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Thursday, September 06, 2007

Law on Land Traffic; Chapter X, Art.88-90: minor penalties

ARTICLE 88:
There are four levels of the minor penalties based on the defining money, including the deduction of scores as stated in the article 43 of this law through the followings:

Minor penalty No. 1:

a. Drive by using horn incorrectly to the regulation.
b. Drive without wearing seat belt or safety helmet.
c. Driving by placing children less than 10 years old in front seat of vehicle without accompanying by the old people and without wearing the seat belt.
d. The offences which are against point 7 and 8 of article 9.
e. Stop or park (vehicles) by violating or interrupting.
f. Driving with defunct speedometer.
g. Driving over the limited speed from 1 to 19 kilometers per hour.
h. Using phone without connecting device while driving.
i. Committing offences against article 15.

The above offences shall be punished and fined in accordance with the types of vehicles as follows:
- Motorbikes or motor-tricycles shall be fined 3,000 Riels.
- Light vehicles shall be fined 5,000 Riels.
- Heavy vehicles shall be fined 10,000 Riels.

Minor penalty No. 2:
1. Loading of goods with its length, width, and height longer than limit and against this law.

2. Loading of goods incorrectly to the technique.

3. Offenses relating to decoration of lights of vehicles which are not technically standardized.

4. Offense relating to machine making noise or expelling smoke.

5. Offenses relating arrangement of driving equipment.

6. Driving over the limited speed from 20 to 29 kilometers per hour.

The offense mentioned above shall be punished depending on the type of the following type of vehicles:

- Motorbikes or motor-tricycles shall be fined 4,000 Riels.
- Light vehicles shall be fined 8,000 Riels.
- Heavy vehicles or trucks shall be fined 15,000 Riels.

Minor penalty No. 3:
a. Driving opposing the traffic direction or driving on long line on the middle lane.
b. Driving over the limited speed from 30 to 39 kilometers per hour.
c. Offenses relating to passing by or overtaking.
d. Offenses relating to priority at the junction road.
e. Offenses relating to the use of light and signal of the vehicle.
f. Driving without respecting red traffic light.
g. Driving without respecting prohibiting sign.
h. Making repeated mistakes in parking and stopping.
i. Using incorrect tires contradicting to the regulation.
j. Driving without certificate of vehicle technical checkup.
k. Driving without business license.
l. Drivers do not obey the traffic order of the traffic police.

The offense mentioned above shall be punished depending on the type of the following type of vehicles:
- Motorbikes or motor-tricycles shall be fined 5,000 Riels
- Light vehicles shall be fined 10,000 Riels
- Heavy vehicles or trucks shall be fined 20,000 Riels.

Minor penalty No. 4:
a. Driving by using different driving license to the type of vehicle.
b. Driving vehicles with caterpillar tracks directly on the public road.
c. Fast driving beyond the defined speed over 40 kilometers per hour.
d. Using unclear number plate of the vehicle with its design differs from its original appearance or its numbers were partly omitted or parts of its plate were broken down.
e. Driving by using the expired driving license.
f. Driving without respecting the health condition that required to wear spectacles.
g. Driving with rate of alcohol from 0.25 to 0.39 mg per liter of air or from 0.5 to 0.79 gram per liter of blood.
h. Turning right or left which is against the general provision of this law.
i. Carrying passengers on the vehicle or trailers being towed besides the drivers.
j. Overloading the passengers.
k. Organizing vehicles racing without permission on the public roads.

The offense mentioned above shall be punished and fined depending on the type of the following vehicles:
- Motorbikes or motor-tricycles shall be fined 6,000 Riels
- Light vehicles shall be fined 12,000 Riels
- Heavy vehicles or trucks shall be fined 25,000 Riel.

In the case that the offenders disagree to pay the fined money within 30 days since the day they received the bill, the amount of fined money will be doubled, and if it is over 60 days, the amount of the fined money will be tripled. If it is beyond 90 days, the traffic police have to lodge the complaint to the
court.

ARTICLE 89:
For other offenses, which are not provided in the Article 88, warning will be given.

ARTICLE 90:
For the temporary penalty, the offenses can be allowed to avoid penal complaint.
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