webfact Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Stairway to heaven? Pedestrians spooked by Bangkok footbridge covered in cables and wires Picture: PPTV BANGKOK: -- Pedestrians using a footbridge in northern Bangkok are claiming their lives could be at risk. The footbridge across from Kasetsart University is connected to dozens of cables and wires, reported PPTV. Many pedestrians are refusing to touch the handrails and others are thinking better of using the bridge at all. PPTV carried out an investigation and asked members of the public and experts their opinions. Most pedestrians felt at least uneasy about using the bridge. One man said he would not touch the handrail but while he felt ok about that he worried about others who might not be so vigilant. A student said that in her opinion they are wires and so they could short. One man said he uses the bridge everyday and said that the number of wires was increasing. An expert said that most of the wires were fiber optic that could not short. But he cautioned that some of the cables were held up with other wires and these could be dangerous. PPTV asked for immediate action from the authorities to determine if the bridge was safe and if not to act promptly to ensure that members of the public were protected. Source: PPTV -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-02-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphere Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Perhaps Bill Gates could tweet about this bridge, then all pedestrians would insist it is safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Shocking isnt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Asked if they were going to do anything about it, the authorities replied......................... We'll cross that bridge when we come to it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Stairway to heaven? ........more like a Highway to Hell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Another perfect example for Thailand 0.04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 It's all good, Ma pen Rai, they just waiting for a tragedy to happened and a loss of life or limbs before they act, why fix it if it ain't broken?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Me it makes me smile and it rests me of the madness where everything must be perfectly inspected and regulated under the control of the nany state. I don't say I am right but that it makes me smile not grumbling...nuance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Use to live in Laksi 10 years ago. I found the hanging cables amusing and sent pictures back to the US to friends who were electrical engineers. 10 years later and it's still the same. TIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotchonrocks Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Thailand needs to stick to cuisine, massage and ..."you know what".. Urban planning, construction/ops/maintenance standards, policing, governance, they really need others to do. This kind of streetscape is an analogue of almost all aspects of public functionality in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 6 hours ago, Sphere said: Perhaps Bill Gates could tweet about this bridge, then all pedestrians would insist it is safe. Bill Gates's flavor of the day comments have come and gone and now it is back to operation normal well normal for Thailand. Comeback Bill Gates comeback. Your work is not yet done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01322521959 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Nothing new. Accidents waiting to happen is the norm here. 23 years here NOTHING improves.Sent from my i-mobile_i-STYLE_219 using Thaivisa Connect mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Third world, and always will be. No matter how many shopping malls they build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 4 hours ago, ezzra said: It's all good, Ma pen Rai, they just waiting for a tragedy to happened and a loss of life or limbs before they act, why fix it if it ain't broken?.... Yes a sacrificial lamb is always required to get he rusty wheels of justice moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 33 minutes ago, 01322521959 said: Nothing new. Accidents waiting to happen is the norm here. 23 years here NOTHING improves. Sent from my i-mobile_i-STYLE_219 using Thaivisa Connect mobile app Well the baht is sure on a tear. They must have learned a lesson from 1997 or else the cupboard is bare once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4UCorsair Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I thought a stairway to heaven was a ladder in a woman's stocking!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 What foot bridge? Don't people know a cable tray when they see one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 "A student said that in her opinion they are wires and so they could short." What a brilliant conclusion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 20 hours ago, webfact said: PPTV asked for immediate action from the authorities to determine if the bridge was safe ... Give them enough time and money, and perhaps they could check every footbridge and pavement, in Bangkok. Unless they seriously imagine this is the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01322521959 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Yes, they have. How to always take one step forward and two steps back. And with the news on the foreign reserves having been raided big time by the junta tom young kung 2 may be just around the corner.Sent from my i-mobile_i-STYLE_219 using Thaivisa Connect mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblaisde Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Frankly I'd be more worried about the lack of grounding of electrical shower heaters. Many deaths and disfigurements from those. My ex German girlfriend burned off her entire hand in such a shower, and many of the BKK hotel showers aren't wired to prevent electrocution, especially the older buildings, where that wasn't even part of the original design spec. I don't turn on the heater in mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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