xandreu wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 12:31 am Road safety.

I know that Cambodia, as a developing nation, has many problems to address, but I do wish they'd push road safety a bit further up the agenda.

I myself, was involved in an RTC on my moto almost a year ago. I broke my leg and was in hospital for getting on for a week. It was fully investigated by the police and the fault lay fairly and squarely with the driver of the SUV who decided to cross a major junction with her foot firmly on the floor while hoping for the best. (Bizarre, I know, but that's how some think out here)

I did get some compensation out of it but it wasn't nearly enough to cover my lost wages and the cost of the operations to my leg. I now know that I should have been much more demanding but I didn't know what I was doing at the time, and had no clue as to how things work out here with regards to these situations. My perpetrator got off very lightly. She must have assumed she'd not only hit a very naive foreigner, but hit the jackpot all at the same time.

It saddens me whenever I read about yet another road traffic accident. While I was in hospital, I was in a ward with three beds, and one night a poor guy was wheeled in who'd been in a very severe traffic accident. His family came in with him and they were unsure, despite the operations the surgeons had already performed, if he'd survive the night. Luckily he did, but he was in a very tragic state. I left the next day so I don't know any more about him.

Driving in Cambodia is extremely, extremely dangerous. Khmers regard the laws of the road in the same way they regard the laws of the land. It's ok if you can away with it. And if you get caught, just wave a wad of notes in front of someone's face. That should sort it.

The big difference between the laws of the road and the laws of the land is that with the laws of the road, people get killed or seriously injured.

Again, I really wish, despite Cambodia being a developing country, they'd push for a lot more stringent enforcement of road safety laws.

Simply painting some lines on the road which tell drivers / riders where they should be and who / which direction they should be giving way to might be a start.

pczz wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 12:44 am

xandreu wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 12:31 am Road safety.

I know that Cambodia, as a developing nation, has many problems to address, but I do wish they'd push road safety a bit further up the agenda.

I myself, was involved in an RTC on my moto almost a year ago. I broke my leg and was in hospital for getting on for a week. It was fully investigated by the police and the fault lay fairly and squarely with the driver of the SUV who decided to cross a major junction with her foot firmly on the floor while hoping for the best. (Bizarre, I know, but that's how some think out here)

I did get some compensation out of it but it wasn't nearly enough to cover my lost wages and the cost of the operations to my leg. I now know that I should have been much more demanding but I didn't know what I was doing at the time, and had no clue as to how things work out here with regards to these situations. My perpetrator got off very lightly. She must have assumed she'd not only hit a very naive foreigner, but hit the jackpot all at the same time.

It saddens me whenever I read about yet another road traffic accident. While I was in hospital, I was in a ward with three beds, and one night a poor guy was wheeled in who'd been in a very severe traffic accident. His family came in with him and they were unsure, despite the operations the surgeons had already performed, if he'd survive the night. Luckily he did, but he was in a very tragic state. I left the next day so I don't know any more about him.

Driving in Cambodia is extremely, extremely dangerous. Khmers regard the laws of the road in the same way they regard the laws of the land. It's ok if you can away with it. And if you get caught, just wave a wad of notes in front of someone's face. That should sort it.

The big difference between the laws of the road and the laws of the land is that with the laws of the road, people get killed or seriously injured.

Again, I really wish, despite Cambodia being a developing country, they'd push for a lot more stringent enforcement of road safety laws.

Simply painting some lines on the road which tell drivers / riders where they should be and who / which direction they should be giving way to might be a start.

They operate priorite adroit here. any vehicle coming from your right has right of way. There are mosificatiosn to this regarding crossing other lanes in the International convention for left hand drive countries but cambodians seem to believe or are taught that if they are coming from your right you have to giveway so its your responsibility. the french gave it up on roundabouts years ago except i think arc de triumph. Cambodians still use it.

Felgerkarb wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:11 pm Unidentified but they know he is Khmer American and only here two months...seems like a lot of detail for "unidentified".