Strapped into a backpack, the woman in her late 20s strides into two lanes of frenzied motorists hurtling to escape the downtown traffic crunch for highway freedom.
When the road is clear, she breaks into a run across a repainted pedestrian crossing where Phloen Chit turns into Sukhumvit Road to reach safety. Up next, a middle-aged woman approaching the other way isn’t so lucky. Soon after she stepped into the road yesterday morning, cars swinging onto the Phloen Chit Expressway cut her off, forcing her out of the crossing, ducking and weaving to avoid being hit.
Over on Thonglor, a street not lacking in marked crossings, pedestrians often ignore them to cross four lanes, which often move surprisingly fast. In a span of minutes Tuesday, at least two jaywalkers were seen crossing at unmarked locations.
While Thailand rushes to put a new coat of paint on…
