Moto drivers, you so crazy.

I haven't really talked in detail about motos but in general I love riding them.  They're fast, efficient and exciting.  I want to talk now about the drivers.  The drivers are another story.  They are some of the wittiest, gutsiest, inept, crazy, astounding people you will ever meet.  I've had experiences with just about every kind of moto driver.  I'll talk briefly about the inept variety.

I talked about my experience getting my care package and with that inept moto driver.  I'm not chalking this up to communication barrier, oh no.  EVERY moto driver should know the following landmarks, Central Market, Sorya Mall, Riverside (especially riverside), Sovanna, City Mall, Orussey, and the airport. When I had my experience with that moto driver, it made my head spin because EVERY moto driver at riverside should know where Sorya Mall or Central Market is, it's not even a mile away.  This particular guy knew where none of these things were!  Made my freaking head hurt.

I'll talk briefly about moto driver/ tuk tuk driver logic.  You see someone get off a moto near Sorya Mall, what do you do?  Ask them if they need a ride.

I just got off a moto.  What makes you think I need another one?

The image above is another meme called Confused Jackie Chan.  It's a blog and internet 101!  That has happened to me multiple times and it makes no freaking sense.  The other bit of moto driver logic is if you walk past a line of moto drivers, each one will ask you if you need a ride.  You say no to the first one, then the next one will ask you, and so on and so on.  I always think "It's not that I don't want a ride from YOU, I don't need a ride period."

It should also be noted that they are completely crazy drivers, I mean crazy.  Traffic jam?  drive on the freaking sidewalk!  Pedestrians?  Squeeze through that 3 inch gap between them!  What's a one way street?  Traffic laws?  What are those?  It can be pretty scary.  I was in a minor fender bender while taking a ride from an inept moto driver, the other guy hit us head on and part of the other moto slammed into my knee but it didn't hurt.  Despite moto drivers being crazy and whatnot, I love riding motos, it's great fun and is one thing that I will miss about Cambodia.

Till Next Time...