On February 28, Highway Traffic Police Team No. 6 (Room 6, Traffic Police Department) said that during patrols and inspections on the Vinh Hao - Phan Thiet expressway, the working group stopped to inspect passenger car plate number 50E-190. xx at Cho Lau intersection, Hai Ninh commune, Lam Dong province.
Through inspection, functional forces identified driver N.H. T. (born in 1973, residing in Ho Chi Minh City) driving a passenger car but without a driver's license as prescribed.
At the time of inspection, there were 6 passengers on the car. The working group made a record of administrative violation and fined the driver with a fine of 19 million VND.
The vehicle owner was also issued an administrative violation record and fined 58 million VND for handing over the vehicle to a person who did not meet the conditions to drive the vehicle to participate in traffic.
In addition, the car was temporarily detained for 7 days according to regulations. The total penalty for the driver and vehicle owner is 77 million VND.
According to the Traffic Police, the act of handing over vehicles to people without driver's licenses poses a risk of traffic unsafety, especially on highways with high traffic volume and high traffic speeds.
