Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway - Now Open
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If that road can cut a 200km journey from 6 hours to under 3, sign me up.
The only issue is what will happen when Khmers get to drive at 80/90/100 m.p.h.? Safe spacing between you and the car in front, stopping distance appreciation, looking into the distance for trouble ahead etc. are not skill sets I have noticed here. Most barely look when crossing a junction.
The only issue is what will happen when Khmers get to drive at 80/90/100 m.p.h.? Safe spacing between you and the car in front, stopping distance appreciation, looking into the distance for trouble ahead etc. are not skill sets I have noticed here. Most barely look when crossing a junction.
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Re: Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway Underway
Will it be fenced? In Thailand, the main criteion for a good highway is whether it is fenced. Presumably because it keeps dogs etc out.
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They were promised this:armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:53 am Will it be fenced? In Thailand, the main criteion for a good highway is whether it is fenced. Presumably because it keeps dogs etc out.
Looks like it's a long way from completed, and I can't see and fences or even external barriers, so if you go off the road you are in a bit of trouble. Judging by the photo's and the road side foliage, they might never find you.
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If the bottom photo is what's been built it's nothing like the top photos, and who does 100klm in a 100 zone you won't see me on it , maybe safer taking the old m4 once all the speedsters are on the highway
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Re: Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway Underway
If you look at google maps on satellite you can see the great big scar going across the land. It seems to end just north of NR4 and NR3 junction.
Re: Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway Underway
It was always 3 hours - the constant roadworks/poor road conditions are what made it 6 hours. I for one can't wait to see white right hand drive Camrys bombing down there in 2 hours, with 3 passengers in the front, driver one hand on the wheel, the other on his mobile organising his next pick up; it'll be like the good old days!Doc67 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:26 am If that road can cut a 200km journey from 6 hours to under 3, sign me up.
The only issue is what will happen when Khmers get to drive at 80/90/100 m.p.h.? Safe spacing between you and the car in front, stopping distance appreciation, looking into the distance for trouble ahead etc. are not skill sets I have noticed here. Most barely look when crossing a junction.
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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Will the big trucks follow the rest of the world by being in the inside lane or still follow the Khmer dual-carriageway custom of using the outside lane as they are less likely to have to try to stop?Spigzy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:43 amIt was always 3 hours - the constant roadworks/poor road conditions are what made it 6 hours. I for one can't wait to see white right hand drive Camrys bombing down there in 2 hours, with 3 passengers in the front, driver one hand on the wheel, the other on his mobile organising his next pick up; it'll be like the good old days!Doc67 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:26 am If that road can cut a 200km journey from 6 hours to under 3, sign me up.
The only issue is what will happen when Khmers get to drive at 80/90/100 m.p.h.? Safe spacing between you and the car in front, stopping distance appreciation, looking into the distance for trouble ahead etc. are not skill sets I have noticed here. Most barely look when crossing a junction.
Re: Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway Underway
Of course they need to be in the outside lane, how else will you put the market stalls on the inside lane?!
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
Re: Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway Underway
I don't know the local terminology for lanes, would it make sense to a Khmer person that the outside lane is the one closest to the middle and not the one on the edge?
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