Drivers’ need for speed will soon cost them if they punch it past 30kph on roads with designated bike lanes.
In response to public clamor to somehow make Bangkok’s streets safer for cyclists, police will identify low-traffic roads throughout the capital to add bike lanes and cut the permitted speed limit by half.
Drivers can then be fined up to THB1,000 if caught driving faster than 30kph on the roads, which being city streets, normally have a speed limit of 60kph.
Deputy metro police chief Maj. Gen. Adul Narongsak said this will boost road safety without hurting traffic flow as the lanes would be kept to minor roads, Bangkok Post reported.
Cycling has seen a boom of interest that has also invited tragedy. Last month cyclists called for better protection after 31-year-old Thanyakorn Densirimongkol was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Ratchada-Ram Intra Road. Two others suffered serious injury.
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