Voice of America
Phnom Penh
15/12/2006
The National Assembly meets Friday to discuss the traffic bill aimed to reduce accidental deaths and injuries on Cambodian roads.
The draft law sets the speed limit in the cities at between 30 to 40 km per hour. Among other requirements, it's mandatory that the drivers wear seat belts and motorcycle drivers to wear helmets. It also forbids the use of cell phones without the hand-free device when driving.
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol tells the National Assembly that the new traffic law is needed to save lives.
The traffic law includes jail terms and monetary fines for those who break the laws.
Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay expressed concerns about Cambodian police abusing the new law, and using it as a tool to extort money from the people.
The draft law sets the speed limit in the cities at between 30 to 40 km per hour. Among other requirements, it's mandatory that the drivers wear seat belts and motorcycle drivers to wear helmets. It also forbids the use of cell phones without the hand-free device when driving.
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol tells the National Assembly that the new traffic law is needed to save lives.
The traffic law includes jail terms and monetary fines for those who break the laws.
Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay expressed concerns about Cambodian police abusing the new law, and using it as a tool to extort money from the people.
3 comments:
Yeah, how about it?
The opposition ought to know.
^^^
Are you really !really ! really ! love cambodia ? Do you have the brain and money ? not a lot of money. just couple hundred dollar? and you brain. more to come ...love k
After reading about traffic law debates, I just start laughing and alot of it is full of bullshit!
Here are why!
It is not the fucken speed that kill people because there are many factors that cause the fucken traffic accident! For example, people choose not to obey the fucken traffic law which can cause traffic accident! Poor road condition can lead to traffic accident such as pothole and small congested road. No proper street signs and traffic light to warn people can cause traffic accident! Poor driving skill combine with inexperience can cause traffic accident! The fucken road rage can cause traffic accident!
In Germany, people drive way faster than most country on Earth and yet there are only a few accident! Why? Why? Why? It is because in Germany the driver education are very strict and student must pay between 3 to 4 thousand dollars for driver education and the student are required to train on the road for months and pass the driving test before the student can be issued a driver license!
In Cambodia, the driving schools have the power to issue a driver license! ahahahahahah! This is unheard of if you live in Germany or United States! It is no wonder that there are so many fatal traffic accidents in Cambodia due to the driving schools issuing all these license to kill! The driving in Cambodia are only interest in looking after their bottom line and if the fucken driving business is getting kind of slow and so they issue a driver license to attract more student even to those people who will harm themself and other people on the road just to make profit! There is no check and balance to find the root cause of the fucken traffic accident!
I say fix the fucken roads and make the road bigger and have plenty of room to drive and for pedestrian! Even pedestrian, bike, and disable need a place to walk on too! Have plenty of road signs and clear road marking to warn driver of the fucken danger ahead!
Please don't forget to enforce the fucken traffic law on the book and maintain strict driver education to educate general public the danger of driving because it can save live!
To sum it all up!
Enforcement!Enforcement! Enforcement!
Education! Education! Education!
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