People still "denounce" traffic laws because the fines are not severe enough
On the afternoon of May 16, the National Assembly discussed in groups the Draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations.
Contributing opinions to the draft law, delegate Nguyen Thi Xuan - National Assembly Delegation of Dak Lak province raised the issue that after 14 years of implementing the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations, there are still some shortcomings that need to be adjusted.
The biggest problem at present, according to Ms. Xuan, is related to the fine level.
For example, in the field of road traffic, the maximum fine according to current law is 75 million VND. However, the situation of traffic participants "ignoring" the law and deliberately violating the law is still common.
"The current penalty is not enough to deter, especially for serious or intentional violations. The press and social networks often report cases of drivers deliberately driving in the wrong direction on the highway - where the density and speed of vehicles are very high. If a collision occurs in these cases, the consequences will be extremely serious" - Ms. Xuan said.
From the above analysis of reality, the female National Assembly delegate suggested that it is necessary to adjust and increase the maximum fine for areas related to security and order. Specifically, for the fields of transportation, railways, and inland waterways, Ms. Xuan proposed to increase the maximum fine from the current 75 million VND to 150 - 200 million VND.
"Not only increase the fine, but also strengthen propaganda and education of people's awareness. The light fine will not be enough to deter, violators are willing to spend tens of thousands of VND to violate" - Ms. Xuan said.
Not only in the transport sector, Ms. Xuan proposed to increase the maximum fine for the data sector to about 500 million VND.
In particular, in the fields of minerals, mineral resources and environmental protection, the female delegate said that the fine should be increased to 2 billion VND.
"This is commensurate with the nature, level, and consequences of illegal acts in the fields of mineral exploitation and environmental protection laws" - Ms. Xuan said.
Consider the regulation on administrative sanctions that are not recorded
The draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations has been amended and supplemented in Article 56 of the current law.
According to the draft, administrative sanctions for failure to make a record are applied to cases, including:
First, administrative violations that have been subject to warning or a maximum fine of VND 1,000,000 for individuals and VND 2,000,000 for organizations (current law is VND 250,000 for individuals and VND 500,000 for organizations).
Second, the violation is transferred by the competent authority conducting criminal proceedings according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 63 of this Law.
Participating in giving comments on this content, delegate Le Dao An Xuan - National Assembly Delegation of Phu Yen province said that the making of the record is of great significance. This is the basis for confirming the violator's violation and recording the details of the violation.
"Therefore, the penalty for administrative violations without making records should only apply to simple violations and minor violations" - Ms. Xuan said.
The female delegate also said that it is necessary to consider issues related to socio-economic conditions, ensuring the requirement to prevent negativity and violations in administrative violation handling activities to set a maximum fine for carrying out administrative violation handling procedures without making a record.
Therefore, she suggested that the drafting unit carefully study this regulation to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of citizens.
