Popular Post Rimmer Posted January 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2020 How to cross the road in Pattaya, according to city hall PATTAYA:--Why did the chicken cross the road? Pattaya City Hall doesn’t care as long as it follows the rules. The public relations department earned its paycheck Jan. 21 when it put out a release with four steps to crossing a road, just in case you weren’t sure how. City hall said that before crossing you should stop and look both ways, then walk quickly across. In a straight line please. Things get more complicated if there’s a crosswalk. Then you must use it. Make sure you don’t come out from behind a double-parked songthaew or tour bus. The cars should see you in hopes they stop at the crosswalk. One-way street? Make sure you check which way the traffic is going. See Rule 1, look both ways. If you’re lucky enough to be crossing a street with a traffic island, cross halfway and then the second half. If doing so at night, cross under the lights. Now, if only the cop cars would stop at the lights… -- PATTAYA MAIL 2020-01-24— 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JimmyTheMook Posted January 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2020 Thailand will never progress until they learn this simple societal norm. It would be a good start at least. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JustAnotherHun Posted January 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2020 How can I look left and right while staring at my phone, eh? Advice to drivers: Do not stop when the traffic light on Beach Road - yes, there are many and some of them even work from time to time - turns to red. Otherwise you'll be bumped from behind. Better cut down the chinese tour group in front. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Matzzon Posted January 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2020 And I thought it would be as easy as only waiting for the green light. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted January 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Rimmer said: One-way street? Make sure you check which way the traffic is going. See Rule 1, look both ways. So, basically look both ways as some daft Thai person is likely to be going up the wrong way 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 How on Earth can anyone in City Hall teach people how to walk across a road, I bet they haven't done it themselves since schooldays. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scottiejohn Posted January 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2020 12 minutes ago, jacko45k said: I bet they haven't done it themselves since schooldays. You mean these morons have been to School and in some way educated? 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brer Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 You should only try between 4.00am and 6.00am. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Run as fast as you can 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Words on their own are a waste of time and energy... Need accompanying relevant image(s) This car tried to cross the road... The Honda crotch rocket rider was traveling at approximately 85 mph. The VW driver was talking on a cell phone when she pulled out from a side street, apparently not seeing the motorcycle. The rider's reaction time was not sufficient enough to avoid this accident. The car had two passengers and the bike rider was found INSIDE the car with them. The Volkswagen actually flipped over from the force of impact and landed 20 feet from where the collision took place. All three involved (two in the car and the bike rider) were killed instantly. This graphic demonstration was placed at the Motorcycle Fair by the Police and Road Safety Department.. Pass this on to car drivers or soon to be new drivers, or new motorcycle owners and especially everyone you know who has a MOBILE phone!!! A picture is worth a thousand words. Save a life. Stop talking on mobile phones and Texting while trying to drive. The life you save may be your own..... Or mine... Keep passing this on so everyone will see what can happen by using a mobile PHONE while driving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiekerjozef Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 "See Rule 1, look both ways." To the front and the back is what most tourists do here ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sead Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 5 hours ago, JustAnotherHun said: How can I look left and right while staring at my phone, eh? Advice to drivers: Do not stop when the traffic light on Beach Road - yes, there are many and some of them even work from time to time - turns to red. Otherwise you'll be bumped from behind. Better cut down the chinese tour group in front. Think its better to follow those chinese groups since they dont give <deleted> about anything when they cross 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 City Hall offering advice on how to cross the road. They are probably fed up with their Afternoon Nap and Morning " Committee Meetings " being interrupted by the sickening sound of Limbs being broken on the crossing directly outside their Cave. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiejohn Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Brer said: You should only try between 4.00am and 6.00am. Try what? ???? Edited January 24, 2020 by scottiejohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Scot123 Posted January 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2020 Thai's in cars are far to superior than people walking, so get out of their way NOW! The true mentality that will never change. