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‘Virot’ takes on the candidate The Ministry of Health surveys the Asoke-Rama 9 area, launches an app to report unsafe pedestrian crossings.

‘Virot’ takes on the candidate The Ministry of Health surveys the Asoke-Rama 9 area, launches an app “Fondue” to report the problem of unsafe crosswalks.

On January 26, Mr. Wirot Lakkhana Adisorn, candidate for governor of Bangkok (Bangkok Governor) Kao Klai Party (Kor Kor) traveled to the Asoke-Rama 9 area along with Mr. Sansit Naotaworn, candidate for the Bangkok Council (Sor Kor.) Wattana District and N.M. S. Temsinee Sophasomsawat who the applicant Sor. Kor. Huai Khwang District Investigate a crosswalk, cross a crossroads, find an abnormality Dozens of risk points for accidents Found the road not friendly to service users. both crossing the intersection without traffic lights or a lane release that cannot see the car clearly risk of accident as well as the problem of pavement that is not friendly to users Lack of design considering the elderly, children and people with disabilities, whether the braille block is installed incorrectly and continuously. The wheelchair ramp has a wheelchair down the road and found potholes along the walkway.

In this survey, the service was launched using the Traffy Foudue application or fondue of the Wirote team. to report problems in “Seeing zebras are not safe, please inform Wirot” by fondue is a system for reporting complaints through the LINE application. that can report problems in real time and can share the location of the place to see the problem immediately which can be used to improve the system as an application to complain about problems in the daily life of Bangkok people

The system was developed by NECTEC and has been implemented by the Progressive Council since May 2021 in 12 municipalities supported by the Progressive Council. got a very good response able to resolve the complaints to the people who complained within a few hours which Mr. Wirote stated want to use the system to solve problems for people in Bangkok as well

Mr. Sansit said In front of Srinakharinwirot University A model of pedestrian crossing correction since 2019 after a truck crashed into an employee of a private company in Asoke area. It is painted red and symbols are drawn to point out that the car stops or slows down. But now found The crosswalk has no stop lights. and found driving at high speeds Viroj who explored the area together Advice on using the stop signal And there should be a survey for design and installation. By taking into account the number of users and the most cost-effective budget

In addition, he also surveyed the area of ​​Rama 9 Road, where Mr. Wirot had tested a crosswalk to the other side, found that the 8-lane road has an unclear zebra path. No crossing symbols, smooth foundation, not rough ground for slowing down. and no crossing lights

Miss Temsinee, the candidate Sor. Kor. Huai Khwang District In addition, another problem encountered is the design that does not take into account the elderly and various types of users.