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| Cambodian students drive along a backstreet in Phnom Penh (to avoid traffic police) earlier this year flouting the law that requires all motorbike drivers to wear a helmet (Photo: VOA - R. Carmichael) |
Phnom Penh 16 November 2010
Almost two years ago Cambodia's government introduced laws to improve road safety. But the numbers dying and being injured on the country's roads have kept increasing. Like many developing nations, Cambodia is struggling to match the rise in traffic with a rise in safety.
Ten years of re-building to replace infrastructure lost in decades of war have given Cambodia long stretches of smooth roads.
But those roads have done little to improve safety in a country with thousands of new, poorly trained drivers. Cars and motorbikes that once crawled along bumpy, pitted roads now move at high speed.
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Ten years of re-building to replace infrastructure lost in decades of war have given Cambodia long stretches of smooth roads.
But those roads have done little to improve safety in a country with thousands of new, poorly trained drivers. Cars and motorbikes that once crawled along bumpy, pitted roads now move at high speed.
Please click here to read more...
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