......... The reason they stop you 90% of the time is to see if you have a licence, because 90% of the riders don't. This provides a nice constant income stream. I've talked to kids who've paid 'em $20. I gave 'em $1 when I left mine at home once.

oh of coarse, i remember a few times when i was living in hua hin and used to get pulled over for not having a helmet and they would try collar me for not having a license as well, told them i was only renting and refused to pay it, they let it go but said to sort it because they will collar me next time they see me, i ended up getting one sorted in the end for over here
i remember putting up a protest when i got done for having my lights on here in sihanoukville as all the bikes in thailand have the lights on in the day, i think some bikes you cant even turn them off? but when i realised he was only after 5000 i just paid up and went on my way, didnt actually think that was a legit thing out here, its the most stupid thing ive heard

it is NOT against the law to drive with ur lights off at night thou

Most people wire an on/off switch if they take their thai bikes to Cambodia or just tape over the headlight

In Thailand you do not need a thai license if you stay less thna 90 days, after that you do

haha yeah noticed that, although once the sun goes down here in sihanoukville the road is a free for all, never any police about at all,
haha yeah, i was there on and off for a good 6months so they had seen me about a while

Anchor Moy wrote:

Juice wrote:

Jamie_Lambo wrote:the routine stops in the hope you haven't got a license waste my time!

As I understand the law here, they must have a reason for stopping you. They can't stop you just to ask you if you've got a licence. Well, not legally

Right.
And have you tried explaining this to them?

Oh shit, nearly missed this:

As I understand the law here

It's off topic, but I will feed the troll.

Of course I understand that de facto often differs from de jure. I've lived here long enough to know that. And yes, I have twice driven away without paying anything, although I usually just chuck them a $ or 2 to save the hassle. However, that doesn't change the fact and It was worth mentioning, as laughable as it is to think laws may be followed here.

There are some funny laws in Cambodian Traffic Law:

"Telephones are banned from being operated during driving. The telephones can be operated whenthey are connected to the communication equipment, or the drivers must stop the vehicles to operatethe telephones."

Yes, it is illegal, but how many times a day do you see it? Do any Cambodians drive when not on the phone?


"In all cases, the drivers have to stop while the pedestrians are passing or are about to pass at thecrossroad sign for the pedestrians."

I feel safer already.

Back on topic, I haven't been stopped in over a year now as I know where they set up shop and avoid them. The most I ever got asked for was $50 Gave him $1 in the end.

Anchor Moy wrote:

Juice wrote:

Jamie_Lambo wrote:the routine stops in the hope you haven't got a license waste my time!

As I understand the law here, they must have a reason for stopping you. They can't stop you just to ask you if you've got a licence. Well, not legally

Right.
And have you tried explaining this to them?

Oh shit, nearly missed this:

As I understand the law here

Of course I understand that de facto often differs from de jure. I've lived here long enough to know that. And yes, I have twice driven away without paying anything, although I usually just chuck them a $ or 2 to save the hassle. However, that doesn't change the fact and It was worth mentioning, as laughable as it is to think laws may be followed here.

There are some funny laws in Cambodian Traffic Law:

"Telephones are banned from being operated during driving. The telephones can be operated whenthey are connected to the communication equipment, or the drivers must stop the vehicles to operatethe telephones."

Yes, it is illegal, but how many times a day do you see it? Do any Cambodians drive when not on the phone?


"In all cases, the drivers have to stop while the pedestrians are passing or are about to pass at thecrossroad sign for the pedestrians."

I feel safer already.

Back on topic, I haven't been stopped in over a year now as I know where they set up shop and avoid them. The most I ever got asked for was $50 Gave him $1 in the end.

Last time in February I was stopped once. Didn't ask for driver licence. Just paid 5000 Riel. Good things was they stopped locals also.

ralphamsterdam wrote:Last time in February I was stopped once. Didn't ask for driver licence. Just paid 5000 Riel. Good things was they stopped locals also.

They just wanted some extra Anchor for the Chinese new year. Traffic stops escalate with every holiday. Tis' the robbery season after all.

Milord:
Loved OZ. Lots of friendly people, great beer, monster music at the Byron Bay Blues Festival. Gold Coast country side was like out of a picture book. Rented a car for 5 days and drove the road to Nimbin. The place was interesting, but the road was the best. Wish I had a motorcycle to drive the road to Nimbin with all its curves.

Sydney was a wonderful city with lots of water and a great train/light-rail system.

The only thing good about Canberra was the War Museum. The rest of the town didn't show me much. Who's idea was it to build this city?

The highlight of the trip was the train ride from Canberra to Sydney.

In the Gold Coast Area the American 1980 Cow-girl look is alive and well, and in Sydney the 1990 School-girl/Hooker look is alive and well.

Out of the 12 days I was in OZ, I had rain on 10 of them. The wind also blew in Sydney and Canberra was cold and wet. Who said that OZ is the driest continent on earth? I'm going back to Sydney in Nov for the AC/DC concert.

BTW/ I took AirAsia business class out of KL and the lay down seats were wonderful. KL2 terminal is just a big shopping mall with airplanes attached a mile away. Flying Airasia and having to check through customs and recheck your bags when getting connecting flights is really stupid.

Also customs in the Gold Coast Airport tore my baggage apart, forced me to open my computer and looked through my camera. On arrival I was standing with hundreds of Chinese, Indonesians, Muslims, etc and they only grabbed the old white boy to screw with. Go figure?

haha
tbh id rather travel air asia than jetstar!
i recently spent 2 months in melbourne, wish id of seen more of the country but i was only there to work