Daydreaming of Cambodia

Me: Are moto accidents common?

Dav:  It’s more common in the city. Actually Jackie Chan came here to make a public service announcement about helmet use.

Me:  Do you ever use a helmet?

Dav: Only when the road is dusty.

The motorbike culture is alive in Cambodia just as it is in most Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam and Thailand.  You see entire families, including babies, riding on motos without helmets.  It’s just the way it is.  You’d think I would have gotten used to the sight of babies hanging from the backs of the motos but I was always fascinated by it.  I witnessed a moto accident in Siem Riep but it wasn’t too bad since they weren’t going too fast.  It was head-on and both drivers fell and got right back up.  One moto got it worse than the other and we didn’t stay around to see what happened.  What if a baby had been involved?  Hopefully the Jackie Chan PSA changes a few perspectives.