CityNews – Thai Traffic Police Radio announced new traffic controls on Arak Road starting July 26, from the exit of Suan Dok hospital to the first and second U-turn.
During the rush hours of 6am – 9am and 3pm – 6pm, the traffic at the Suan Dok gate and along Arak road (outside ring of the moat travelling north towards Ram Hospital) becomes gridlocked, partly due to cars joining Arak road and then attempting to cross three lanes of traffic to take the first U-turn into the inside ring of the moat road.
The Thai Traffic Police have now announced that cars entering Arak road from the Suan Dok Hospital exit must slowly merge across traffic to take the second available U-turn rather than cutting across traffic to reach the first one.
New road markings have been drawn up and cars must not cross the solid white line between lane two and three, forcing them to continue to the correct U-turn and preventing them cutting into flowing traffic.
The photos below help explain the new rules.