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterbilt Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Brer said: You should only try between 4.00am and 6.00am. You can TRY. But you should be able to run, run very fast..... At that time there's no more traffic slowing down those "pedal to metal" maniacs, so Somchai tries out what he can squeeze out of his Isuzu pickup. You should also listen if you hear a motorbike engine screaming at high revs because that bike will be where you try cross the road in a second and may hit you. Happened more then once in Patts. Edited January 24, 2020 by Peterbilt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Tracy Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Bad times. Between 4am and 6am is where there is little traffic to hold up the boy racers. Best time is when the traffic is at or near a standstill. Even then, motor bike taxis and tourists on bikes don't care or are too drunk.I A shotgun or pistol pointed in the general direction of oncoming traffic would probably make them think. Except of course, those on their mobiles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptypockets Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 7 hours ago, tifino said: Words on their own are a waste of time and energy... Need accompanying relevant image(s) This car tried to cross the road... The Honda crotch rocket rider was traveling at approximately 85 mph. The VW driver was talking on a cell phone when she pulled out from a side street, apparently not seeing the motorcycle. The rider's reaction time was not sufficient enough to avoid this accident. The car had two passengers and the bike rider was found INSIDE the car with them. The Volkswagen actually flipped over from the force of impact and landed 20 feet from where the collision took place. All three involved (two in the car and the bike rider) were killed instantly. This graphic demonstration was placed at the Motorcycle Fair by the Police and Road Safety Department.. Pass this on to car drivers or soon to be new drivers, or new motorcycle owners and especially everyone you know who has a MOBILE phone!!! A picture is worth a thousand words. Save a life. Stop talking on mobile phones and Texting while trying to drive. The life you save may be your own..... Or mine... Keep passing this on so everyone will see what can happen by using a mobile PHONE while driving Not too many Thais in that photo. Where was it taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptypockets Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 6 hours ago, Scot123 said: Thai's in cars are far to superior than people walking, so get out of their way NOW! The true mentality that will never change. And some farang think they are superior to Thais and Asians generally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lipoman Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Please, will someone put a link here for us to read the Thai Driving Rules handbook? I've searched for it (I presume it is a PDF) but was unsuccessful in locating it. Also, will related Pedestrian rules be within the handbook? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Apart from look left, then right, then left again. One should buy as many good luck amulets as they can afford, hoping one will work, and pray to God before crossing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenail Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 There certainly needs to be a crossing across from the Avenue Complex on 2nd Rd. It would certainly help business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wotsdermatter Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 On 1/23/2020 at 10:04 PM, Rimmer said: then walk quickly across Do so even if after looking both ways and you see traffic coming toward you on your side of the road still walk across. On 1/23/2020 at 10:04 PM, Rimmer said: The cars should see you in hopes they stop at the crosswalk. So, it is not the people in the vehicles who would see you but the cars themselves and the person crossing the road has to HOPE the cars will stop if the cars see you. If the cars don't see you, what happens - you get hit. What about the motorcycles, trucks, and the buses, etc.? Who wrote this stuff? 'nuf sed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 3:52 PM, tifino said: Words on their own are a waste of time and energy... Need accompanying relevant image(s) This car tried to cross the road... The Honda crotch rocket rider was traveling at approximately 85 mph. The VW driver was talking on a cell phone when she pulled out from a side street, apparently not seeing the motorcycle. The rider's reaction time was not sufficient enough to avoid this accident. The car had two passengers and the bike rider was found INSIDE the car with them. The Volkswagen actually flipped over from the force of impact and landed 20 feet from where the collision took place. All three involved (two in the car and the bike rider) were killed instantly. This graphic demonstration was placed at the Motorcycle Fair by the Police and Road Safety Department.. Pass this on to car drivers or soon to be new drivers, or new motorcycle owners and especially everyone you know who has a MOBILE phone!!! A picture is worth a thousand words. Save a life. Stop talking on mobile phones and Texting while trying to drive. The life you save may be your own..... Or mine... Keep passing this on so everyone will see what can happen by using a mobile PHONE while driving perhaps should use this in the VIDEO we are ALL suppose to WATCH when applying for a driving licence, or renewing an old one??? !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 On 1/25/2020 at 1:41 AM, Lipoman said: Please, will someone put a link here for us to read the Thai Driving Rules handbook? I've searched for it (I presume it is a PDF) but was unsuccessful in locating it. Also, will related Pedestrian rules be within the handbook? Thanks. A thai Highway Code exists .....BUT THAIS do not read or understand the laws/rules of the roads.....!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Nang Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 10:58 PM, emptypockets said: Where was it taken? Sweden 2005. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 On 1/25/2020 at 1:41 AM, Lipoman said: Please, will someone put a link here for us to read the Thai Driving Rules handbook? I've searched for it (I presume it is a PDF) but was unsuccessful in locating it. Also, will related Pedestrian rules be within the handbook? Thanks. google THAI DRIVING LAWS.....various site will appear, choose the one you want !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Nang Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Look at this, but is terribly. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_n8Fut2Tk Thais live at the moment. When they drive vehicles they do not look longer than 5 meters, because the future starts after that point. When they coming from side sois they brains are not capable look to right only straight on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 10:04 AM, Rimmer said: should stop and look both ways did they mention it has to be clear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 38 minutes ago, tinca tinca said: perhaps should use this in the VIDEO we are ALL suppose to WATCH no one watches it, they either sleep or play with their phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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