Fatal Tuk-Tuk Crash Kills Two Finnish Passengers & Cambodian Driver in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Very sad news. RIP.
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It this way, we are all sitting ducks. There is a danger element to this place, I find it heightens the experience. There's a lot more freedom too. I kinda just accept that when its my time I will go softly into the night, and until then I will try to relax and enjoy.

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RickyBobby wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 9:36 am It this way, we are all sitting ducks. There is a danger element to this place, I find it heightens the experience. There's a lot more freedom too. I kinda just accept that when its my time I will go softly into the night, and until then I will try to relax and enjoy.

RIP to the victims.
You are obviously not a fan of Dylan Thomas:
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

He could have added, and when in Phnom Penh, use a fecking car, not a tuktuk. You don't have to be a sitting duck.
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newkidontheblock wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 1:31 am
RIP to all those who died. Based on the drunk’s driving, a Prius might not have saved them, a cement truck might have.
The Prius gets a pretty damn good safety rating, see https://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/vehic ... hback/2018.
The Camry's rating is damn near perfect, https://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/vehic ... door-sedan
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Anyone have the safety ratings for a Tuk-Tuk?
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General Mackevili wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 1:16 pm Anyone have the safety ratings for a Tuk-Tuk?
In any collision with a Lexis 300, you are basically dead. In fact, Consumer Reports rates the tuk tuk very low. In any collision with anything, you are basically dead.
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GMJS-CEO wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 6:32 am
hanno wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:39 pm Even 15 years ago, when I still liked partying (and there was a lot less traffic), I always rented a car if I hit the town for the night. Never felt safe in Tuk-tuks in the wee hours of the morning.
Wow, you are just so intelligent you would have still been alive, unlike these 3 gentlemen.

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Whatever. I do not think it is intelligent, just self preservation.
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RickyBobby wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 9:36 am It this way, we are all sitting ducks. There is a danger element to this place, I find it heightens the experience. There's a lot more freedom too. I kinda just accept that when its my time I will go softly into the night, and until then I will try to relax and enjoy.

RIP to the victims.
Dear lord baby Jesus, you think being mutilated by a Lexus heightens your experience in Cambodia? That is precious! Do you think those 2 young gentlemen share your fondness for danger. Maybe a little respect and decency for their family and friends is in order.
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia News: The driver of the LEXUS RX-330 driver, identified as Heng Vannak, 30 years old, from Mondulkiri, has been charged with the traffic accident causing the deaths of three men. He tested positive for alcohol at 0.91 Mg / L.
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The tuktuk driver, Yim Chephun, 31, was originally from O'Raak commune, Pursat province. Both the foreign victims, ARTUU JOHANNES HIETA and LASSE MIKAEL APAJASALMI, were visiting from Finland, staying at Arminia Hotel, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh.
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cambo swa wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 7:08 pm
RickyBobby wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 9:36 am It this way, we are all sitting ducks. There is a danger element to this place, I find it heightens the experience. There's a lot more freedom too. I kinda just accept that when its my time I will go softly into the night, and until then I will try to relax and enjoy.

RIP to the victims.
Dear lord baby Jesus, you think being mutilated by a Lexus heightens your experience in Cambodia? That is precious! Do you think those 2 young gentlemen share your fondness for danger. Maybe a little respect and decency for their family and friends is in order.
What my post says is this could happen to anyone of us. It is not disrespectful. Knowing that there is danger and I can do little to nothing about it makes my heart race a bit. This awareness is juxtaposed against the freedom I also experience.
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