Riverside woes
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You mean the city-wide drainage projects that have alleviated flooding effects hugely. There are too many myopic people around who can''t seem to grasp the fact that digging up the street and installing drainage pipes that are about five times bigger than existing ones might actually be part of a larger scale plan, and wasn't just done to make their daily commute more muddy and difficult.
It's always going to flood here, we happen to live on an alluvial plane. It's how we mitigate the issue that is important. If you have any better solutions we are always open to suggestions.
It's always going to flood here, we happen to live on an alluvial plane. It's how we mitigate the issue that is important. If you have any better solutions we are always open to suggestions.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
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A lot of accidents at cross lights back in the West happens when someone speeds up to try and catch the green light, plowing through the intersection causing the often quite lethal side impact collision. Saw it plenty of times in LA where you have a lot long straight roads with cross lights on all the major intersections. I am thinking it won't happen here as much due to people having to watch out for all the red light offenders anyway.
Anyway, never trust a green light as they say.
Anyway, never trust a green light as they say.
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I'm not against real improvements in PP. With all those condos and apts coming online in 2018, we need something.
Coordinated traffic lights is the best (non)-solution to traffic?
OK, I get it, it ...
1. Doesn't block traffic in construction.
2. Pays for itself through cameras and new fines.
3. Could aid on criminal apprehension.
But I can't but help think that something will be twisted out of it. A fat villa somewhere, more whisky-swilling in-laws driving drunk from the excesses, smashing into someone and the cops look the other way for them ...
They FIND a way to mess things up ... Amazing ability to screw themselves ...
Coordinated traffic lights is the best (non)-solution to traffic?
OK, I get it, it ...
1. Doesn't block traffic in construction.
2. Pays for itself through cameras and new fines.
3. Could aid on criminal apprehension.
But I can't but help think that something will be twisted out of it. A fat villa somewhere, more whisky-swilling in-laws driving drunk from the excesses, smashing into someone and the cops look the other way for them ...
They FIND a way to mess things up ... Amazing ability to screw themselves ...
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- Lucky Lucan
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Are you on the sauce already?
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
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There are now a handful of traffic cameras in the country, which the police use for speeders (I was heading to Kampot with some Khmer friends when we reached a police check, and they informed us we were over the speed and a photo was taken a km back. We paid $10 on the spot to be on our way). Anyways, I wonder if any of these new lights, which have cameras sending feed back to the command center, will have red light traffic cams to catch people running reds.
Closing Riverside traffic for minutes at a time blocks traffic.TristranandIsolde wrote:1. Doesn't block traffic in construction.
Not really. 70% is going straight into traffic police pockets.TristranandIsolde wrote:2. Pays for itself through cameras and new fines.
Criminals aren't exactly known for following laws and stopping for red lights.TristranandIsolde wrote:3. Could aid on criminal apprehension.
China donated 200 last year.Miguelito wrote:There are now a handful of traffic cameras in the country
Bless
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No, not on the sauce, but I bet that local city government would sell out a part of the city for a fat contract ... National government not so much.
Just looking for a plan here ... Hope their linear algebra programs are working well ... I remember predicting traffic patterns in university, but they have to measure inflows, usually with a magnetic plate under the ground or a "bump strip" which counts each set of axles that cross it.
Haven't seen those around just yet. Maybe they're using optics, a tiny invisible laser that counts interruptions. Probably less invasive. But do they count people spilling over onto the sidewalks?
Maybe the system will be off in the rain, haha, but then again, most Khmer are still afraid to drive in the rain, so no problem there ... Then your only problem is the occasional fire or excess-smoke ...
OK, I'm warming up to it, but change means change, and some businesses will win, and some will lose.
In all fairness, the Riverside road is newly re-paved, and that must cost a fair chunk of money. I have no problem with the traffic cops at all, it seems the so-called "corrupt system of buying your rank" is finally starting to pay off?
The way I see it, "buying your rank" in the traffic cop world is just a primitive yet effective method of revenue extraction. Those funds should(!) be used for road improvements, maintenance, etc.
I just hope these government servants (not business people!) don't overextend some massive investment that employs their whole family and start to lose money, then become tempted (like most humans, granted) to "borrow" from the tax pool ... I think that's why some countries ban government officials from some risky ventures.
I think it's healthy to have a fair bit of skepticism at first ...
