No brakes
Traffic in Cambodia is organized chaos. Red and green are often just pretty colors for traffic lights with no real meaning. Tuk-tuks, scooters and cars all jockey with each other in a seeming endless game of chicken. Car drivers often get their way because, well, it will hurt you more than them if there's a collision. It is nothing to see a tuk-tuk or scooter shooting along down the wrong side of the road into oncoming traffic.
I read somewhere that there is an internal logic to Cambodian traffic. I don't know about that, but I have noticed one consistency. Driving in Phnom Penh is a little like driving on snow and ice. The rule is that you can steer and maneuver, but don't ever hit the brakes.
--- Greg
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