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.

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..

Thanks all!

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.

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.

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.

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.