Two Dead in Mekong Express Nightbus Crash in Cambodia

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newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:45 pm Was it different before the war? I’m just wondering if a fundamental shift in mentality occurred with the Khmer Rouge.
How many cars were there in Cambodia pre KR?

Like so many things in this country, there's a huge gap from 1970 to 2000 when not much changed. Then there was a massive catch up.
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How many cars were there in Cambodia pre KR?
Dont really know but it seems we are told of piles of cars pushed to the sides of the roads in pp during the kr, so maybe quite a few.

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Barang chgout wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:35 am How many cars were there in Cambodia pre KR?
Dont really know but it seems we are told of piles of cars pushed to the sides of the roads in pp during the kr, so maybe quite a few.

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One of the first images I get when googling pp 1970.Image

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Barang chgout wrote:One of the first images I get when googling pp 1970.Image

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Barang chgout wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 11:54 am One of the first images I get when googling pp 1970.Image
This photo is not from the 1970s.

Google can include things which do not include all of your search criteria.

If you download the original photo on a computer, there are modern cars in it. The billboard is advertising Huawei phones, which did not exist in the 1970s. It just looks old because it is black and white.
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Here is the original with better resolution.

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Fair enuff!

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How about this one?Image

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I still wouldn't call that lots of course. One can also assume that the vast majority of vehicles were concentrated in PP and that there were not many cars elsewhere. First time I rode a bike across Cambodia in the late 90's I was amazed at how little traffic there was.
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