Monday, August 1, 2011

Satun - Funny Road Signs


I want to show a couple of the funny road signs I came across in Satun.

One sign seems to forbid deer access to a forest. However, the text states that hunting / killing deer is not allowed.

Another sign states that there is an accident ahead. So, supposedly the "accident" has been there for a long time and nobody has any intention of removing the accident. It's better to simply warn people that the accident is there up ahead.

The sign is of course intended to be a warning of a high risk "black spot" where accidents occur frequently. In this case, it was a 90 degree turn, where apparently many motorists got surprised and instead continued straight off the road.



For a foreigner, one positive aspect of driving around Thailand is that many signs are in dual language - even signs that in my view are totally irrelevant for foreigners.

For example: "Weighing Station Ahead: All Trucks Must Stop" - I think there are very few foreigners cruising around Thailand in 10-wheel trucks.