Sihanoukville Expressway’s First Month Sees Chaotic Driving

[geovalin]

In its inaugural toll-free month, the Phnom Penh-Sihanouk Expressway received about 20,000 vehicles daily and no shortage of growing pains, with some drivers speeding, driving on the wrong side of the road and stopping in the emergency lane to take pictures, a spokesperson for the Transport Ministry said Friday.

 

The $2-billion expressway opened toll-free for the month of October, allowing all types of vehicles and motorcycles above 500 cc to drive 70 km/h along the 190-km expressway. Since then, many drivers have shown themselves to be unfamiliar with driving on highways, spokesman Pal Chandara said.

 

A video posted on the Phnom Penh-Sihanouk Expressway’s official Facebook page Thursday shows a Toyota Prius driving left and right on the expressway in an attempt to keep the vehicle behind it from passing. Other photos show truck and SUV cars driving opposite the flow of traffic.

 

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[my friend I]

Vehicles drive against the traffic flow because it's a long way to drive in the opposite direction to find a way over to the correct side.

 

Same thing happens on the hiway from the border to Trat

[Ste78]

"toll-free" ?

 

I have heard it's around 12$