Khmer Circle:
This can only happen in the Kingdom of Wonder! And on the subject of “wonder”, one wonders if the ironic name given to the country being grossly mismanaged by the current regime is in fact intended from the start as ridicule with that mismanagement in mind? If so this must be considered serious act of sedition intended to undermine “national peace and security” and, he or she who came up with the phrase must surely be in cahoots with the Opposition and should therefore be charged with immediate effect with engaging in anti-state activity!!
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26 November 2019
In this photo taken on Nov. 2, 2002, Cambodian police redirect traffic in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Cambodian Interior Minister Sar Kheng seemed dejected on Sunday as he announced that there had been a 10 percent increase in traffic-related deaths for the first ten months of this year, compared to the same period in 2018.
The minister was speaking at an event marking World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims in Phnom Penh on Sunday, where he read out recent National Police statistics for road deaths as of October.
He said there were 1,665 deaths from around 3,400 road accidents from January to October, 151 more deaths than for the same period in 2018. Sar Kheng, striking a despondent note, said these accidents were not only killing people, but they were also a financial burden on the families of those killed or injured.
“This increasing trend of traffic accidents is a bad sign,” he said. “I acknowledge that if you have any suggestions or means to solve the problem, please help.”
The Ministry of Interior passed an updated Traffic Law in 2015 with heftier fines for a range of offences. But experts argue that implementation has been lax and riddled with corruption. Additionally, failing road conditions were further exacerbating the issue.
Kong Ratanak, acting director of the Institute for Road Safety, said the police were not implementing the new law uniformly, nor were road conditions improving fast enough to see a drop in the number of road deaths.
He added that it was equally the responsibility of citizens to comply with these regulations, many of whom only followed a few rules out of fear of being caught by the police.
“We see that the compliance of citizens is limited,” he said. “For example, people will not wear a helmet unless the police [are nearby].”
According to a report by the National Road Safety Committee, 90 percent of the most common traffic accidents are caused by human factors, such as over speeding, driving under the influence, and risky overtaking maneuvers.
The report also noted that an average of five people are killed and 11 are injured in traffic accidents a day, costing about $ 350 million a year.
2 comments:
I went to Cambodia last Summer. It's very easy to see why traffic accidents rate is so high in Cambodia.
Cambodia doesn't have any high ways. Their so called 'high way' is not really a high way. It's a two-way traffic lanes which pass through different provinces and towns. The roads are shared by cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and animals (cows, pigs, dogs, etc..). And occasionally, you see kids playing near or on the 'high way'.
Basically, it's a ticking timed bomb. The stupid Sar Kheng didn't see that as the root of the problem. Unless, the entire high way system is fixed in Cambodia, they will continue to have large number of accidents.
Under Hun Sen, Cambodia is shit, not wonder. Only Sam Rainsy can lead the nation to wonder.
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