Safety paint used on dangerous Nan highway
SANTICHAI JARUPIPATBUT
THE NATION



BANGKOK: -- HIGHWAY No 1168 in Nan has become the country's first "red road" after being covered with special anti-skid light-reflective paint.

The move is a bid to reduce the number of road accidents during the so-called seven dangerous days of the New Year holiday period.

Nan Highway District 1 Office had workers on Wednesday paint five curve sections of the highway, each about 200 metres long, including at kilometre marker No 26 and kilometre markers 21 and 22.

The anti-skid paint coat is only 3-5 millimetres thick, so the sections painted were again ready for use in less than an hour later.

Nan Highway District 1 director Rangsan Sukrangsan said: "This winding two-lane highway has many dangerous curves, which lead to several accidents per month. Our office hired a contractor, Akhanay Graphic, to turn sections red with anti-skid paint, which we believe might help reduce accidents."

He said warning signs were useless in getting motorists to slow down when approaching a curve but it was thought that the red paint, which is luminous at night, would work better.He said winter was the high season for Thais and foreign tourists visiting Nan, meaning there was more traffic.

Rangsan said the accident statistics before and after the sections were painted would be compared.

Kitkarn Inyanya, deputy chief of Nan Highway District 1's engineering division, said the paint helped increase grip on the road surface, especially in rain.

He said that if the measure reduced accidents during the New Year period and Songkran next year, it would be expanded to all the dangerous road sections in Nan province.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Safety-paint-used-on-dangerous-Nan-highway-30274292.html


-- The Nation 2015-12-04

Red-so we won't be able to see the puddles of blood... How thoughtful

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Edited December 3, 201510 yr by Ks45672

I can see the drivers driving with one hand on their phone taking pics of it as they drive over it.

This is not new, if you drive from Vibhavadee Rangsit to Mor Chit bts you can't miss it.

I never understood why they had to paint the road red on that spot and hope the paint is not slippery.

The speed bumps, rumble strips, warning signs, yellow and black refective warning on tight corners haven't worked now red anti slip.

Hello it's not working, you need to educate your drivers, they need to have proper driver training and need to sit in a room for one or two hours and see photos of road accidents and fatalities with dead children, arms, legs and torsos plastered all over the road after a road crash.

Then educate them, that this could have been avoided and list the reasons why and how these accidents and deaths could have been avoided, then explain the dangers that drugs and alcohol can cause while driving, put adds on the TV about it, showing wrecked cars and warn people that this is what can happen to them and their family.

put in place harsh sentencing laws for people that drive reckless and for those that cause death on the road, start dishing out manslaghter charges etc....and then maybe you might reduce the road toll by 5%!!

Edited December 3, 201510 yr by Rocceao

' Safety Paint ', really or just normal paint in appropriately labelled tins but billed as the special product ?

Instead of advertisements they should have Road accident aftermath ads in the cinema before every movie.... But it would never happen

They all think it won't happen to them... Lemmings are smarter

Does in cure stupidity by osmosis as you approach it?

This is not new, if you drive from Vibhavadee Rangsit to Mor Chit bts you can't miss it.

I never understood why they had to paint the road red on that spot and hope the paint is not slippery.

Probably for wear testing / endurance

Perhaps lining the side of the road with billboards of naked chicks would be more effective...

I drove on a section of this near Krabi yesterday and it is very effective, that section was in blocks of approx 5 mtr and a gap of a couple of mtr, a bit hypnotic due to the vivid red.

This isn't new. As other posters have said this has been done in other parts of Thailand. Maybe the brighter RED is new, but not the anti-skid paint. It truly is "anti-skid". You can feel it as you drive over it.

After numerous cars flying off the highway 7 overpass transition from Sukhumwit in Pattaya they painted that sharp curved transition some time ago. They have also painted the curves at the 7 / 36 interchange a few kilometers from Pattaya.

But as someone else said, it won't cure stupidity. These are band-aids and not real solutions, however, I do applaud them for a good attempt at safety.

Does in cure stupidity by osmosis as you approach it?

Agree, and why is the vehicle in the photo parked right on a very dangerous curve?

And why is there no cement block divider on this corner? And perhaps most of this road?

Looks funky, like you've eaten a few too many shrooms.

"HIGHWAY No 1168 in Nan has become the country's first "red road" after being covered with special anti-skid light-reflective paint."

Great....Something to confuse all the drunk drivers. As though they weren't incapacitated enough.

Perhaps more patrols to pull over erratic and speeding drivers, and check points give breathalyzer tests to anyone who appears to be intoxicated would be more effective. However, that would require too much work and wouldn't look as nifty in the newspapers as Red Roads .

Edited December 4, 201510 yr by jaltsc

He said warning signs were useless in getting motorists to slow down when approaching a curve

Is 1st April?

Pink Road?

There could be an increase of accidents,as people pull over

to the side of the road to vomit !

regards Worgeordie

Is 1st April?

Pink Road?

It just looks pink in the picture. In real life it looks very red.

... but, it says in the article it`s the first red road in Thailand, which is not true. Koh Phangan has a long red painted road down the mountain for what ever reason. Bangkok has at leased a few corners on the highway that are both red painted and anti-skid...

Wow!......anti skid paint..........So now they will be able to drive faster round those five bends. Very clever!

Has been in different sections with sharp turns around BKK for a few years already. Below are some Google Map links to them

https://www.google.co.th/maps/@13.6472126,100.5409014,578m/data=!3m1!1e3

https://www.google.co.th/maps/@13.7304142,100.7580447,486m/data=!3m1!1e3

https://www.google.co.th/maps/@13.8124526,100.5590995,309m/data=!3m1!1e3

Do you know that driving at a lower speed also helps? Doesn't cost as much as applying the paint as well... Yeah, yeah.... Just sayin...

we just got this on the flyover south of Hua Hin. I can really feel the traction increase riding my big bike. Way better than those long patches of shiny slippery tar.

now, can we get this red paint on the sidewalks?

Edited December 4, 201510 yr by NCC1701A

Red?

Damn this is propaganda!!

This road needs some serious adjustment

Red?

Damn this is propaganda!!

This road needs some serious adjustment

You couldn't do it yellow, everyone would want to double park on it....

Wow!......anti skid paint..........So now they will be able to drive faster round those five bends. Very clever!

555, you beat me to it!

Must be pretty cool to do drifting on that bend. Where's the cinematic movie troupe when you need them.

Perhaps lining the side of the road with billboards of naked chicks would be more effective...

Like in Denmark?

Edited December 5, 201510 yr by Assurancetourix

Is 1st April?

Pink Road?

It just looks pink in the picture. In real life it looks very red.

... but, it says in the article it`s the first red road in Thailand, which is not true. Koh Phangan has a long red painted road down the mountain for what ever reason. Bangkok has at leased a few corners on the highway that are both red painted and anti-skid...

I think bright red is even worse.....Don't know with time, wear and sun it might get more pinkish??

Just imagine a Thai girl in pink clothes in her pink car (or pink motorbike) on the pink road on the way to the Hello Kitty coffee shop.....