Accidents occur because brakes dont work

explorer · Post by **explorer** » Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:54 am

I have sometimes ridden motorbikes and driven vehicles belonging to others.

With two of the motorbikes I got on, the brakes were so worn and out of adjustment, you could only slow down gradually, not stop quickly. These were both motorbikes which appeared to be in good condition.

In both cases, I adjusted the brakes. There is an adjuster you can twist on the wheels, you dont even need tools.

This made me realize, there are many other motorbikes on the roads in Cambodia with brakes which dont work properly, and this is the cause of some accidents.

I was sitting in a shop on a corner recently, and saw an accident where two men on a motorbike ran into two girls on a motorbike. They didnt slow down at all. Which got me thinking, maybe the brakes didnt work very well.

If you want to get an idea about how many motorbikes are not maintained properly, look at how many have lights not working.

The accident rate in Cambodia is ridiculous, and any of us could be a victim.

kocdim · Post by **kocdim** » Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:08 am

explorer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:54 am I have sometimes ridden motorbikes and driven vehicles belonging to others.

With two of the motorbikes I got on, the brakes were so worn and out of adjustment, you could only slow down gradually, not stop quickly. These were both motorbikes which appeared to be in good condition.

In both cases, I adjusted the brakes. There is an adjuster you can twist on the wheels, you dont even need tools.

This made me realize, there are many other motorbikes on the roads in Cambodia with brakes which dont work properly, and this is the cause of some accidents.

I was sitting in a shop on a corner recently, and saw an accident where two men on a motorbike ran into two girls on a motorbike. They didnt slow down at all. Which got me thinking, maybe the brakes didnt work very well.

If you want to get an idea about how many motorbikes are not maintained properly, look at how many have lights not working.

The accident rate in Cambodia is ridiculous, and any of us could be a victim.

Before 8 months I was driving the moto. One of the breaks got very loose. I didnt know the problem and I was keep on driving since the the other was fine (i though I need to change the whole breaks and I though is going to be like 50-70 usd). Then hold and behold the other break got super loose. The shop was closed was like 4-5pm. I drive almost 12 hours on very loose breaks almost no breaks. When I went to the shop next they they just tighten the screw on the back break and added liquid on the front and works like new. The point of the story is

: You are right, and maybe some people they do budget on the breaks.