paying police at traffic stops
Take your valid overseas drivers license to lucky motorcycles and they can arrange a Khmer driving license for you.
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Take a Tuktuk or moto. Or get a license. All these people crapping on like 2 bob heroes on this thread, maybe try to at least pretend you could lead by example? Or go back to wherever you came from.
Or drive without one like MOST khmers do here...Clutchen Menuts wrote:Take a Tuktuk or moto. Or get a license. All these people crapping on like 2 bob heroes on this thread, maybe try to at least pretend you could lead by example? Or go back to wherever you came from.
People that actually "buy" a drivers license or "pay bribes" to cops shouldn't be doing that "back to wherever they came from" either.... Moronic post..
I quite like the cops now I know them.
I was sitting waiting for the light to change at the corner of the russian bvld and norodom a month or so ago.
The light changed,I turned right and got pulled up.
Hait a vay I said as I pulled out the licence and gar tree(plastic rego card).
A copper explained that I had been waiting on the pedestrian crossing and therefore had broken the law because the pedestrians would have been obstructed by my moto!
Fair enough,so I pulled out 5000 riel.
He looked at my gar tree in the exs name with the photo and he said you have a beautiful wife.
No I explained,we baik kneea and now she has married a khmer man.
Aha he said,shaking his head and said now your life change.
How right he was.
A poignant moment....
I was sitting waiting for the light to change at the corner of the russian bvld and norodom a month or so ago.
The light changed,I turned right and got pulled up.
Hait a vay I said as I pulled out the licence and gar tree(plastic rego card).
A copper explained that I had been waiting on the pedestrian crossing and therefore had broken the law because the pedestrians would have been obstructed by my moto!
Fair enough,so I pulled out 5000 riel.
He looked at my gar tree in the exs name with the photo and he said you have a beautiful wife.
No I explained,we baik kneea and now she has married a khmer man.
Aha he said,shaking his head and said now your life change.
How right he was.
A poignant moment....
Only one encounter: Motobike with headlights turned on during sunlight. "Requested" fine: $5, Payed: Zero.
Tactic: Ignition key with a string tight to the bike frame, to avoid the coppers from grabbing the key.
(This does have a secondary advantage not to loose the key when driving off road).
Tactic: Never give official papers, if unavoidable, give color copies.
Handling: Have all the time of the world yourself, let the coppers get impatient.
Conversation, in summary, actual conversation around 15 min:
- Halt.
- Hello, how are you.
- Blablabla, headlight, sun, fine, ticket, blablabla.
- I don't understand.
- Blablablablabla, headlight, sun, fine, ticket, blablablablabla.
- Hmmm, I don't understand, very good.
- blablablablabla. We want $5.
- No, no, no money
- Yes, we want $5. We want bribe.
- No, no, no, no, no, never bribe.
- Yes, we want $5.
- No, no, no, no, no, never bribe, please come to hotel this evening, we drink a nice beer. Blablabla.
- We want money, we want $2.
- No, no, no, no, no, never bribe, we make beer party, this evening, come to hotel. Blablabla.
- You go, drive, go, go.
- You don't want beer party ? Blablabla.
- No, no, go, drive, go, no fine. Go !
Guess, who spoke which words .....
Tactic: Ignition key with a string tight to the bike frame, to avoid the coppers from grabbing the key.
(This does have a secondary advantage not to loose the key when driving off road).
Tactic: Never give official papers, if unavoidable, give color copies.
Handling: Have all the time of the world yourself, let the coppers get impatient.
Conversation, in summary, actual conversation around 15 min:
- Halt.
- Hello, how are you.
- Blablabla, headlight, sun, fine, ticket, blablabla.
- I don't understand.
- Blablablablabla, headlight, sun, fine, ticket, blablablablabla.
- Hmmm, I don't understand, very good.
- blablablablabla. We want $5.
- No, no, no money
- Yes, we want $5. We want bribe.
- No, no, no, no, no, never bribe.
- Yes, we want $5.
- No, no, no, no, no, never bribe, please come to hotel this evening, we drink a nice beer. Blablabla.
- We want money, we want $2.
- No, no, no, no, no, never bribe, we make beer party, this evening, come to hotel. Blablabla.
- You go, drive, go, go.
- You don't want beer party ? Blablabla.
- No, no, go, drive, go, no fine. Go !
Guess, who spoke which words .....
Haha, sound advice!v12 wrote:Only one encounter: Motobike with headlights turned on during sunlight. "Requested" fine: $5, Payed: Zero.
Tactic: Ignition key with a string tight to the bike frame, to avoid the coppers from grabbing the key.
(This does have a secondary advantage not to loose the key when driving off road).
Tactic: Never give official papers, if unavoidable, give color copies.
Handling: Have all the time of the world yourself, let the coppers get impatient.
