Not only forwards...but over...and out.Playboy wrote:Forget walking accross the road - Zorbing is the way forwards !
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Post by Hanno » Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:47 pm
That was pretty stupid.ricecakes wrote:Not only forwards...but over...and out.Playboy wrote:Forget walking accross the road - Zorbing is the way forwards !
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Post by electron » Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:35 pm
Maybe in Vietnam, Thailand, etc.No one will stop for you but once you start walk out they will slow down/drive around you. They know you have to go or you never get past. Just need to have nerves of steel, bikes will aim behind you, they see you. If you get nervous and step back again you might get hit.
IMHO this is actually specific to Cambodia. Nowhere else have I had motos try to squeeze into the diminishing space between me and opposite side of the road as happens consistently in Cambodia. To be fair, I've noticed in the last couple of years, more and more riders are starting to think a little, and aim behind, but the obvious hicks will 100% still play this game, however sternly you keep moving, wave them back etc.other places around SEA were they seem to aim for the barangs and never help by driving behind you even if you just have 2 meters to go.
Post by the chicken » Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:07 am
Post by Albro » Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:08 am
My experience is the opposite. Ho chi minh was a nightmare. Never seen as aggressive driving as there. Felt like some sort of death-race in the taxi and when i wanted to cross roads ppl maxed the gas and drove as close infront of me as they could. When i came back to Phnom penh i felt so relaxed walking in traffic after what i just experienced.electron wrote:Maybe in Vietnam, Thailand, etc.No one will stop for you but once you start walk out they will slow down/drive around you. They know you have to go or you never get past. Just need to have nerves of steel, bikes will aim behind you, they see you. If you get nervous and step back again you might get hit.
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Post by ricecakes » Tue Jul 25, 2017 1:09 pm
Post by Hanno » Tue Jul 25, 2017 1:28 pm
Yes, but people get clobbered plenty, too.the chicken wrote:I spent most of my time on the road, the way I see how the locals crossing the road they just cross without any fear into the oncoming traffic and the 2 wheels or 4 wheels vehicles either stop or swerve around them. lol
Post by Hanno » Tue Jul 25, 2017 1:30 pm
Post by Mèo Đen » Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:42 pm
Exactly, there are a lot of pedestrians getting hit. Unsurprisingly drivers speeding and drunk driving being the major causes. In 2013 the annual mortality rate for pedestrians was 5.5766 per 100,000, an increase of 33.4% since 1990, an average of 1.5% a year. Pedestrian Road Injuries in Cambodia http://global-disease-burden.healthgrov ... n-CambodiaHanno wrote:Yes, but people get clobbered plenty, too.the chicken wrote:I spent most of my time on the road, the way I see how the locals crossing the road they just cross without any fear into the oncoming traffic and the 2 wheels or 4 wheels vehicles either stop or swerve around them. lol