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Striped poles

Striped poles — Thailand
Unique

Lamp posts in Thailand often have their lower part painted in

  • red/orange-and-black or
  • black-and-white

bands


Thai script

Thai script — Thailand
Unique

Thai writing looks compact, and many letters have tiny circles.


  • Khmer writing in Cambodia is longer and often has marks under the letters

Poles Marking

Poles Marking — Thailand
Unique

In Thailand, some utility poles have orange-and-black diagonal markings.

The stripes don’t reach the ground, which makes them easy to tell apart from similar poles in Taiwan

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Bollard

Bollard — Thailand
Unique

Cuboid stone with a flat or pointed top. Bollard painted with black-and-white stripes. White stripes are wider

White painted rectangle reflector on the front and two white circles on the back. Sometimes without reflectors at all

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Stop Sign

Stop Sign — Thailand
Unique

You will find the 3 character word "หยุด" (Yùt) in Thai script.

Sometimes includes "STOP" in English below the Thai text.


Signpost

Signpost — Thailand
Unique

Shape: Rectangular long or short

Material: Concrete

Color: White with black painted bot


Unique in Southeast Asia


White signs

White signs — Thailand
Unique

Usually on small roads in Thailand, direction signs usually have a plate with an arrow and in both languages


Domain

Domain — Thailand
Unique

Websites often use the .th domain, which can be found on signs and billboards


National & royal flags

National & royal flags — Thailand
Unique

Roadsides in Thailand often show both the red-white-blue national flag and yellow royal flags together, a striking combination unique to the country


Reflector posts

Reflector posts — Thailand
Unique

In Thailand, you often see small roadside reflector posts. They are thin white posts with two round orange reflectors on top, one above the other.

Below the reflectors there is usually a small white plate with black numbers showing the highway and distance


Milestone with Garuda

Milestone with Garuda — Thailand
Unique

Roadside markers in Thailand use a Garuda symbol: white for national routes (shown white on maps) and black for provincial routes (shown dark blue on maps)


Driving side

Driving side — Thailand

Driving direction: Left side


Unlike in Cambodia and Laos where people drive on the right


Private plates

Private plates — Thailand

Type: Private

Shape: Long

Background: White

Text: Black


Thai Concrete Utility Poles

Thai Concrete Utility Poles — Thailand

Thai utility poles are square concrete columns.

Holes: They have a single vertical line of small holes from bottom to top.

Similar: Poles in Cambodia and Laos look similar. In Sri Lanka, holes are only at the top.


Religion

Religion — Thailand

Thailand is mainly Buddhist, so most religious symbols are Buddhist


Block panels

Block panels — Thailand

Thai highways often use concrete paving marked with a big square grid of expansion joints


The same pattern is also seen in the Philippines and, less often, in Indonesia


Guardrails

Guardrails — Thailand

On highways in Thailand, Type-A guardrails are commonly used


Green village sign

Green village sign — Thailand

A special green sign—commonly posted at village entrances


Yellow commercial plates

Yellow commercial plates — Thailand

Type: Commercial, taxi, trucks

Shape: Short

Background: Yellow

Text:Black


This is unique in Southeast Asia, since in Laos yellow plates are used for regular cars, not just commercial ones


Long lamps

Long lamps — Thailand

Along Thai highways, tall, thin lamp posts with a long horizontal arm reaching over the road


Chevron

Chevron — Thailand

Background: Yellow

Arrows: Bold black

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Pedestrian Sign

Pedestrian Sign — Thailand

Pedestrian signs in

  • orange or
  • light yellow

with this design and form are very common


Transformers block

Found only in Banghok

In Bangkok, transformers are often placed on top of concrete blocks


Bins

+ sometimes oval blue bins

In Thailand, roadside rubbish cylindrical bins are often made of plastic and come in bright colors. Cylindrical bins have lids and wheels, making them easy to move.

Large plastic barrels are also widely used as rubbish bins in Thailand. They are usually blue, grey, or black, often without lids, and can be seen placed along streets or outside houses


Yellow Centre lines

Yellow Centre lines — Thailand

In Thailand, the center of the road is always marked in yellow, either solid or dashed

Malaysia is different, using only white center lines

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