Yesterday I took some shoots about not a routine motor vehicle stop. Police were prepared with trucks for confiscating motorbikes from drivers whose driven thembikes without helmet and/or mirror. The lucky ones payed only $1 and could go. The police truck became full very fast with various type and age of motorbikes. How many times the truck had to turn back during the action? Many times and that happened probably at the other part of Phnom Penh too. Traffic accident is still a serious threat, claiming numerous lives in Cambodia. In Phnom Penh around 7o % of people wear helmets, while in the provinces only 45% or some places much less. The cheapest helmet cost $3 while the expensive ones $12-$15
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