The Bangkok police have announced a campaign aimed at stopping pedestrians from jaywalking. The fine will be an immediate 200 baht. This contravention along with littering in a city without trash bins has nothing to do with the 49% drop in tourism according to traffic police commissioner. The law is the law, but I recall several years back the traffic commissioner initiated a street crossing program aimed at safe-guarding foreign pedestrians. Flags were placed at busy intersections. Street-crossers were to wave them in the air to warn drivers. Great idea, although no one was told about the plan and two Danish tourists were mowed down by a truck, who disregarded their raised arms. Jaywalking in Bangkok or any other city in Thailand is a life or death gamble. I still cross with the lights at Soi Nana. No hurry. Nothing is going anywhere.
The life you save might be your own.
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