Police in provinces and cities will coordinate with communications agencies to publish the list of traffic violators on mass media, under a new directive from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
Traffic police officers handle traffic violators
As for serious cases in which traffic violators act against law enforcers, relevant traffic police units must report the list of offenders to the National Traffic Safety Committee, which will have their personal details announced on communication means managed by central agencies.
The PM has asked relevant ministries, local authorities and mass media agencies to strengthen propaganda on traffic rules and safety.
The Interior Ministry is required to coordinate with the ministries of Public Security and Transport in drafting a regulation on supervising the compliance with Traffic Law among civil servants.
The Ministry of Public Security must order its units to strictly punish traffic offenders and make them known to the People’s Committees in localities where they are living or to organizations where they are working.
Agencies or organizations that receive the list of traffic offenders must take measures to educate them and report the results to relevant traffic police units.
The Transport Ministry is requested to improve the quality of drivers’ training courses, strengthen management of passenger transportation and tighten control over vehicle registration.
Illegal racers’ motorbikes retained in the premises of the Binh Thanh Police
To confiscate or not
In related news, National Assembly deputies yesterday discussed the confiscation of motorbikes that are used in illegal races.
Dang Thi Kim Chi of Phu Yen Province, opined, “All vehicles used in illegal races must be confiscated, even when the racers are not the vehicle owners”.
Agreeing with Chi, Truong Van Vo of Dong Nai, said, “Such a confiscation will help obtain fairness in handling all cases of illegal racing. If the vehicles are returned to their owners after a period of detention, this will be a loophole that racers can take advantage of to continue to hold illegal races.”
Meanwhile, Luu Thi Huyen of Ninh Binh Province said such a confiscation “would damage the rights and interests of the vehicle owners who just lend their vehicles to the racers, since the vehicle’s owners are not the law offenders.”
In general, the NA Standing Committee tended to lean towards the viewpoint that vehicles used in illegal races should be returned to their owners (who are not involved in such races).
However, there should be a regulation that “those who use a vehicle in illegal ways must pay a penalty equal to the value of the vehicle to the State budget,” the Committee said.
