Nearly 2,000 motorbikes were seized over the past three days after Phnom Penh police began to crack down on helmetless riders and motorists going in the wrong direction. Municipal police chief Choun Sovann said on Saturday that motorists needed to respect the law.

 

“For those driving in the opposition direction, police officials will confiscate their vehicle for three days until they come to show their ID card and other relevant documents and pay the fine as per the law,” he said. “Then they can take their vehicle back home.” Mr Sovann said if a motorist was arrested a second time, the fine would be doubled and their vehicle would be kept at the police station for a month.

 

Upon a third arrest for the same infraction, the fine would be tripled and their vehicle would be impounded for three months. “I think everyone who has a vehicle must know the law. They know riding in the opposite direction is illegal, but some still do it,” he said.

 

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If only they did this in other places, such as other parts of Cambodia, Thailand, Laos etc

if police will do it in Isaan and Laos,  accident death rate will drop over 70%.