Vinh City police fined 85 people for using high beams in the city center.

(Baonghean.vn) – Following a report by Nghe An newspaper on the use of high-beam headlights in the city, Vinh City Police have launched an inspection and fined violators.

On February 21st and 23rd, 2017, Nghe An Newspaper published articles titled "The dangers of using headlights indiscriminately.", "Turning on the headlights, we both suffer."This reflects the situation at night in the inner city, where most roads are equipped with streetlights, but cars still turn on their headlights, shining them directly at oncoming vehicles, causing glare and reducing visibility, which is a cause of traffic accidents."

On March 10, 2017, the Vinh City Police Department issued official document No. 210/BC-CATP-GT in response to the issue raised in the press. The Vinh City Police Department confirmed that the use of high-beam headlights by cars at night has occurred in Vinh City recently.

Following the report by Nghe An Newspaper, the Vinh City Police have intensified their efforts, directing forces to patrol, control, and handle traffic safety violations related to the use of high-beam headlights, which pose a potential risk of traffic accidents at night. Daily patrol duties are conducted from 8 PM to midnight, with adjustments made depending on the nature of violations.

Using high beams in urban areas and densely populated neighborhoods poses a significant risk of traffic accidents. Photo: Nguyen Hung

According to the Vinh City Police, from December 16, 2016 to March 1, 2017, the Vinh City Police force patrolled and issued fines to 85 cases of cars violating the rule of using high-beam headlights in urban areas and densely populated areas, and when encountering oncoming vehicles.

In addition, the Vinh City Police are intensifying their public awareness campaigns by displaying banners and distributing leaflets at locations such as bus stations, transportation businesses, and through loudspeakers in wards and communes. They are also coordinating with local police forces to review and compile a list of families owning cars within their jurisdiction and organizing residents to sign pledges to strictly abide by traffic laws.

In the coming period, the Vinh City Police will continue to coordinate with mass media agencies to widely publicize violations and penalties, and send task forces to disseminate information to agencies, units, businesses with a large number of cars in the area, and apartment complexes.

Simultaneously, the police force will change its patrol tactics, using Task Force 212 in coordination with local task forces and mobile patrol teams operating outside of regular hours to record images as a basis for strictly penalizing drivers who use high-beam headlights in urban areas and densely populated areas. Violations and penalties will be reported to the relevant authorities and the violators' places of residence to raise public awareness, contributing to a reduction in violations and traffic accidents.

Nguyen Hung