Tootsfriend wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:35 am No such thing . If there was, they would be included in this .

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501351240/ ... over-60cc/

The Interior Minister Sar Sokha has proposed introducing motorcycle driving licences for vehicles with the capacity of 60cc to 125cc, in order to reduce traffic accidents in the country. Currently, licences are not needed for motorcycles with the capacity of 125cc or lower.

LOL: How will "require a license to ride motorcycles" reduce traffic when most of the riders never have held one anyway

PLUS will they the set an age minimum for said license LOL

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:44 am

Tootsfriend wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:35 am No such thing . If there was, they would be included in this .

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501351240/ ... over-60cc/

The Interior Minister Sar Sokha has proposed introducing motorcycle driving licences for vehicles with the capacity of 60cc to 125cc, in order to reduce traffic accidents in the country. Currently, licences are not needed for motorcycles with the capacity of 125cc or lower.

LOL: How will "require a license to ride motorcycles" reduce traffic accidents when most of the riders never have held one anyway

PLUS will they the set an age minimum for said license LOL

I’m guessing you unintentionally omitted the critical word- Accident.

From reading the article, and reading between the lines-

After the study phase has been completed and if the findings indicate motorcycles are a significant cause of traffic accidents, the ministry, along with the MWPT will endorse the proposal and make licences statutory for vehicles over 60cc, he added.

One might hope that a number of considerations would come from the study, such as-
Age limits might be appropriate
Bad driving habits, learned at an early age become the norm if left unchecked
A licensing process requiring a minimum amount of training in road rules, risk awareness, and behaviour, with a test.
Make it backwards applicable- don’t automatically allow grandfather rights.
It could easily be made a requirement that school students undergo mandatory training and testing to be allowed to ride to school on a moto

Obviously, the introduction of licence requirements won’t necessarily produce a step change in accident statistics. But along with wider reinforcement of existing rules, the benefits could be seen when, say, todays teenage riders are still here and riding/driving properly in a decade.

What is the proportion of fatalities from motorcycle accidents against all road accidents in the country?

Until they stop and check all drivers, ( including those 8 year old's in the provinces ) and if they dont have a license , FINE THEM
after 3 tickets....confiscate the bike

Nothing will change

This goes for Thailand as well where "Motorcycles (including 3-wheelers) make up more than 80% of vehicles involved in accidents (and also about 80 % of total casualties). "

I'd guess Cambodia % wise is about the same

ItWasntMe wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:14 am But I suppose in most places they would mainly target foreigners for good and bad.

How do you figure that? There aren't any foreigners in most places.

I was stopped once for running a red light years ago in Phuket, there was a car right behind me an followed thru the light that was not stopped, when i asked the cop why he didn't pull him over he told me, "he is thai an doesn't have any money"
so ....

laws do not apply for all equally

Incompetence & window dressing once more.

As if this country has the capacity to train & test millions for their motor driving skills in a short period of time. Imagine the horror: every citizen has to come to Phnom Penh for the exam.

Better do 100% checks on truck- & bus drivers for a few months for licenses, insurance and use of substances and alcohol.

And maybe in 10 years time, when there's a training program, regional test centres, start thinking about this one