Warning!! Graphic!!

Appears the group of victims scattered over and beyond the roadside may have been travelling in the back of the truck.

thats grim! but i feel you on that GM, luckily driving around in SHV isnt too dangerous, but every time i watch these videos it imprints deeper and deeper in my brain to be more aware, i prefer cruising around now rather than driving fast, just not worth it

Honestly, it's easy to feel uneasy in Cambodia because the gore and accident damage is in front of you, but in the "West" it is just as bad if not worse when it comes to fatalities and injuries. We just don't see it on the news as everything is censored. I know that cars are safer and safety belts are compulsory and motos are less common, but the injuries and such sustained are no different than here.

AE86 wrote:Honestly, it's easy to feel uneasy in Cambodia because the gore and accident damage is in front of you, but in the "West" it is just as bad if not worse when it comes to fatalities and injuries. We just don't see it on the news as everything is censored. I know that cars are safer and safety belts are compulsory and motos are less common, but the injuries and such sustained are no different than here.

As an ambulance officer I attended many MVAs in Australia - none were like this. Even our training sim-exes didn't come close.

Cambodian first aid is for sure a cause for concern. I'm alive today because of U.S. EMTs and am pretty sure I wouldn't have made it over here with the "emergency response teams" in place.

I was just trying to say that the carnage isn't in front of us in the U.S. (body bags and coverings are usually the norm, as is a fast response from the EMTs), but the devastation and injuries and just as horrific if not worse than you see on the pictures/videos.

@Stroppy, I'm unsure of Oz, but I've seen some pretty horrific accidents in the U.S. that rivaled what I've seen here, especially when either the passenger or driver were ejected from the vehicle. Bike accidents are also far worse as well because of the speeds involved too, although less common obviously than Cambodia. Either or, it's most of the reason that I can click on any of the accident links and not flinch or feel the least bit sick. Having several members of the family work in emergency medicine doesn't help either.

AE86 wrote:@Stroppy, I'm unsure of Oz, but I've seen some pretty horrific accidents in the U.S. that rivaled what I've seen here, especially when either the passenger or driver were ejected from the vehicle.

Sure, but not on the same scale you see in Cambodia. Maybe 2 or 3 ejected from a car in the west, as opposed to 20 from the top of a truck, or 10 under a truck.

Ah, I thought we meant the extent of the damage to the body, not the amount of people involved. In that case you're right for sure.