Cambodian police begins a large-scale campaign to fine traffic law violators

PHNOM PENH, April 21 (Xinhua)—Some 400 traffic police in Phnom Penh on Thursday began a campaign to fine vehicles violated traffic law.

The drive aimed at cracking down on the cars without license plates and those with black-tinted windows, as well as motorcycles without back-view mirrors, Em Sambath, deputy chief of Phnom Penh Traffic Police, said Thursday.

“We started to enforce the traffic law, which was in effect since February, 2007, but some cars and motorcycles have not complied with the law,” he said. “Through the campaign, we hope that all vehicles will be in uniform with the law and it will help to reduce traffic accidents, which is a major concern for Cambodia at the moment.”

He said that the campaign will take several months to complete.

According to the law, the car without number plate will be fined 50 U.S. dollars, and the car, on which the window stuck black tinted plastics, will be fine 12.5 U.S. dollars and will be required to remove the black tinted plastics from the car window.

Cambodia does not allow a car struck black-tinted plastics on the windows because the black-tinted plastics will hide the identifications of people inside the car when any offences happen, he said.

Traffic accident is a major life threat for Cambodia now, last year, it claimed

1,709 Cambodian lives and other thousands of people injured.

And just five-days of last week’s Khmer New Year, 58 Cambodian people were killed and other 484 people injured. Most accidents were involved with motorcycles. (Written by Nguon Sovan)