On 7.2, the police of Dak Nong province informed that since Decree 168 was applied, traffic accidents have been restrained and repelled. Particularly in 9 days of Lunar New Year, traffic accidents decreased all three criteria in terms of the number of cases, the dead and injured.
Increasing the penalty level, as well as applying the mechanism for deducting points on the driver's license to somewhat raise awareness of a number of traffic participants.
Lieutenant Colonel Vu Tuan Anh, Head of the Road Traffic Police Team No. 1 (Traffic Police Department, Dak Nong Province Police) said that after 1 month of implementing Decree 168, the traffic situation in the area continued The custom of having positive changes, the awareness of traffic participants has been raised. Behavior such as crossing a red light, going wrong lane, speeding, stopping the wrong rules.
Mr. Tran Thanh Binh (the bus driver of the North - South route) said: "In the past, he violated the speed of 10 - 20 km/hour, in addition to being fined, his driver's license was also revoked for 2 months. Currently, 2 points were deducted from the speed limit in the driver's license but the driver was still allowed to drive the vehicle.
"In my opinion, this is an opportunity for the driver to continue to work but will remind himself to always comply with the score of the driver's license anymore," Mr. Binh added.
From the effective date of Decree 168, Mr. Ho Si Tuan, driving a passenger car (Gia Lai route - Ho Chi Minh city) has become more careful, strictly complying with regulations, and not daring to encroach on the lane, overtaking recklessly.
Lieutenant Colonel Pham Quoc Lap, Head of the Traffic Police Department, Dak Nong Provincial Police, informed that the main goal of the sharp increase in fines according to Decree 168 is to raise awareness of obeying traffic laws. Thereby, contributing to reducing accidents, congestion and overcoming the situation of disregard for the law of a part of the people.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Lap, the sanction applies to cases of intentional violations and disregard for laws. Therefore, our view is first to focus on propagating and reminding people to understand and strictly abide by the regulations.
"Even officers and soldiers in the process of performing their duties must strictly comply with regulations and be transparent in handling them," Lieutenant Colonel Lap added.
