1 Dead in Vireak Buntham Night Bus Crash

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Re: 1 Dead in Vireak Buntham Night Bus Crash

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amazingly shit company
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Kammekor wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 8:27 am
Big'n wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 8:59 pm Holding the Bus Company financially liable is the ONLY WAY to stop the needless bloodshed on the roads!
And what if, just if.... the pick up was in the wrong?


And what if,,, the CEO News / Newspapers got it all wrong.


Fake news reporting NEVER happens.
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Duncan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 9:45 am
Kammekor wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 8:27 am
Big'n wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 8:59 pm Holding the Bus Company financially liable is the ONLY WAY to stop the needless bloodshed on the roads!
And what if, just if.... the pick up was in the wrong?


And what if,,, the CEO News / Newspapers got it all wrong.


Fake news reporting NEVER happens.

Haven't checked the newspapers yet, but here's a quote from CEO:
The cause of the accident has not yet been determined, and Pursat police have impounded both vehicles while the case is being investigated.
I have the feeling some posters are jumping to conclusions a bit too fast. I just noticed on the pictures the pickup has not switched on any lights. Great Cambodian habit....
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Kammekor wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 9:57 am
Duncan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 9:45 am
Kammekor wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 8:27 am
Big'n wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 8:59 pm Holding the Bus Company financially liable is the ONLY WAY to stop the needless bloodshed on the roads!
And what if, just if.... the pick up was in the wrong?


And what if,,, the CEO News / Newspapers got it all wrong.


Fake news reporting NEVER happens.

Haven't checked the newspapers yet, but here's a quote from CEO:
The cause of the accident has not yet been determined, and Pursat police have impounded both vehicles while the case is being investigated.
I have the feeling some posters are jumping to conclusions a bit too fast. I just noticed on the pictures the pickup has not switched on any lights. Great Cambodian habit....


No, No, No, you got it all wrong again. The driver turned OFF the lights to save battery and fuel, ,,, Thats the great Cambodian habit.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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Kammekor wrote:
Duncan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 9:45 am
Kammekor wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 8:27 am
Big'n wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 8:59 pm Holding the Bus Company financially liable is the ONLY WAY to stop the needless bloodshed on the roads!
And what if, just if.... the pick up was in the wrong?


And what if,,, the CEO News / Newspapers got it all wrong.


Fake news reporting NEVER happens.

Haven't checked the newspapers yet, but here's a quote from CEO:
The cause of the accident has not yet been determined, and Pursat police have impounded both vehicles while the case is being investigated.
I have the feeling some posters are jumping to conclusions a bit too fast. I just noticed on the pictures the pickup has not switched on any lights. Great Cambodian habit....
No moon to speak of, pretty dark out at night at the moment.

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Sometimes lights break/stop working in a head-on collision.
:facepalm:
You could be next.
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Cruisemonkey wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:20 am Sometimes lights break/stop working in a head-on collision.
:facepalm:
Well, that excludes the option the driver never turned them on then.
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Just a cursory look at the photos from the scene of the accident reveals that the Bus driver was trying to pass on a bridge.
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The hits just keep on coming for the VB express co.
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Re: 1 Dead in Vireak Buntham Night Bus Crash

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History Lesson.

Vireak Buntham was the first and only company running big buses from Koh Kong to Sre Amble / PP when the bridges were not even finished. You transferred from
one bus to another bus on the other side of the rivers.
Before that, he ran mini buses on that route as the road was being built and as with the Camry taxis you had to get out , take your shoes off and walk while the drivers built up speed and charged through the muddy sections . Often the passengers had to get behind and push.


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Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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