Traffic in Phnom Penh by Paul

How do you feel about Traffic in Phnom Penh these days? I am not talking only about Monivong bridge area. I know it is worst due to the high way construction.

But I am talking about one way direction that just started to appear everywhere and it cause more traffic jam than before.

Is it due to the wrong decision of making one way direction or is it due to the people that don’t understand about one way direction?

I gave an example of Russian Boulevard, You cannot turn left or turn right from TV3 until the Chumpochvan pagoda. I saw traffic jam everyday on that road. There are also Phsar Depo traffic lights that have traffic jam everyday after they build one way direction.

Do you feel worst or better about one way direction in Phnom Penh?

I am not sure if it’s really necessary to build one way direction maybe it’s better to build the BUS instead. I like ABC radio spot that announce the need of BUS system in Phnom Penh.

Now talking about Traffic police officers. I saw the way they spot the traffic as the thieves. They hide in the tree and wait if someone passed the traffic light. They kick or hit on the head when some drivers didn’t stop and tried to escape.

How do you feel about The police traffic in Phnom Penh?

Frankly I am happy to see most of the people putting helmet and try to respect the law.

I think now you need to be more be careful on the street. You need to be careful on every corner. They are not the thieves but somehow you will need to pay some money.

You can find below the Cambodian Traffic law in both versions Khmer and English. Take you time to read and understand about Cambodia traffic law. Don’t let those bad polices cheat you the money. I know there are good Polices. But mostly we will catch by the bad police so please be careful down the street.

They have also now the speed gun !

Here are the link to download the Cambodian Traffic Law, right click and save as to download them to your computer.

Cambodian Traffic Law – Khmer Version
Cambodian Traffic Law – English Version

I am not pretty sure if it’s the last version but these are the last updated I have. If you have another new version please alert me in comment. Thank.

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