Regulations for traffic police when stopping vehicles for inspection

Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Article 12, Circular 73/2024/TT-BCA of the Ministry of Public Security (effective from January 1, 2025) Regulating the patrol, control, and handling of violations of laws on road traffic order and safety by traffic police stipulates the stopping of vehicles participating in road traffic for control as follows:

1. Traffic police officers performing patrol and control duties according to plan are allowed to stop vehicles participating in road traffic for control according to the provisions of Article 65 and Article 66 of the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety.

2. Stopping and controlling vehicles must ensure the following requirements:

a) Safe, in accordance with the law, and not causing obstruction to traffic activities;

b) When stopping a vehicle, it is necessary to carry out inspection and handle violations (if any) according to regulations.

3. When checking at a point on a traffic route, at the Traffic Police Station, the requirements specified in Clause 2, Article 6, Clause 2 of this Article and the following requirements must be ensured:

a) Place barriers with conical posts or ropes stretched along the roadway on the road section, lane close to the curb or sidewalk to form an area for public service according to the regulations of the Ministry of Public Security on implementing democracy in ensuring traffic order and safety. Based on the actual situation and characteristics of the traffic route, deploy the appropriate length of the barrier to ensure safety;

b) The area where official duties are performed must comply with the provisions of the law on road traffic order and safety and other relevant legal provisions; have sufficient space to arrange and install professional technical equipment and means, carry out control contents, receive citizens to resolve and handle cases; based on the actual situation in the area where official duties are performed and the subject of control, traffic police officers can be arranged to guide and regulate traffic, ensuring traffic safety.

4. When controlling vehicles on highways, the requirements specified in Clause 2, Article 6, Clause 2, Clause 3 of this Article and the following requirements must be ensured:

a) Locations organized for control at one point, including: Toll station area; highway starting area; highway ending area, end of highway; on the exit and entrance roads of the highway;

b) When patrolling and conducting mobile control, vehicles may only be stopped in the emergency lane to control and handle violations in the following cases: Detection of serious violations of the law on traffic order and safety, with immediate risks of causing traffic insecurity; coordination in the fight against crime; prevention and control of natural disasters; fire prevention and control; rescue and relief; disease prevention; reporting, denouncing, and reflecting on violations of the law by people and vehicles traveling on the highway; detection of vehicles stopping or parking improperly on the highway. After resolving the incident, the markers, ropes, and signs must be removed and moved on immediately;

c) Place sign number 245a "Slow down" or sign number 245b (for international routes) in front of the Traffic Police Team in the direction of the traffic that needs to be controlled according to the provisions of the road sign law.

Thus, when traffic police stop a vehicle for inspection, they must comply with the above regulations.