Minister's speed proposal stuns Thailand: Collision at 120 kmph same as falling 19 stories, says media

[fxe1200 1,680]

4 hours ago, Worldplus said:

I really wish we could ride motor bikes of 400 CC up on motorways...  Cannot work out why this is not applied..

Because its bullshit. I.e. the Yamaha MT-03 (321cc) has an output of 42hp and easily does the ton. Compare that to the Honda Steed 400cc with an output of 31hp. I 'r rather have a comprehensive training for those, who apply for a future "Big-bike-license" and let them use the motorways. But that will never happen.

[Odysseus123 13,196]

1 minute ago, CanterbrigianBangkoker said:

Speed does indeed usually lead to more problems/accidents in general - in any form of motoring - less time to react, more severe impacts etc. The autobahn in Germany, however, has far better road-traffic accident statistics than any busy road in Thailand, Im quite sure, so it isn't all down to speed, clearly. All this bluster from the government, with their never-ending legislature and redacting or reintroduction of policies will count for nought if the people they are legislating for possess neither the skill, mental accuity/attitude or experience required to drive safely - at speed or not. Throw into this mess the near-total lack of policing and you get 28k deaths a year nationwide. Shameful stuff.

The last time I saw a Honda Scoopy-complete with 4 helmetless riders texting to one another-busting onto a German autobahn was in 1973-good weed in those days...

[Beggar 2,399]

"Minister's speed proposal stuns Thailand: Collision at 120 kmph same as falling 19 stories, says media"

 

It is for sure more safe to fall only 9 stories... 

 

 

[Chiang Mai Bill 228]

17 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

Speed doesn't kill. Idiotic driving does.

 

 

Speed plus idiotic driving does though!

[brian2f2f 92]

5 hours ago, les Dennis said:

Does anybody know of anyone that has had a legitimate speeding fine under the current law ?

April 4 driving to bkk from maesai i got stopped for doing 140 and got a 1000 baht fine for it. They had the cameras and radars set up to take speed with pic of car then they haf a rd block set up matching every speeder that came through to car and plate. Everyone that was speeding got stopped and fined. 

[PEE TEE 638]

great idea why not make it 180 even better that will reduce the death toll on the roads NOT

[Redline 4,749]

6 hours ago, canopy said:

Collisions are caused by bad driving; too fast for conditions, dangerous maneuvers, falling asleep, drunk driving, etc. These types of accidents will happen at any speed. Trying to keep people falling from "only" 14 stories (90k/h) is no solution at all. 

 

Hello, the slower you are going, the less damage caused.  Or, maybe you will suggest an alternative reality 

[howbri 790]

It's not the speed that kills but the sudden stop.

[collingwood 77]

500 baht speeding fine for doing 103 kmph

[sambum 3,835]

6 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

...and who exactly is ThaiRath the new arbiter of Thailand and who exactly are the Thai society who have been or should be stunned.

 

What a complete load of tosh.

Who? :-

"Thai Rath is a newspaper published in Bangkok and distributed nationwide. The paper is a broadsheet published with two sections. The first section is devoted to news."

[MrMo 307]

What is the maximum number of floors you can fall without being killed ?   Once we know that we can workout what the maximum speed limit should be.   My guess that it will be close to the speed Thais go when shuffling around a mall or supermarket.

[TallGuyJohninBKK 25,555]

Well, I'll say two things for his proposal...

 

1. It certainly will cut down on government hospital expenses for emergency medical care.

 

2. It certainly will increase the business for temple and other funeral service providers...

 

 

I certainly know what he OUGHT to be proposing...but I'm not going to waste the web space here repeating it... Because it's been said many times before. And those with the power to change anything really don't care.

 

[DJ54 888]

Bump it up to 100-110 would be OK. One problem and it’s the same at 90 or 110. Big trucks in the slow lane usually don’t slow down when their passing a slower vehicle or? They just push to the fast

lane. Seems they take a lot of risks. 

 

My guess when seeing cars in the center gutter a good amount were probably pushed to avoid hitting the vehicle changing lanes/overtaking a slow vehicle. ....

[atyclb 6,535]

morons in motion

[richard_smith237 25,924]

6 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

If I hit a brick wall at 10 kms per hr not much damage if I hit a wall at 150 kms per hr probably death kills more than speed or at least the sudden stop.

The solution there would be not to put brick walls in the middle of a highway then....  

 

Of course, the above is a tongue-in-cheek response to your post which seems to take 'speed kills' a little too literally, of course it does, no one would argue that. But highways are for getting places, thus speed limits of 120kmh are not deadly, idiotic driving is.

 

Speeds in cities and towns need moderation, highway speeds of 120kms (which already exist in many parts) are fine. 

 

It is the driving standards themselves which need attention. For the most part Thailands existing laws and regulations are fine, it is the policing of those breaking these existing laws which is the issue. 

 

Police properly, fine properly the rest will come into line. 

 

 

The only reason I don't drive 90mph on a  quiet the motorway in the UK is because I don't want the points or a high fine... I suspect 90% of other drivers are the same.