Limited visibility. L-O-L. Suddenly, out of nowhere, train tracks had been built and - surprise, surprise! - a train was running on them.

Alex wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 1:08 pm Limited visibility. L-O-L. Suddenly, out of nowhere, train tracks had been built and - surprise, surprise! - a train was running on them.

I guess "limited visibility" as in the ambulance driver was texting/playing candy crush/watching porn on his phone.

I come back to my previous observation regarding tuning out noise pollution, along with other noise and various distractions.

Khmer are very adept at simply not hearing the noise made by neighbours. Noise that has my hackles raised.
Just recently, taking a drive around the province, we were at a rail crossing, Waiting for the train to come along. SWMBO asked why we stopped, to which I mentioned the train. Her old friend in the back seat was surprised when the train crossed our path.
Along the lines of ‘where did that come from?’.

I mentioned the train horn that had been blaring for several minutes. Neither had registered it. It was just another sound in the background, largely ignored because people overuse horns for one. At that crossing, the car would be well and truly in the path of the train before you actually saw it, assuming that you had the physical ability to turn your head and look, which is another trait and failing of Khmer drivers. The assumption seems to be that everyone else is going to avoid hitting you.
Try telling that to several hundred tonnes of train.

Freightdog wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:13 pm It was just another sound in the background, largely ignored because people overuse horns for one.

Apart from the weather, the reason I wanted to move to PP was the quiet. Compared to Vietnam, people here hardly ever use their horns

There is some train tracks that havent been used for 20 years near my hometown. I still watch right and left if anything approaches when I cross them...