Bangkok police to end the city's traffic woes - and these flags are bound to help!

[Emster23]

"...the police could not do it single handedly - he wants the public to play their part by obeying the law too."

 Well that ain't gonna happen. Besides, he forgot to say "pretty please".

Maybe should have said "To reduce traffic, all police will be confined to their local stations. One stop service windows will be installed to handle all types of criminal activities. All major credit cards accepted".

[Blackheart1916]

1 hour ago, madmitch said:

How are they going to carry all these flags, together with the blue PVCs for fighting off dangerous criminals? The next adornment needs to be a Batman-style utility belt!

 

 

Flags on the PVC crim bashing poles, what could go wrong?!?!

[Morakot]

4 hours ago, daoyai said:

It looks like a political statement to me.  Before we were "reds" now we are "yellows"  ....

 

If so, lets wait for they future when they turn green!

[mesterm]

2 hours ago, dotpoom said:

Still waiting to hear how the "flags" will be used?

 

You wave it around in the air and hope all that nasty traffic will go away.

[Bluespunk]

" They will be able to make changes to things like traffic flow, signage, arrows on the roads."

 

I'm starting to see where the flaw may lie in this "plan". 

 

[Bantex]

4 hours ago, taichiplanet said:

we have the flags, hopefully today they will also reveal what the clown uniforms they will be wearing look like!

 

They're wearing them in the photo.

[waldroj]

For those of you wondering what the flags will be used for:

 

 

Wow, real "outside the square" thinking! 

[Sphere]

There's no reason why this idea should fail.

 

The red, yellow and green lights work so well.

[shirtless]

Also there will be no corruption by the year 2036 555 this is great.

[elgordo38]

Here is your high tech answer

Semaphore flags 

In computer science, a semaphore is a variable or abstract data type that is used for controlling access, by multiple processes, to a common resource in a concurrent system such as a multiprogramming operating system.

[HomeinThailand]

Flags to fix traffic?!?!?!?  Send this idea to every large city.  Instead of spending millions on new roads, they can spend a few dollars on flags.  Buy a flag and POOF no more traffic.  Yup...that little flag will fix everything. 

[bendejo]

Psssst!  Hey, Captain, they're not written in Thai!

 

 

[williamgeorgeallen]

6 hours ago, daoyai said:

It looks like a political statement to me.  Before we were "reds" now we are "yellows"  ....

ha, your right. cant see them all swapping sides that easily thought.

[Deez]

Next on the agenda.....Police Chief Visits Temple To Extract "Traffic Ghost"

[kingalfred]

and how exactly are they "driving forward" to end city traffic congestion? Hmmmm Talk is cheap

[tandor]

5 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Can't help but thinking that whomever came up with this harebrained idea has just been having English lessons or can speak a bit of English. This isn't so much about alleviating traffic as it is an excuse for some high up to show off his English skills.

 

Anywho, back to nothing about the traffic changing. Nice flags, though. They'll have to go into the museum of "What were we thinking?". 

 

 

 

 

 

 

..what floor do you reckon the flags will be displayed on.

[AlphMichaels]

IF this were to be effectively managed it should fall under the Ministry of Transportation (MOT).  Their "vision" - To strive to effect improvement and make transportation and traffic systems convenient, fast, safe, efficient and reliable with transparency in all processes.   One can't help but chuckle when considering use of the other Thai term "mot".    

[CantSpell]

"Smart police sticks" yesterday...

 

"Ending the traffic woes flags" today...

 

On par with TAT for the daily laughs, GRATS 

 

Keep them coming

[DM07]

...and here is a balloon with a clowns face for everybody!

[SOTIRIOS]

...can't make this stuff up......

[PeeJay1959]

Most cities use complex computer programmes to control the traffic light to maximise flow. I don't think BIB with flags can match that 555

[DerekMarshall]

Well, if they actually cracked down of drivers with no driving licence..there would be no traffic! 

oh wait..no people to fine and pocket the cash either... 

 

 

 

[Redline]

16 hours ago, NongKhaiKid said:

The new precinct traffic bosses will even be responsible for more enforcement of traffic rules and regulations.

More enforcement ?

Sure

[Redline]

15 hours ago, ezzra said:

So they want to rectify many years of selfish driving with flags and slogans?

like ok, how many Thai drives can read English let alone understand what

dose it even mean? I speak and read English fairly well and I don't understand

what is before and after.....

 

Having said that, I know plenty places around the world that traffic is much worse

than BKK and with mush more obnoxious and rude drivers,

 

the real problems is that not enough roads are being build to accommodate the hundred of thousands

of cars added to the roads every year, many roads should be one way and will solve many problems, but when traffic laws and rules are up to the whims of a local Pu yei and big

businesses that dictated to the local chief of the police station  by those influential people

things are going to remain as they're no matter how many flags the will hand out......

And the U turns

[tominbkk]

No tangible solutions mentioned in the press release.

[orchidlady]

Are they going to do drill team exercises with the flags to entertain the remaining motorists stuck in traffic?

[natway09]

Please,,,, just leave it alone,, I just wanna get home

[djlest]

it would so easy to fix the traffic and ive said it many times before...

Get rid of 50% of the taxis... still way enough for everyone, may have to wait 5 mins instead of 10 seconds... so what? you would arrive at your destination faster anyway!
TAXI OVERLOAD = TRAFFIC OVERLOAD