Driver fined for reversing truck on expressway in Vietnam
Sunday, February 02, 2020, 16:26 GMT+7
A truck driver has been fined VND17 million (US$736) and had his driving license taken away for six months after being caught on camera backing his vehicle on an expressway in northern Vietnam this week.
Surveillance cameras showed that a truck was reversing on the Hanoi - Hai Phong Expressway at 9:55 am on Saturday.
The vehicle was estimated to travel backward for 200 meters to an exit ramp in Gia Loc Town, located in the northern province of Hai Duong.
The driver has been identified as Le Van H., 46, who comes from Thanh Ha District, Hai Duong.
He had missed the exit ramp so he backed his truck to get off the expressway.
Police said on Sunday that they had fined him VND17 million, about four times a month’s worth of basic salary in Vietnam, and revoked his driver’s license for six months.
Backing on expressways is punishable by a fine of VND16 million ($693) to VND18 million (779) and a revocation of the driver’s license for 5-7 months, according to a government decree.
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