http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/m ... s-midnight
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city ... ars-89119/

Thoughts?

It will make very little difference - just increase the running costs for places open after midnight - expect 1,000 Riel to be added to the cost of a drink to compensate for it.

6EQUJ5 wrote:http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/m ... s-midnight
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city ... ars-89119/

Thoughts?

“We know that most of the traffic accidents happen after midnight [and are caused] by drunken people,” he added.

So if they close at midnight then most of the accidents will then be caused by a mass exodus of drunken people around midnight!

City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche yesterday said the plan was a “good idea”, arguing that putting police on the street to monitor traffic late at night would not solve the problem.He's right about that!

Closing at midnight, looks like its back to the '90's

It's amazing how stupid city planners can be. Seeing the bigger picture or long-term is rarely their strong point. Cause and effect either it seems...

At least they didn't give the usual bogus "protecting khmer culture" excuse.

In England and Wales they did the opposite and instead of closing at 11pm pubs could stay open until 5am!

Legal bar closing times in England and Wales have historically been early and uniform. Recent legislation liberalised closing times with the object of reducing social problems thought associated with drinking to “beat the clock.” Indeed, using both difference in difference and synthetic control approaches we show that one consequence of this liberalisation was a decrease in traffic accidents. This decrease is heavily concentrated among younger drivers. Moreover, we provide evidence that the effect was most pronounced in the hours of the week directly affected by the liberalisation: late nights and early mornings on weekends. This evidence survives a series of robustness checks and suggests at least one socially positive consequence of extending bar hours. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar ... 9614000368

The reduction in traffic accidents for England and Wales are plausibly related to the change in pub hours because the largest reductions occurred during weekend nights and early mornings. The impact on young drinkers was particularly strong. Accidents involving young people on Friday and Saturday nights decreased by an estimated 32.5 percent. http://www.samizdata.net/2014/04/longer ... in-the-uk/
Glad to see they are using an evidence based approach to policy!

Edit- actual research paper here: http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/65368/1/Drink_Drive.pdf

Kuroneko wrote:

6EQUJ5 wrote:http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/m ... s-midnight
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city ... ars-89119/

Thoughts?

“We know that most of the traffic accidents happen after midnight [and are caused] by drunken people,” he added.

So if they close at midnight then most of the accidents will then be caused by a mass exodus of drunken people around midnight!

City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche yesterday said the plan was a “good idea”, arguing that putting police on the street to monitor traffic late at night would not solve the problem.He's right about that!

Closing at midnight, looks like its back to the '90's

What I don't understand is why the people running Phnom Penh don't realize how much revenue they can bring in with ticket writing. The city of Los Angeles brought in $150 million in 2013 on parking and traffic tickets. But here they just seem to see enforcement of traffic regulations as an expense rather than a source of revenue (with the exception of those dumb checkpoints where people just hand over a couple of dollars regardless of whether or not they've violated the law).

Fifty-year-old Phnom Penh resident Sin Sitha said the curfew would make her less concerned about traffic accidents.

“I think if they stay open until 12, it is enough anyway,” she said.

Enough for you perhaps. You don't go out.

Morons.

No word about trapping and increasing fines/confiscating vehicles. Duh

They haven't passed any law yet, it's just at the discussion stage, but there was mention of alcohol not being allowed to be sold between midnight and 6 AM.