Samouth wrote:

wackyjacky wrote:

Samouth wrote:

Sailorman wrote:There's not enough room to list all, but here is a short-list.

Cambo wedding/funerals with the loud music and monks chanting at max warp at O-dark-30, Cambodian drivers, container/beer trucks on Hwy #4, attorneys, judges, police, liver, mosquitos, cheap Chinese crap you buy here, and last but not least my ex-wife(may she rot in hell)

Not all Cambodian drivers are bad, there are people who drive properly and obey the traffic law as well.

SM lives in SHV as do I. The drivers down here are the craziest I've seen anywhere in the world. Far far worse than PP. The only Khmer who obey any rules of the road down here are in cars. On bikes it's just a lawless free for all. 1/2 of them in cars drive pretty well, the other 1/2 follow the rules of the jungle - the biggest vehicle has the right of way at all times regardless of lights or the natural flow of traffic.

I had been driving almost everyday from my house to the city for 3 years as i had to study in high school in the city. I had never had road accident. To be honest, i didn't feel that people in sihanoukville drive crazily comparing to Phnom Penh, maybe it has changed, i am not sure.

wackyjacky wrote:

Samouth wrote:

wackyjacky wrote:

Samouth wrote:

Sailorman wrote:There's not enough room to list all, but here is a short-list.

Cambo wedding/funerals with the loud music and monks chanting at max warp at O-dark-30, Cambodian drivers, container/beer trucks on Hwy #4, attorneys, judges, police, liver, mosquitos, cheap Chinese crap you buy here, and last but not least my ex-wife(may she rot in hell)

Not all Cambodian drivers are bad, there are people who drive properly and obey the traffic law as well.

SM lives in SHV as do I. The drivers down here are the craziest I've seen anywhere in the world. Far far worse than PP. The only Khmer who obey any rules of the road down here are in cars. On bikes it's just a lawless free for all. 1/2 of them in cars drive pretty well, the other 1/2 follow the rules of the jungle - the biggest vehicle has the right of way at all times regardless of lights or the natural flow of traffic.

I had been driving almost everyday from my house to the city for 3 years as i had to study in high school in the city. I had never had road accident. To be honest, i didn't feel that people in sihanoukville drive crazily comparing to Phnom Penh, maybe it has changed, i am not sure.

I've been to 40-50 countries (most in the 3rd world) & I've never seen anywhere near the complete disregard of driving laws like in my home town of SV. Somebody pulls a mind numbingly stupid maneuver that almost causes a crash almost every km I ride. I'm getting close to buying an SUV.

wackyjacky wrote:I'm not saying Cambodians are the worst drivers in the world. In general I think they drive more safely than some places I've been, even Thailand. I'm saying that the drivers/riders in SV are the worst. BTW - having to breath burning plastic all the time pisses me off a lot more.