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    Three foriegn drivers fall for Kalim corner in two weeks

    PHUKET: Police in Patong have had water-filled barriers installed on a curve in Kalim in the hope of preventing more drivers from plunging over the road’s edge down to the beach below. Three foreign tourists have already fallen victim to the sharp curve this month, police said.

    The curve, along the Kalim beachfront, is located just before reaching the Ban Kalim Municipal School, north of Patong, Patong Police noted in their announcement today.


    The final straw came yesterday (Oct 13) when yet another foreign driver plunged over the edge of the road, the announcement added.

    “Three times [already this month] and all three times there were foreign tourists [sic] injured and property damage,” it said.


    Patong Police Chief Col Suchin Nilabadee and Deputy Chief Lt Col Ekarat Plaidueng ordered Patong Traffic Police Chief Maj Wuttiwat Liang Boonjinda to investigate the cause of the accidents, the announcement continued.


    “In order to and find preventive measures to prevent people and tourists using vehicles to drive through such routes resulting in accidents causing property damage or death,” it said.


    The announcement gave no description of the extent of the injuries suffered in the three accidents.


    This morning, workers from Patong Municipality and the Phuket Highways Office together installed plastic organe barriers filled with water along the roadside as a temporary solution to the problem, said the announcement.


    The Phuket Highways Office will set up cement blocks along the outer edge of the curve as a permanent measure, the announcement concluded.

    Three foriegn drivers fall for Kalim corner in two weeks

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    Yes indeed.
    Foreign drivers are the problem in Thailand
    I was Talking with my wife about it just today. She has been driving in The US for 12 years and when she got here before me, she went and got her Thai drivers licence, I tried to tell her that she could convert her US licence to a Thai one, but when do Thai wifes listen to us, so she went to driving school and everything. (I did not, i simply converted ny US licence to Thai) but anyway,
    We were talking about how bad some Thai drivers are, and she said to me that when she took the driving test she failed almost everything, (probably because she was nervous, because she is not that bad of a driver). She even could not park the car at a corner,
    She said the teacher passed her anyway, and jokingly told her not to park at corners, LOL
    The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    ordered Patong Traffic Police Chief Maj Wuttiwat Liang Boonjinda to investigate the cause of the accidents, the announcement continued
    Signs? Speed limits? Lighting? Speed humps? In addition to the barriers… just a thought

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    That's because foreigners, at least those who don't know Thailand well, expect roads to be designed in a predictable and rational way.
    There is a road where we live , Three of four KM long. that connects our village to the ring road of Khon Kaen. They recently paved it, but it seems the contractor simply painted the old road with black paint to make it look good. took the money and run.
    Rains come, dirt below "paint" gets soft, and newly paved road is falling apart with numerous pot halls big enough to swallow a motorbike.
    So after much complaining from the locals , they come back and repair the road by filling the potholes with dirt!! LOL
    Next day heavy rains come back and said dirt turns to mud.
    Damn foreigners don't know how to drive

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    Driving test in Thailand is more about the skills to move the car back and forth, stop and park it than driving...

    I think you're right, many foreigners getting in accident assumed the road conditions and hazard signage would be roughly the same than back home, same thing about other drivers' behaviour they make the mistake to assume they would drive in a certain way...
    Appart of course for the DUI or kind of reckless ones who go carried away (being on vacation, feeling euphoric etc)

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    Yes, those whacky foreigners also assume that zebra crossings actually mean something in Thailand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saint Willy View Post
    Signs? Speed limits? Lighting? Speed humps? In addition to the barriers… just a thought
    Can be done.

    Google Maps

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    And roundabouts.

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