. It slows all the traffic down (including the busses) which used to tear down that stretch. If you drive the same as the uk for the roundabout you will have a very long wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou62 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I much prefer the roundabout, I live on Soi Wat Boon and use it regularly. I treat it as I would a roundabout in the UK, and won't proceed if there isn't clear space. While on it I stay aware of approaching traffic from the linked roads and also the cars/bikes in front of me in case they stop. It slows all the traffic down (including the busses) which used to tear down that stretch. If you drive the same as the uk for the roundabout you will have a very long wait. Rarely waited more than a few seconds, suppose I would if their was a convoy of vans as I've seen elsewhere. Trucks and busses approach it slowly (thankfully) and are slow to accelerate once slowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I much prefer the roundabout, I live on Soi Wat Boon and use it regularly. I treat it as I would a roundabout in the UK, and won't proceed if there isn't clear space. While on it I stay aware of approaching traffic from the linked roads and also the cars/bikes in front of me in case they stop. It slows all the traffic down (including the busses) which used to tear down that stretch. If you drive the same as the uk for the roundabout you will have a very long wait. Rarely waited more than a few seconds, suppose I would if their was a convoy of vans as I've seen elsewhere. Trucks and busses approach it slowly (thankfully) and are slow to accelerate once slowed. A junction controlled by traffic lights requires the traffic to stop and it does, even after the red light jumpers. The traffic lights would work, Just the same as the rest of Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou62 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I much prefer the roundabout, I live on Soi Wat Boon and use it regularly. I treat it as I would a roundabout in the UK, and won't proceed if there isn't clear space. While on it I stay aware of approaching traffic from the linked roads and also the cars/bikes in front of me in case they stop. It slows all the traffic down (including the busses) which used to tear down that stretch. I don't disagree with that, If you drive the same as the uk for the roundabout you will have a very long wait. Rarely waited more than a few seconds, suppose I would if their was a convoy of vans as I've seen elsewhere. Trucks and busses approach it slowly (thankfully) and are slow to accelerate once slowed. A junction controlled by traffic lights requires the traffic to stop and it does, even after the red light jumpers. The traffic lights would work, Just the same as the rest of Thailand. Agreed, lights would be better, as they have with the junction on So Chaiyapreuk, All I'm saying is the roundabout is an improvement on nothing as it slows the vehicles down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topt Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I cannot definitively answer one of the OPs questions but he and others may want to review earlier comments here -http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/810874-who-has-the-right-of-way-on-a-thai-roundabout/page-1and for further edification http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/853169-roundabout-and-traffic-lights/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I much prefer the roundabout, I live on Soi Wat Boon and use it regularly. I treat it as I would a roundabout in the UK, and won't proceed if there isn't clear space. While on it I stay aware of approaching traffic from the linked roads and also the cars/bikes in front of me in case they stop. It slows all the traffic down (including the busses) which used to tear down that stretch. I don't disagree with that, If you drive the same as the uk for the roundabout you will have a very long wait. Rarely waited more than a few seconds, suppose I would if their was a convoy of vans as I've seen elsewhere. Trucks and busses approach it slowly (thankfully) and are slow to accelerate once slowed. A junction controlled by traffic lights requires the traffic to stop and it does, even after the red light jumpers. The traffic lights would work, Just the same as the rest of Thailand. Agreed, lights would be better, as they have with the junction on So Chaiyapreuk, All I'm saying is the roundabout is an improvement on nothing as it slows the vehicles down. Exactly and that was also my point. Do not compare the roundabouts with normal traffic behavior that you used to in Europe. We all know the traffic is different here , as expats we know about the dangers and will be more careful in the roundabouts. I agree that it's more important that the speed has been reduced on this stretch , much safer for both pedestrians walking to/from the beach and bicycles . As I said I use it daily and never seen any dangerous situations so far, even if Thais do not "understand" the roundabout the same way as westerners.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Exactly and that was also my point. Do not compare the roundabouts with normal traffic behavior that you used to in Europe. We all know the traffic is different here , as expats we know about the dangers and will be more careful in the roundabouts. I agree that it's more important that the speed has been reduced on this stretch , much safer for both pedestrians walking to/from the beach and bicycles . As I said I use it daily and never seen any dangerous situations so far, even if Thais do not "understand" the roundabout the same way as westerners.. If you say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 That roundabout is too small. There's not enough room for 2 cars to go past at the same time. It's an absolute mess, but I guess better than non functioning lights! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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