by Spigzy » Thu Mar 28, 2019 2:07 pm
Miguelito wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 8:47 am
It's funny, some intersections seem to kind of work better without the lights on; some are cluster fucks if the police aren't there to help; and some are cluster fucks with even the police there.
That intersection by Olympic stadium seems one to avoid, but they've done a good job keeping some of the major intersections like the one near the Great Duke and those on Monivong clear.
And to the point of Yangon -- it's very nice not having motos everywhere, but even with wide streets the traffic is much worse there than here.
Agree on this - two massive bottlenecks that I encounter daily are the old Camko roundabout, the old Toul Kork roundabout & the st.598/337 junction; now both multiple entry/exit junctions with traffic lights. With traffic lights working, the gridlock goes back half a kilometre, with the boys in blue only, gridlock goes back a kilometer - absence of both, tumbleweed territory - you could almost pull a car with a 7777 plate through those junctions at ludicrous speed blind and not hit a thing (don't try this at home).
However, Mao Tse Tung (Great Joke hotel aside), with all those tiny little side streets joining, absolute mess - nothing disastrous, particularly on a motorbike, but a bit of a dodge & weave at every junction.
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It's funny, some intersections seem to kind of work better without the lights on; some are cluster fucks if the police aren't there to help; and some are cluster fucks with even the police there.
That intersection by Olympic stadium seems one to avoid, but they've done a good job keeping some of the major intersections like the one near the Great Duke and those on Monivong clear.
And to the point of Yangon -- it's very nice not having motos everywhere, but even with wide streets the traffic is much worse there than here.
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Agree on this - two massive bottlenecks that I encounter daily are the old Camko roundabout, the old Toul Kork roundabout & the st.598/337 junction; now both multiple entry/exit junctions with traffic lights. With traffic lights working, the gridlock goes back half a kilometre, with the boys in blue only, gridlock goes back a kilometer - absence of both, tumbleweed territory - you could almost pull a car with a 7777 plate through those junctions at ludicrous speed blind and not hit a thing (don't try this at home).
However, Mao Tse Tung (Great Joke hotel aside), with all those tiny little side streets joining, absolute mess - nothing disastrous, particularly on a motorbike, but a bit of a dodge & weave at every junction.