Thread: Zebra / Pedestrian Crossing in Thailand

Guy must be new here..

Maybe Scandinavian?

In Norway if you're within 10 metres of a zebra crossing every car in the area skids to a halt. The Nogs consider it their God given right to cross the road when they want, but fail to realise things are different overseas. Apparently if you hit a pedestrian on a crossing in Norway it's straight to jail, no questions.

These crossings might as well not even be there.

^ Wasn't there an 'initiative' a few years ago to help tourist safety in Bangkok. I seem to remember tourists were given red flags by their hotels to hold up when they crossed the road at zebra crossings. A young Norwegian couple were killed the first day.

As they say, only in Thailand.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

These crossings might as well not even be there.

Yep. They shouldn't be there at all, but have been imported willy-nilly by authorities desperate to look "sophisticated".

Like Mendip states, they lull, or I should say "lure" tourists to their deaths.

On the 224 south of Korat a whole series of zebra crossings were put in a couple of years ago. This is a fast duel carridgeway, 80 to 100km/ph average, and if crossing the road your only protection is some zig-zag lines and rumble strips.

A death trap and safer not to be there in the first place. It would be like putting a zebra- crossing on the M5.

white man trying to edumacate the savages and two commentators who have never used a pedestrian crossing in their lives

pure comedic heaven

white man trying to edumacate the savages and two commentators who have never used a pedestrian crossing in their lives - do they think there is fie daeng and fie keow there or are they just driveling

pure comedic heaven

Originally Posted by Mendip

Maybe Scandinavian?

In Norway if you're within 10 metres of a zebra crossing every car in the area skids to a halt. The Nogs consider it their God given right to cross the road when they want, but fail to realise things are different overseas. Apparently if you hit a pedestrian on a crossing in Norway it's straight to jail, no questions.

That's Norway, and right, no excuse. That said I hit a kid with his bike on a crossing in the early 70s, not sure if it was my fault but probably was, he stopped at the edge, I stopped, he turned to chat with his kid sister, I and another car on the outside waited, no move from him to cross so other car took off and I started moving through just as he decided to run across. Fortunately no damage, gave him my details and that's the last I heard, but stays with you and lesson learned never to trust a pedestrian; that was before Thailand where it extends to all.

Tip for newbies: Assume everyone's an idiot, and play the game what will that one do next; sometimes you can preempt.

Assume everyone's an idiot,

in thailand, this is an assumption that invariably proves to be correct.

in all my travels i have never come across a more intellectually and logically stunted bunch of people than the indigenous thai. their misplaced sense of superiority coupled with their comical disregard for any kind of responsibility ensures that any visitor to the chaos that is planet thai will be left confused, flummoxed, misunderstood and eventually frustrated by the baffling logic exhibited by these silly peasants.

What were the news commentators reporting of the incident?

" Farang fault for crossing the road"

The real world.
Need to get over it.

Yer,

I'm with Tax and Sausage Ass on this one eh.

The average Thai could be classed as retarded and dumb as a bunch of rocks.

The incredibly stupid shit they do is mind boggling, further more if ya told some coont that in the real world they may punch you for being a horrible nasty fookin coont eh.

But yer, when ya put years living in this fookin mad house only a blind, deaf and retarded coont would consider the Thai as proper human beings.

Now that said, i really like the thieving, lieing, corrupt and stupid fukers eh.

Cheers Bitches, you all have a lovely day.

Cheers eh.

Originally Posted by Mendip

Maybe Scandinavian?

In Norway if you're within 10 metres of a zebra crossing every car in the area skids to a halt. The Nogs consider it their God given right to cross the road when they want, .

People in Australia do the same thing. They will turn sharply and suddenly walk out in front of you, making you slam on the brakes. Its dangerous and very stupid. If you dont slam on the brakes and keep driving, you can expect a torrent of abuse.

Its a bit like Thailand, here in Japan. Most people dont stop at zebra crossings.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Well said Tax. It's that combination of profound ignorance, cognitive dissonance and the seemingly congenital condition whereby their synaptic membranes disengage from the brain's central processor when their bodies are in a state of motion sets them apart from any other people.

In my experience every light-controlled pedestrian crossing at any road junction in Bangkok, no matter where, no matter when, are usually blocked by a phalanx of motorcycles. The most inconsiderate and stupidest folk that ever migrated from the jungle to an urban environment.

Just FO.
Geez, along with posts #10 & #12 & #13, i thought i was back on Thai Visa.
Why do you superior beings even live here then amongst the sub human dross hey?
What a bunch of acidic, negative racist xenophobes.
Wankers.

First time I took wifey to London, she looked at me with some concern when traffic stopped as we approached a crossing.

^ I hope you told her it was because they recognized you as a minor royal

After a particularly long sojourn in Bangkok the wingman and I went to Singapore for an airing, her first trip there. In the course of poodling about on foot we got a bit lost and found ourselves in a minor road which we needed to cross to rejoin a main thoroughfare. It was a junction crossing of sorts, deserted save for us, and controlled by lights which turned to green in our favour but by then a taxi was slowly drawing up. Independently of each other we both automatically stopped and waited for the taxi to pass. The driver, stationary by now, of course gawped at us and in the end was reduced to gesticulating, pointing at the lights and waving us to go. After another brief moment of hesitation we duly crossed but not until we both started laughing at the realisation we had both, independent of the other, been operating under "Bangkok rules" and conditioned to give way to approaching traffic at all times.

Says it all really.

Originally Posted by baldrick

^ I hope you told her it was because they recognized you as a minor royal

The first couple of times we used crossings I felt she was ready to leg it if anything moved. But once conditioned to this civilised foible of not attempting to kill pedestrians, when we neared a crossing she couldn't resist the novelty of stopping traffic, strolled over, took a peek into some shop window for her traffic to move on, then crossed back pleased as a toddler discovering it could walk.

Falang - obstructing traffic - ticket 'im, fine 'em, deport 'im, blacklist 'im - he's certainly one of them "bad guys out" candidates

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

After a particularly long sojourn in Bangkok the wingman and I went to Singapore for an airing, her first trip there. In the course of poodling about on foot we got a bit lost and found ourselves in a minor road which we needed to cross to rejoin a main thoroughfare. It was a junction crossing of sorts, deserted save for us, and controlled by lights which turned to green in our favour but by then a taxi was slowly drawing up. Independently of each other we both automatically stopped and waited for the taxi to pass. The driver, stationary by now, of course gawped at us and in the end was reduced to gesticulating, pointing at the lights and waving us to go. After another brief moment of hesitation we duly crossed but not until we both started laughing at the realisation we had both, independent of the other, been operating under "Bangkok rules" and conditioned to give way to approaching traffic at all times.

Says it all really.

Does speak volumes.

Not sure about Singapore but my early training was never to gesture a person or vehicle to pass, which could distract and lull them into crossing/passing without due care and attention.

Originally Posted by HuangLao

The real third world.
Need to get over it.

FTFY Jeff