In the present era, is it safe for pedestrians to cross the road at a zebra crossing? Because the number of accidents that occur at zebra crossings is quite high nowadays.
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In the present era, is it safe for pedestrians to cross the road at a zebra crossing? Because the number of accidents that occur at zebra crossings is quite high nowadays.
For example, people who drive motorcycles or cars often do not stop for people to cross the crosswalk and often park on the crosswalk, which obstructs other people who want to cross the road. And when people cross the crosswalk, there are often motorcycles or cars that like to drive fast and do not notice that there are people crossing the crosswalk, which causes accidents.
This could result in the death of the person hit or serious injury to the point of disability. According to the Land Traffic Act of 1979 and amendments, Section 70 stipulates that drivers approaching a zebra crossing must reduce their speed. Section 57 stipulates that parking on a zebra crossing is prohibited. Parking must be done at least 3 meters away from the crosswalk. Violators will be fined no more than 4,000 baht and 1 point will be immediately deducted from their driver’s license.
And in some areas where there are zebra crossings, there will be a button to stop the car for people to cross the road, but not every place has a zebra crossing. However, some motorcycles, even though people press the stop button, still disobey and do not stop for people to cross the road, which often causes accidents.
Today, the news team went to Watcharapol Road, where accidents often occur at zebra crossings. The latest incident occurred on September 19th at 6:20 PM when a motorcycle hit a person on the crosswalk, causing serious injuries. This was caused by the carelessness of the motorcyclist. The news team observed whether cars or motorcycles would stop to let people cross the road at crosswalks.
And is there parking on the zebra crossing? From observation, there are people waiting to cross the road for about 5 minutes because there are no motorcycles or cars parked to let them cross, even though it is a zebra crossing. Until there are cars parked to let people cross the road, but still, some motorcycles do not care that there are people crossing the road and drive through as usual even though there are people crossing, which may be the cause of frequent accidents.
And at the zebra crossing where there is a button to stop the car to let people cross the road, there are still some motorcycles that disregard the stop signal and drive through normally. I would like the relevant traffic agencies to come in and control and enforce the law more strictly because there are people who do not respect traffic laws and repeatedly break the law, causing people to be injured while crossing the zebra crossing by being hit by cars. Some people even die. Therefore, it is a question of society whether crossing the zebra crossing is safe for people to cross or not.
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