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Home » Reader Submission » Reader Submission: Police in Hua Hin Turn Off Traffic Lights for Pedestrians, Dangerous!
Reader Submission: Police in Hua Hin Turn Off Traffic Lights for Pedestrians, Dangerous!
Dear readers,
I hereby draw your attention to the turning off of the traffic lights at the pedestrian crossing from Friday evening to Sunday evening on Petchkasem Road at the Bangkok Hospital in Hua Hin by the police, with an excuse card at the self-service.
We must now cross at the risk of our lives from this very busy road. The traffic lights offer us the only protection and even then the cars and tuk-tuks continue to drive. No police watching. Does a person have to die at the weekend before the lights are allowed to function again?
Can you spread the word so that the lights can work again.
We are Condochain residents for 3 months and many are complaining about the lights being turned off. Traffic is apparently given more head start than the risk of human life.
[youtube]http://youtu.be/PSrUPWQfDuI[/youtube]
Turning off the traffic lights in front of Bangkok Hospital in Hua Hin over the weekend is coming
probably ? because the traffic flows on Petchkasem will then run a bit “smoother”……..!
Imagine what this will become when the new shopping mall “Blue Port” opens in 2016...
The infrastructure in the center of Hua Hin is a disaster !!
I consider these traffic lights, in operation, like a Russian roulette: does it stop or does it not stop….
But remember, everything starts with information and education, so take only 25 years for that..!!
In the meantime, good luck and be careful crossing the road.
With VR. gr.
carl.
In Pattaya, pedestrian crossings have been made for millions of Baths.
Waste of money, you could operate them yourself by pressing a button.
About 70% of the traffic just kept going. Dangerous.
They're off now. Only the flashing light still works. Whatever it may mean.
You can make rules, but if no one knows what rules are, it's better to keep the money in your pocket.
Cor van Kampen.
Well pedestrian bridges or tunnels are the only real solution. It may not look nice and cost a few cents, but it works.
It works, but then you have to have a lift for people in a wheelchair.
Man is capable of making very beautiful pedestrian bridges.
Traffic in Thailand is just a mess of I have you there. Another country, another culture. It's no different, accept it.
Johan
Traffic lights create a false sense of security.
So it is better that they are deported if there is no control and no sanctions for violations.
I have just driven from Hua Hin from Soi 80, after a birthday party. I live about 15 km south of the city. So I also passed this traffic light. It's Sunday night and the pedestrian crossing traffic lights were working normally. But, as has rightly been pointed out, it is a kind of Russian roulette for the pedestrian who then feels safe.
Elsewhere on the street (especially at Market Village) there are several illegal crossings on this busy road.
What does such an annoying pedestrian crossing represent? You have to be really stupid if you want to feel safe at such a place in Thailand, where you can be driven upside down by any speeding madman.
When the first cars are stationary, you still have the chance that a motorcyclist thinks he can quickly pass the waiting cars. In Thailand it always applies that as a pedestrian you are prey to everything that drives faster ... so always be careful yourself ...
Crossing the road illegally, could Immigration put you in jail for that? 🙂
BethWaither
… maybe an agent? and heavy fines? there have already been injuries, Rene can confirm…
Almost all those Asian countries are crazy when it comes to a zebra crossing. Singapore is a major exception. But there you also know what to expect if you break that rule. In the Netherlands, the fine is also 230 Euro if you do not give way. Should apply here in Thailand too, only way to make them feel it is the wallet. Unfortunately with this police and mentality this is a dream…
your prayer has been answered, this morning a police force of at least 10 men was writing, I had a receipt of 400 bath
…..you didn't get it because you drove through green. The posting is about the disrespect for pedestrians, especially on zebra crossings, even when the light is red. If you got your ticket for not stopping, it should have been 4000 baht.
I got into the biggest fight with my girlfriend last year when I stopped at a zebra crossing with the motorbike in front of people who were about to cross the street. She thought I was crazy, because she thought it was dangerous for us. The other traffic would not take this into account and crash into the back of us. She was probably right at the time, but I thought all Thai road users were crazy. Something she didn't really appreciate.
Nice that Thailand blog has included writing about turning off the traffic lights during the weekend. My question now is to what extent the police of Hua Hin will read the mail about this subject and what they will do about it.
In Pattaya it is a complete disaster, there are for show, in some places it says for you safty? If you ask the police who are 10 meters away, we have no authority for these lights. Only for motorbike control. Have to laugh then. They can earn a lot of money with this. Sometimes there is a friendly police officer who helps you cross the street. Especially moterbike, a lot of taxi driving through the red, but they think they can do everything, it's also their country.