Coming to La Phu commune (Hoai Duc district, Hanoi), it is not difficult to see homemade vehicles operating on the road. Due to the characteristics of La Phu commune in craft village activities, at the same time, the roads are small, with many alleys, so people have long used 3, 4-wheeled vehicles and homemade agricultural vehicles to transport goods.
Mr. Nguyen Van Nam (character's name has been changed) - an employee of a packaging factory in La Phu commune said that every day he often uses a 3-wheeled vehicle to move goods in the factory to the gathering area. Mr. Nam admitted that he did not have a 3-wheel driving license and did not know that this vehicle was banned from operation.
"We only work for hire, doing whatever the owner says. Using a 3-wheel vehicle is much less difficult than using human resources to move goods" - Mr. Nam shared.
Similarly, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Ha (character's name has been changed) was assigned by the owner of a drying kiln to use a 3-wheeled vehicle to transport firewood. Mr. Ha does not have a 3-wheel driving license, nor does he understand the regulation that this vehicle is prohibited from operation. On March 20, Mr. Ha was carrying 2 bags of goods on Dong Tien Street (La Phu Commune) when he was discovered and had his vehicle confiscated by a working group of Road Traffic Police Team No. 9 (Hanoi Traffic Police Department) in coordination with La Phu Commune Police.
"The owner of the factory said that I only took this car in the yard, but today there was something so I took the goods out. Seeing many vehicles like this on the road, I didn't think it was banned" - Mr. Ha said.
On March 20 alone, the authorities discovered and confiscated 5 homemade 3-wheeled vehicles in La Phu commune. Some people have brought homemade vehicles to hand over when mobilized.
Informing reporters, Lieutenant Nguyen Van Hoang - La Phu Commune Police officer - said that there are currently more than 100 homemade vehicles in operation in the area, of which only 3 are registered and licensed. Currently, local authorities are continuing to propagate and call on people to voluntarily hand over and dismantle homemade vehicles. According to Senior Lieutenant Hoang, because it is related to people's livelihoods, there are many difficulties in the handling process.
Statistics from the Traffic Police Department - Ministry of Public Security show that there are currently more than 68,000 three-wheeled vehicles and nearly 17,000 homemade four-wheeled vehicles in operation nationwide. Hanoi alone has 13,349 vehicles and 11,825 drivers. When these vehicles participate in traffic, they pose a potential risk of causing accidents, affecting urban aesthetics...
The Traffic Police Department continues to direct the national traffic police force to increase handling to prevent traffic accidents.
