According to traffic experts, rudimentary vehicles need to be equipped with additional lights, warning lights or reflectors to help increase the vehicle's ability to identify on the road and warn other vehicles participating in traffic. That contributes to ensuring traffic safety and limiting traffic accidents.
Therefore, the Ministry of Public Security is collecting comments on the Draft Decree detailing a number of articles of the Law on Road Traffic Safety and Order . Requirements: Bicycles, motorbikes, and cyclos must ensure operating conditions such as a braking system, a horn (bell), and must have lights or reflective panels on the front and rear.
According to experts, the above conditions are completely consistent with reality to ensure safety for drivers of non-motorized vehicles as well as other vehicles participating in traffic when traveling on the road.
Especially at night or in the early morning, visibility is limited due to low light conditions, combined with the external factors of deserted roads, causing many drivers to have a subjective mentality and not pay attention to observe. Traffic accidents often occur.
Regarding this issue, lawyer Vu Van Toan - Tan Vien Son Law Company Limited (Hanoi Bar Association) said that, in Clause 2, Article 56, Road Traffic Law 2008, regulations on conditions , the scope of operation of non-motorized vehicles in the locality is: "Provincial-level People's Committees shall specifically regulate the conditions and scope of operation of non-motorized vehicles in their localities".
Accordingly, the conditions and scope of operation of non-motorized vehicles in the locality are regulated by the Provincial People's Committee and currently some localities have also regulated the conditions and scope of operation of non-motorized vehicles. In particular, vehicles operating at night must have lights, reflectors to determine vehicle size and bells...
Also at Point i, Clause 1, Article 8 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP stipulates penalties for drivers of bicycles, motorized bicycles (including electric bicycles), and drivers of other rudimentary vehicles who violate the rules. Road traffic including driving a rudimentary vehicle at night without signaling with lights or reflective objects may be subject to administrative penalties with a fine from 80,000 VND to 100,000 VND.
Accordingly, the Law on Road Traffic Safety and Order (which will take effect from January 1, 2025) stipulates that non-motorized vehicles include: Bicycles (are vehicles with at least two wheels and operated by human power through the pedals). pedal or crank); Motorized bicycles (including electric bicycles, which are motor-assisted bicycles, the power source from the engine is cut off when the driver stops pedaling or when the vehicle reaches a speed of 25km/h); Cyclo; Wheelchairs for disabled people; Pet carts and similar vehicles.
In order to concretize the above regulations, competent agencies have developed and are currently collecting comments on the Draft Decree detailing a number of articles of the Law on Road Traffic Safety and Order. These include operating conditions for rudimentary vehicles (Article 24).
This regulation is established to ensure traffic safety in low light conditions, reduce the risk of accidents and ensure visibility for other vehicles on the road. Requiring rudimentary vehicles to be equipped with additional lights, warning lights, horns or bells or reflective panels to help increase the vehicle's visibility on the road and warn other vehicles participating in traffic.
In addition, the above regulations also serve the general purpose of ensuring traffic safety, reducing the risk of accidents and creating a safe and orderly travel environment on roads.
Thus, the above regulations are completely consistent with reality to ensure safety for drivers of non-motorized vehicles as well as other vehicles participating in traffic when traveling on the road. Complying with these regulations is not only a legal responsibility but also a personal responsibility, contributing to the overall safety of the traffic community, thereby contributing to ensuring traffic safety and limiting accidents. traffic accident.
