Another one dead.

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Another one dead.

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Just watching the news on Khmer TV. This ambulance on the wrong side of a divided road, plowed into a moto going the right way and moto rider dead. The front of the ambulance was totally wrecked, so must have been going at a great rate of Knots.
WTF, do these idiots in this country keep riding on the wrong side of the road ??? As the Mrs said, they can be told not to but they don't listen. :facepalm:
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You must walk in traffic to cross the road - Cambodian proverb
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when the road is totally blocked and the lights and siren does not clear a path ( cause locals ignore it) and there is someone in the back of the ambulance dying.
what do u suggest they do?
Dammed if they do and dammed if they dont.
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^ hahaha, I know I shouldn't laugh, but Ambulances here are nothing but expensive taxis for the ill & injured, either to a hospital or transferring between hospitals. The ambulance staff are not paramedics, and I highly doubt they have even the most basic training in life support...sad, but true unfortunately.
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PSD-Kiwi wrote: Sat Apr 08, 2017 9:20 am ^ hahaha, I know I shouldn't laugh, but Ambulances here are nothing but expensive taxis for the ill & injured, either to a hospital or transferring between hospitals. The ambulance staff are not paramedics, and I highly doubt they have even the most basic training in life support...sad, but true unfortunately.
Handy to know. If I'm ever in an accident I'll grab a motodop (if possible) - get there quicker
You must walk in traffic to cross the road - Cambodian proverb
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