Authorities tightening road traffic laws
Authorities tightening road traffic laws
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday tightening the law on road traffic is to ensure the safety of people.
The statement from Mr Hun Sen, comes as the country enforces the road traffic law along with the sub-decree on hefty fines for violators from this Friday
In PM’s official Facebook page Mr Hun Sen said tightening up the law on road traffic is currently underway across the country. Everyone, especially young drivers is required to have a valid license, pay vehicle taxes and follow other regulations when driving.
He said, “We do not want to see our citizens involved in traffic accidents. I urge people, especially the youth, to drive carefully and understand safety regulations,” he added.
In the training session for the road traffic police officers yesterday, Lieutenant General Sar Thet, municipal police chief, said the officers last year were often educating the violators. However due to an increase in traffic accidents, the law has been tightened to help reduce injuries, death and property damage of citizens.
He said, “The main purpose of tightening up this road traffic law is to protect people’s lives, property, reduce fatalities, injuries, disabilities, etc.”
Lt Gen Thet advised all officers, they are obliged to enforce the laws, uphold good ethics, virtue and behaviour when carrying out their work. In addition, they have to wear reflective vest, shoulder light, be equipped with torchlights at night, wear face mask, gloves, regularly wash hands with soap, and have doctors of the Health Department inspect, check and monitor the their health.
Lt Gen Thet said, “The implementation of this road traffic law must be implemented equally regardless of whether they are ordinary people, high-ranking officials, the rich, or the poor.
On March 17, the government issued a new sub-decree of the Traffic Law by increasing the severity of punishment and fines from three to five times the current amount.
In addition, violators will not pay the fines at the checkpoints instead they have to pay it at the municipal, provincial and district police stations where their vehicles will be impounded for three days.
To ensure the effectiveness of the road traffic law enforcement, the National Police has prepared to deploy 3,919 police officers
at 568 checkpoints, while 364 vehicles will be used in the operations. For Phnom Penh, more than 1,000 police officers will be deployed at 47 checkpoints both night and day to reduce traffic accidents.
Credited: Khmer Times
