Cambodian prime minister bans musical vehicle horns to deter dancing

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Cambodian prime minister bans musical vehicle horns to deter dancing

Police told to rip out tune-playing horns and replace them with standard ones after young people seen dancing to passing lorries

Associated Press in Phnom Penh

Tue 19 Mar 2024 17.45 GMT.  LINK

The Cambodian prime minister, Hun Manet, has ordered a ban on musical vehicle horns after videos posted on social media showed people dancing on roads and roadsides as passing lorries blasted rhythmic little tunes.

Hun Manet, who last year took over from his father, Hun Sen – who led Cambodia for 38 years, called on the ministry of public works and transportation and police across the country to immediately take action against any vehicle whose normal horn has been replaced by a tune-playing one by ripping it out and restoring the standard honking type.

He said the measure has already been implemented by provincial authorities, but he wanted to announce it publicly to make sure it was enforced nationwide.

He commented on his Facebook page on Monday that recent social media posts had shown “inappropriate activity committed by some people, especially youth and children, dancing on the roadside to the musical sounds from trucks’ horns”.

Hun Manet said such dancing affected public order and posed a traffic hazard that was a threat to life and limb, not least of all to the dancers themselves. One video shows three young people dancing in the middle of a road while a large trailer truck coming their way lays down a beat.

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Hun Manet, has got his eye on the important problems of the day I see...

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That hilarious. Could have posted it in the Any New Jokes thread.

Heard those horns. Quiet funny actually some of them. Not cheap though.