Thousands of cases of non-compliance with traffic light signals are fined

The Traffic Police Department said on the evening of January 14 that after half a month of implementing Decree 168/2024/ND-CP, traffic order and safety have clearly changed, traffic accidents have decreased in all three criteria, and traffic has returned to order.

From January 1 to 14, traffic police forces nationwide detected and handled more than 174,600 cases of traffic order and safety violations; revoked 17,595 driving licenses and professional certificates; temporarily detained 955 cars and 49,649 motorbikes; and deducted nearly 12,700 driving license points. Compared to the previous period, the number of fines decreased by nearly 22,800 cases (11.54%).

There were over 36,000 cases of alcohol concentration violations; 2,888 cases of overloading, oversizing, and extending the cargo bed; over 37,300 cases of speeding; 339 cases of drivers on the road with drugs in their bodies; 3,279 cases of not obeying traffic light signals...

A representative of the Traffic Police Department assessed that Decree 168, issued with many acts with increased penalties, has had a profound impact on awareness and significantly raised the consciousness of traffic participants.

Authorities and forces tasked with ensuring traffic order and safety all determined that "the goal is not to increase the amount of fines collected for the State budget, but to raise awareness of road traffic law compliance among traffic participants."

The situation of drivers running red lights, driving on sidewalks, going the wrong way on one-way streets... has clearly decreased, especially in big cities.

Traffic participants have voluntarily obeyed traffic lights even when there is no traffic police force to check and control, gradually changing the awareness and sense of responsibility of each citizen when participating in traffic, forming a culture when participating in traffic, creating an image of civilized traffic and urban areas with international friends, and receiving the support of the people.

“Before, during and after the peak of Tet, the traffic order and safety situation nationwide, especially in large cities, is always complicated, but with people's strict compliance and orderly movement, the risk of prolonged traffic jams will be reduced,” informed a representative of the Traffic Police Department.

According to the Traffic Police Department, the traffic accident situation has also changed significantly, with traffic accidents decreasing in all three criteria compared to the same period and the previous period.

Specifically, nationwide there were 681 traffic accidents, killing 365 people and injuring 453 people, compared to the same period, down 355 cases (34.27%), down 47 deaths (11.41%), down 426 injuries (34.24%), compared to the previous period, down 347 cases (34.53%), down 94 deaths (20.47%), down 301 injuries (39.92%).

On the road, there were 677 accidents, 363 deaths, 452 injuries compared to the same period, a decrease of 352 accidents (34.20%), a decrease of 45 deaths (11.03%), a decrease of 426 injuries (48.51%), compared to the previous period, a decrease of 346 accidents (33.82%), a decrease of 93 deaths (20.39%), a decrease of 302 injuries (40.05%).

There were 3 railway accidents, killing 2 people and injuring 1 person. There was 1 waterway accident, killing 1 person.

TB (according to VNA)

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