Conversation, in summary, actual conversation around 15 min:
- Halt.
- Hello, how are you.
- Blablabla, headlight, sun, fine, ticket, blablabla.
- I don't understand.
- Blablablablabla, headlight, sun, fine, ticket, blablablablabla.
- Hmmm, I don't understand, very good.
- blablablablabla. We want $5.
- No, no, no money
- Yes, we want $5. We want bribe.
- No, no, no, no, no, never bribe.
- Yes, we want $5.
- No, no, no, no, no, never bribe, please come to hotel this evening, we drink a nice beer. Blablabla.
- We want money, we want $2.
- No, no, no, no, no, never bribe, we make beer party, this evening, come to hotel. Blablabla.
- You go, drive, go, go.
- You don't want beer party ? Blablabla.
- No, no, go, drive, go, no fine. Go !
Guess, who spoke which words .....
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Here's the corrected, in the US version.
Taser.
3 cops dog-pile you.
You go to jail with a broken face and broken ribs for "resisting arrest"
Pepper spray in the face.v12 wrote: Conversation, in summary, actual conversation around 15 min:
- Halt.
- Hello, how are you.
- Blablabla, headlight, sun, fine, ticket, blablabla.
- I don't understand.
- Blablablablabla, headlight, sun, fine, ticket, blablablablabla.
- Hmmm, I don't understand, very good.
Taser.
3 cops dog-pile you.
You go to jail with a broken face and broken ribs for "resisting arrest"
I was told there would be cake.
.....and then we call Chicago guy and he sorts it all out.... Dismissed..ChicagoGuy wrote:Here's the corrected, in the US version.
Pepper spray in the face.v12 wrote: Conversation, in summary, actual conversation around 15 min:
- Halt.
- Hello, how are you.
- Blablabla, headlight, sun, fine, ticket, blablabla.
- I don't understand.
- Blablablablabla, headlight, sun, fine, ticket, blablablablabla.
- Hmmm, I don't understand, very good.
Taser.
3 cops dog-pile you.
You go to jail with a broken face and broken ribs for "resisting arrest"
Does anyone on this forum know what they're talking about?
From what I've seen, the traffic cops in this country do nothing except stop people and extract money from them. That's it! There is no law enforcement component involved. They are worthless. If the victim has done nothing wrong they will use some pretense to stop and extract, which is one reason I'm not interested in getting a license. Taking back streets to get across town is not a valid option.
At least dv8 offered a bit of useful advice. Thanks for that. The rest of you can now get back to your lesson plans.
From what I've seen, the traffic cops in this country do nothing except stop people and extract money from them. That's it! There is no law enforcement component involved. They are worthless. If the victim has done nothing wrong they will use some pretense to stop and extract, which is one reason I'm not interested in getting a license. Taking back streets to get across town is not a valid option.
At least dv8 offered a bit of useful advice. Thanks for that. The rest of you can now get back to your lesson plans.
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DieHard wrote:Does anyone on this forum know what they're talking about?
I'm not interested in getting a license.
At least dv8 offered a bit of useful advice. Thanks for that.
The rest of you can now get back to your lesson plans.
Someone's got some sand in his craw and isn't making much sense.dv8inpp wrote:Take your valid overseas drivers license to lucky motorcycles and they can arrange a Khmer driving license for you.
Your original question was how much should you pay when you get stopped. That question was answered. The rest of the discussion was just people BSing around.
DieHard wrote: So my question is this: assuming I'm wearing a helmet, have a properly licensed bike and don't have my headlight on during the day...what should I say and how much is reasonable to pay? I have a driver's license from my own country but not an 'international' license and certainly no motorcycle endorsement. Obviously I don't have a Cambodian license and I have no intention of getting one.
ChicagoGuy wrote: For a westerner, I think around 10,000 riel is fairly standard, (after they initially ask for $5) but that's based on my limited personal experience.
SunSan wrote:Standard in PP, yes, 10k.
I was told there would be cake.
In Sinville, 3000r is the actual fine for no lid, although they ask for more. If you just hand them the 3k they just open the bag and you chuck it in no reciept.
Once I was told driving with your headlights is dangerous, I had to apologise to the cop for laughing so much.
Once I was told driving with your headlights is dangerous, I had to apologise to the cop for laughing so much.
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You don't know what you're talking about, you probably need to get your eyes tested.DieHard wrote:Does anyone on this forum know what they're talking about?
From what I've seen, the traffic cops in this country do nothing except stop people and extract money from them. That's it!
DieHard wrote:A couple weeks ago I was riding on a moto and happened to go past a stopped vehicle with a Khmer driver (in front of Lucky Supermarket) and I heard him say to the cop, as he was opening his wallet, "buy poon riel" (three thousand riel).
That's amazing, you should write a book.
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