A well being organisation and a road safety organisation teamed up to examine how many cars, motorbikes, and public autos cease for pedestrians at 12 zebra crossings in Bangkok. They discovered that altogether, 89% wouldn’t cease. For motorcycles, the rate was 92% of 6,449 motorcycles that wouldn’t cease. For automobiles, the rate was 86% of seven,619. For public vehicles it was 80% of 285.
The organisations observed zebra crossings in 12 in style, busy areas, including Ekkamai and Sukhumvit. The organisations did the survey after a motorbike hit and killed an eye doctor at a zebra crossing in January. The director stated although there was main media protection concerning the incident, 94% of autos nonetheless don’t cease at the crossing where the doctor was hit. The director told the Bangkok Post in an interview, “Road safety requires cooperation from everyone. Children must also be taught about it.”
On Friday, Bangkok officials mentioned they might set up visitors lights and surveillance cameras at a hundred zebra crossings. The lights might be installed in two weeks, and the cameras in a month. Fines for site visitors violators will go up from a maximum of 1,000 baht to one of 4,000 baht. Little-known mentioned he plans to begin out pedestrian safety education programs in faculties..