Cows can be a problem for drivers. They surround your car. You sound your horn. They refuse to move.
This behaviour is annoying. But surely Cambodian police were wrong to arrest a cow recently. They blamed the animal for another traffic accident in Phnom Penh.
The white 5-ft tall cow was standing in the middle of a main road one night. Tragically, a 66-year-old motorcyclist crashed into it.
‘This cow has caused five accidents,’ said the police inspector, Pin Doman. ‘We’re holding him at the police station.’
Cow at
Court
Taking a cow to court
doesn’t seem very fair. The real problem is that most
Cambodian roads are dark at night. With lights most drivers
could avoid even the biggest cow.
People are not always
reasonable about cows. An English hotel once received
this complaint from a couple:
'We looked out of our hotel room window,' they wrote, 'and
there were cows in the field. We didn't like the way they
were looking at us.'
