8OA8 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 A while back I saw a couple of westeners doing exactly as Crossy described where the fence was a bit manky and they got nabbed by a Tessakit. Didnt see the result as I was in traffic and then the lights changed.When the wire fences were originally strung along the central reservation below the Skytrain, they very soon had the Jaywalking signs added, however the signs themselves weren't a suitable deterrent, then someone came up with the idea of applying a heavy black grease to the wires that made it a nasty experience when clothing was coming into contact with them while climbing over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve73 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Probably safer to cross carefully & observantly at a convenient place (jaywalking) then to blindly (or whilst tapping away on your mobile phone) use a pedestrian crossing that Thai drivers will almost certainly ignore.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenon Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arunsakda Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I saw a situation recently where some tourists were almost killed whilst crossing legally and the lady said in a heavy Singapore "singlish" accent "It's a Zebra Crossing". Nobody cares here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 If anybody has a link to the full English translation of the Road Traffic Act, I should be most grateful to have that link for my collection of Thai laws. http://thailaws.com/law/t_laws/tlaw0140_5.pdf Thank you. That's one of the incomplete translations, but better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bino Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Is it even an offence here? There are (were anyway) signs and a median fence along lower Sukhumvit in BKK indicating a fine for jaywalking. Pretty sure it's not an offence generally. They are still there - I was noticing them a few days ago. What I noticed is that they are in English only. Kinda determines who the "target market" is for the enforcement officers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berybert Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 If you do decide to cross the road by means other than a legal crossing make sure to check in all directions as there is very likely to be a policeman riding the wrong way down the pavement who you might not see at first glance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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