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Traffic Jam in Phnom Penh

What cause the traffic in Phnom Penh city tense to be so busy? The

traffic in Phnom Penh become more complicated due to many reasons

and it’s been discussed and asked by the citizens who live in this city. In

this essay, we will provide some of the reasons that cause traffic jam

here in Phnom Penh city.

Over population is one of the reasons that causes traffic jam in this

city. As we all know, more and more people had been moved into Phnom

Penh from years to years due to many reasons such as works or to

continue their study at the university because in the city there are more

jobs available and more opportunity to study in the university with

plenty of majors and colleges. However, over population is not the only

reason, lack of discipline of drivers is also the reason that cause the

traffic jam. Many drivers include cars and bikes hardly obey the traffic
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laws which it’ll effect traffic flow on the road such as switching lanes,

run a red light, drunk driving etc. Furthermore, the lack of government

management on the vehicle driving license which led most of the drivers

to drive independently and demonstrate on the road, neither they did not

order a serious driving rule regulation. In spite of that, damage of

infrastructure can also cause the traffic jams to be disordered and

complicated. Since some of the roads in the city are not very large and

some of the roads were damaged due to the lack of technical road

construction, which make the road seem to be damage more easily in the

rainy season.

In conclusion, in Phnom Penh city the causes of traffic jam are

over population, lack of discipline of drivers, lack of government

management and infrastructure damage. It has been a serious issues that

Cambodia has encounter for a while, indeed the government must


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reinforce some rule regulation in order to help reduce the traffic jam here

in Phnom Penh city.

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