Thousands of cars, motorbikes and other vehicles which were confiscated or temporarily held by police in Hanoi for traffic violations are on the verge of turning into scrap metal.
At the parking lot of Duc Giang warehouse area in Long Bien District
The vehicles are left in outdoor parking lots for prolonged periods of time.
At the parking lot of Duc Giang warehouse area in Long Bien District, hundreds of autos and motorbikes are left to rust away. An official from the Hanoi Traffic Police Board, said it took at least 30 days for the police to decide to confiscate the cars or hand them to other agencies for auction.
Auctions require complicated procedures related to different agencies. Only when the procedures are completed, can the confiscation process be completed. Later the auctioning council is set up by the municipal Department of Finance and the Auctioning Centre under the Justice Department.
Managers at several parking lots in Long Bien and Thanh Xuan districts said over the recent years, the number of seized vehicles has sharply increased. Many of vehicles have been impounded at police station parking lots for over five years. Many of vehicles have turned into useless scrap.
Lieutenant-colonel Nguyen Van Tong from the Hanoi’s Traffic Police Board said many vehicle owners didn’t bother to come to the police stations to collect their vehicles because the fines they have to pay are higher than the value of the vehicle value or they do not have the necessary documents to prove their ownership rights.
In 2012, the Hanoi’s Traffic Police Board auctioned or destroyed more than 1,000 vehicles.
