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Heavier fines on traffic violations effective today

Heavier fines on traffic violations effective today

Saturday, November 10, 2012, 13:57 GMT+7

Traffic police nationwide begin to apply new and heavier penalties on traffic violations as of today, according to Decree 71 by the Government.

Compared to the previous rates under Decree 34, the new rates are much higher with a view to deter traffic violators, said Lieutenant Colonel Le Hong Son, an official at the Road and Railway Traffic Police Department under the HCMC Police.

Accordingly, a fine of VND500,000-1 million (US$48) is applied to drunk drivers of motorbikes if they are found to have alcohol levels of 0.25 mg per liter of breath, or 50 mg per 100 ml of blood. The fines used to be just VND200,000-400,000.

With alcohol levels of over 0.4 mg per liter of breath, or 80 mg per 100 ml of blood, the new fines for motorbike drivers range from VND2-3 million, instead of VND500-1 million.

As for car drivers, the fines increase from the current 2-3 million to VND8-10 million for drivers with alcohol levels of 0.25 mg per liter of breath. In case the alcohol levels are over 0.4 mg per liter of breath, the fine is VND10-15 million.

Fines for speeding increases to VND600,000-800,000 from VND300,000-500,000 for drivers of cars that travel 5-10 km/h faster than the allowed speed. As for cars that move 10-20 km higher than the limit, the fine ranges from VND2-3 million.

As for drivers of motorbikes, a fine VND500,000-1 million is applied to those who travel 10-20 km/h over the limit. And for those who run over 20 km/h higher than allowed, a new fine of VND2 - 3 million is applied.

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