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> There's an obliviousness to the fact that they're driving thousands of pounds of steel and nobody else on the road is protected in the same way. I think they
by toomanybeersies 9y ago
> There's an obliviousness to the fact that they're driving thousands of pounds of steel and nobody else on the road is protected in the same way.
I think they are, they just don't care in that part of the world. I remember in Cambodia seeing the Lexus SUVs constantly almost running pedestrians and riders over, if you can afford a Lexus in Cambodia, you can afford to get out of trouble for running someone over (although most of the owners had drivers, who would end up taking the fall).
- dageshi 9y agoAll second hand. I dunno how Lexus got to be the only luxury car in Cambodia (I assume some deal involving Japanese loans for bridges/roads e.t.c) but all those cars are second hand. Still very expensive given the average income in Cambodia but anyone who's got the moeny ends up with a second hand lexus suv.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoJapanese have strict rules on used cars, meaning all of them wind up going abroad relatively early. I wouldn't be surprised if those lexuses are right hand even though Cambodia is left hand.
- dm319 9y agoReputation - according to the half of my family from Cambodia/Vietnam, Toyota are the Rolls-Royce of the East, Lexus is the luxury division of Toyota. They are also very reliable cars.
- cakedoggie 9y agoDo you imagine this is different in any other part of the world? In the West, if you run someone down and even kill them, you will often escape any serious penalty.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoWhat constitutes a "serious penalty" is a function of who you are, how much money you have and who's judging. You and I can probably escape "serious" consequences but most people cannot.
- skinnymuch 9y agoI believe all that is already assumed and known by all talking. I assumed people reading also already know that.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoYou can't bribe a cop to make a problem go away in the West. Money will get you almost anything in South East Asia, especially in Indochina.
- vetinari 9y agoIn the west, you don't bribe the cop, you let them do his job. "Problems" like this are being "solved" in another way.