Legs singing !! Can already run 120 km / h

Legs singing !! Can already run 120 km / h

Mr. Sak Siam Chidchob, Minister of Transport Revealed after presiding over the ceremony “Starting at the speed of 120 kilometers / hour On National Highway No. 32 (Bang Pa-In Highway Section – Ang Thong Interchange)” with Mr. Chayathon Promsorn , Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, Mr. Sarawut Songsivilai, Director General of the Department of Roads, with Mr. Pathomchai Varet, Director General of the Department of Rural Roads Mr. Panu Yam Sri, Governor of Ayutthaya Province, joined the event that the project was a policy to increase the comfort and speed of travel. For road users with 4 or more lanes, they should be safe. According to the study of the Department of Roads (TorLor) and the Department of Rural Roads (NTC), there are approximately 4 lanes in the care of More than 14,000 kilometers It is a highway with three types of highway islands, consisting of 1. An elevated highway island 2. Island in the middle of the road with drainage channel And an island painted in the middle of the road That the island in such a way is easily accidental According to a 2018 World Health Organization (WHO) study, Thailand ranks second in the world in accidents and deaths. An average of around 20,000 dead and 400,000 wounded.

For the safety of such projects, there must be an island in the middle of the road using the barrier as a neutral island. However, the pilot selected on Highway 32 (Bang Pa-In Highway section – Ang Thong interchange) Because it is the most suitable period With a distance of more than 50 kilometers, the goal that in 2021 should be able to travel all four regions approximately 1,671 kilometers.In addition, there should be an improvement of the island of safety roads by the cabinet meeting. (Cabinet) agreed to upgrade the road island to be a concrete barrier. The project received the budget for the first phase on August 25, 2020 by operating a distance of 261 kilometers and in the process of investing with security funds, using cars, using roads. From the Department of Land Transport (Kor.) To develop safety equipment, creating signs Including the construction of an overpass across the road And in the future will create a horseshoe-shaped U-turn every 10 kilometers

By policy to increase the speed of the car From a speed not exceeding 90 kilometers per hour. It is a speed not exceeding 120 kilometers per hour. Only on highways that meet the standards prescribed by the Ministerial Regulation There are 4 lanes or more, there are no U-turn points. There is an island in the middle of the road, a barrier AND it has high engineering security. In the past, the Ministry of Transport has continually developed this policy. Until it succeeds AND announced the new ministerial regulations prescribing speed rates in the Government Gazette on March 10, 2021, the Ministry of Transportation also ordered and emphasized that the Department of Roads improve and increase physical standards for greater comfort and safety, including improved concrete barrier construction to help reduce the risk of serious fall accidents. Improve the level of a flat U-turn. Reduce the intersection of traffic flows. Install interchangeable traffic signs and messages to communicate proper speed usage in each lane. Rumble Strips are also installed to indicate the start and end of the speed control zone. This route is considered a “model” of national highways and rural highways.

The Roads Department plans to announce the use of the route in Phase 2 by August 2021, covering routes in the Central, North, Northeast and South regions, with a distance of approximately 260 kilometers, such as Highway No. 32, Ang Thong – Sing Buri Section, Road No. 1. Nong Khaem – Nakhon Sawan Tail, Road No. 2, Thang Pond – Mo Ja Bok. And Highway No. 4, Khao Wang – Sa Phra, etc., along with additional operations on major roads such as Highway No. 1 Phaholyothin, Highway No. 2, Mittraphap, Highway No. 24, Sikhio – Ubon Ratchathani Highway 340 Bang Bua Thong – Suphanburi and Highway No. 44 Krabi – Khanom approximately 1,760 kilometers from December 2021 onwards.

Sarawut Songsivilai, Director General of the Roads Department, revealed that the Roads Department has selected the pilot route which is National Highway No. 32 Bang Pa-in – Phayuha Khiri (Ayutthaya – Ang Thong) between km 4 + 100 to km 50 + 000 both entry and exit, at a distance of 45.9 kilometers, the speed is divided into 3 levels, which is the channel furthest to the left, no more than 80 kilometers per hour. The central channel does not exceed 100 kilometers per hour. In the right channel, driving at least 100 kilometers per hour but not more than 120 kilometers per hour So that drivers at different speeds on the route Use of public roads easily and safely. Effective April 1, 2021, it is the first route.

The Roads Department has also implemented orders from the Minister of Transportation. Installing various equipment and road signs on the specified route To increase the safety of road users, for example by setting a speed limit symbol on the road. Including the installation of surveillance cameras and speed detectors. For highway users, more information can be found on the Department of Roads website (www.doh.go.th), the Department of Roads fan pages, and the 1586 Call Center.