Just looking for a plan here ... Hope their linear algebra programs are working well ... I remember predicting traffic patterns in university, but they have to measure inflows, usually with a magnetic plate under the ground or a "bump strip" which counts each set of axles that cross it.
Haven't seen those around just yet. Maybe they're using optics, a tiny invisible laser that counts interruptions. Probably less invasive. But do they count people spilling over onto the sidewalks?
Maybe the system will be off in the rain, haha, but then again, most Khmer are still afraid to drive in the rain, so no problem there ... Then your only problem is the occasional fire or excess-smoke ...
OK, I'm warming up to it, but change means change, and some businesses will win, and some will lose.
In all fairness, the Riverside road is newly re-paved, and that must cost a fair chunk of money. I have no problem with the traffic cops at all, it seems the so-called "corrupt system of buying your rank" is finally starting to pay off?
The way I see it, "buying your rank" in the traffic cop world is just a primitive yet effective method of revenue extraction. Those funds should(!) be used for road improvements, maintenance, etc.
I just hope these government servants (not business people!) don't overextend some massive investment that employs their whole family and start to lose money, then become tempted (like most humans, granted) to "borrow" from the tax pool ... I think that's why some countries ban government officials from some risky ventures.
I think it's healthy to have a fair bit of skepticism at first ...
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What's the "corruption ratio" here, 20:1? For every $20 given in aid, only $1 reaches the intended recipients?
I remember canvassing for a grass roots campaign, and 50% of everyone's donation went to the canvassers. I mean, we were supporting clean water and environmental causes, but 50%? That's just for me, on the bottom level. How much did the higher organizers need for their offices, marketing campaigns, etc ? And this is in a 1st (and 3rd) world country!
Might be "on the level" with Japanese, but they can get duped too ...
I think the Koreans learned that a while back, let's see if Japan can do better ...
I still don't think the flooding situation has been eased much ... Of course, I'm on the "man-on-the-street" level of observation ...
I remember canvassing for a grass roots campaign, and 50% of everyone's donation went to the canvassers. I mean, we were supporting clean water and environmental causes, but 50%? That's just for me, on the bottom level. How much did the higher organizers need for their offices, marketing campaigns, etc ? And this is in a 1st (and 3rd) world country!
Might be "on the level" with Japanese, but they can get duped too ...
I think the Koreans learned that a while back, let's see if Japan can do better ...
I still don't think the flooding situation has been eased much ... Of course, I'm on the "man-on-the-street" level of observation ...
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Bong Thom is watching you ...
And snacking on mangoes and chilli salt ... And drinking tea and watching the Manchester United game ...
And looking away when he sees certain plates ...
And erasing certain images / videos to evade capture by jealous wives with acid ...
It's the Kingdom of Wonder everyone ...
Mango Republic, here we come! Reminds me a bit of Bangkok, but a bit more Wild West still.
And snacking on mangoes and chilli salt ... And drinking tea and watching the Manchester United game ...
And looking away when he sees certain plates ...
And erasing certain images / videos to evade capture by jealous wives with acid ...
It's the Kingdom of Wonder everyone ...
Mango Republic, here we come! Reminds me a bit of Bangkok, but a bit more Wild West still.
Fool's folly is following another fool.
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I had the pleasure of living in Zambia many years ago. Some well-meaning but utterly naive donor delivered a container-load of speed guns to the local honourable forces of law and order. The result was portable speed limit signs being placed behind sharp corners and trees on major, fast-flowing roads (sometimes showing a limit of 30 kmph (.....)), while a legion of police hid behind the nearest big tree, an arm out-stretched holding the gun. The best intentions often go wrong.nabanga wrote:Apparently there have been 100 sets of lights put in across town. A Japanese aid project.
In Vientiane they put lights in next to Politburo officials' houses, so that they can press a button in their car and stop the peak hour traffic to get their Prado out of the driveway.
Your spelling isn't to fucking hot either Plan: sky Plain: ground got it!!Lucky Lucan wrote:You mean the city-wide drainage projects that have alleviated flooding effects hugely. There are too many myopic people around who can''t seem to grasp the fact that digging up the street and installing drainage pipes that are about five times bigger than existing ones might actually be part of a larger scale plan, and wasn't just done to make their daily commute more muddy and difficult.
It's always going to flood here, we happen to live on an alluvial plane. It's how we mitigate the issue that is important. If you have any better solutions we are always open to suggestions.
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