Sihanoukville Passenger Train Hits Truck at Crossing
Re: Sihanoukville Passenger Train Hits Truck at Crossing
There is not really a big difference between an old train and old trucks. Useally the official reason is: its environamental-friendlier, but the real reason Is: its cheaper. In europe and probably in the whole world it works like this. Money wins the war !! Any railway-company gets a lot of money from the tax-payer because without they all would go bankrupt, they are to big to run (the companies), and at the last 25 miles you have to put the container again on a truck, the train doesnt deliver a container of beer at Phsar Kandal.
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Re: Sihanoukville Passenger Train Hits Truck at Crossing
Take a look at the average driver, be it Moto, car, SUV, truck or TukTuk, the next time that you’re out and about. TukTuks especially.
Their heads barely move. They frequently enter or cross junctions looking only in the direction that they are going, and rarely in the direction of where the threat comes from.
Likewise, doing U-turns or pulling out into traffic. For the most part, the assumption appears to be that it’s up to other drivers not to hit the vehicle that’s now in the way, and for the most part they get away with it.
The starting point is having a national driving licence that’s taken seriously.
You can teach an idiot to drive and follow basic procedures. But an idiot cannot teach the same.
Their heads barely move. They frequently enter or cross junctions looking only in the direction that they are going, and rarely in the direction of where the threat comes from.
Likewise, doing U-turns or pulling out into traffic. For the most part, the assumption appears to be that it’s up to other drivers not to hit the vehicle that’s now in the way, and for the most part they get away with it.
The starting point is having a national driving licence that’s taken seriously.
You can teach an idiot to drive and follow basic procedures. But an idiot cannot teach the same.
Re: Sihanoukville Passenger Train Hits Truck at Crossing
This is saddening, the number of accidents involving trains is WAY too high considering the low number.of train journeys on offer.
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Re: Sihanoukville Passenger Train Hits Truck at Crossing
I just returned from several weeks in Thailand last monthFreightdog wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:40 pm Take a look at the average driver, be it Moto, car, SUV, truck or TukTuk, the next time that you’re out and about. TukTuks especially.
Their heads barely move. They frequently enter or cross junctions looking only in the direction that they are going, and rarely in the direction of where the threat comes from.
Likewise, doing U-turns or pulling out into traffic. For the most part, the assumption appears to be that it’s up to other drivers not to hit the vehicle that’s now in the way, and for the most part they get away with it.
The starting point is having a national driving licence that’s taken seriously.
You can teach an idiot to drive and follow basic procedures. But an idiot cannot teach the same.
One thing you notice all the time, is that so many people get on their motorbikes, pull out onto the road & only then check to see if there is any traffic coming
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