Conditions for students to drive vehicles under 50 cc from January 1, 2025

Ms. A asked: What are the conditions for students to be allowed to drive vehicles under 50 cc from January 1, 2025? What are the contents of safe driving skills for students?

Reply:

In addition to the regulations on conditions for students to drive vehicles under 50cc such as the age allowed to drive, from January 1, 2025 according to the regulations atDecree 151/2024/ND-CPdetailing a number of articles and measures to enforce the law on road traffic order and safety, students will not be allowed to drive motorbikes without completing a program instructing on safe motorbike driving skills.

Specifically in Article 6Decree 151/2024/ND-CPRegulations on responsibility for instructing students on safe motorbike driving skills, high schools and vocational training institutions are responsible for organizing students and students' families to sign a commitment to comply with the provisions of the law on road traffic order and safety, including the content that students do not drive motorbikes when they do not meet the prescribed conditions, and do not drive motorbikes when they have not completed the program of instruction on safe motorbike driving skills.

Accordingly, the school will cooperate with the Traffic Police to organize the teaching of safe driving skills for students as soon as they start high school and vocational training institutions. The implementation of this safe driving skills instruction program will be guided and evaluated by the Traffic Police.

Regarding the content of instructions on safe motorbike driving skills, Article 5 of Decree 151/2024/ND-CP clearly states that the skills that will be trained for students include: Methods of recognizing and handling dangerous situations when driving; structure and function of motorbike parts, methods of safe vehicle inspection; traffic culture; responsibilities of motor vehicle drivers...

In addition, students are also instructed to practice safe driving postures, get off the vehicle; start, adjust speed appropriately, stop safely; drive in 4 patterns: go through figure 8, go through straight lines, go through roads with balance lines, go through rough roads. It can be said that the regulation that students are not allowed to drive motorbikes under 50cc without learning safe driving skills is considered a necessary regulation when in fact, in recent years, students who do not have enough skills but still drive vehicles have caused many accidents with serious consequences. In addition, this regulation also creates a premise to develop and promulgate regulations on granting certificates of completion of the safe motorbike driving skills program for students, as a basis for the authorities to check when students participate in traffic on the road as well as handle when students violate.

In addition, Decree 151/2024/ND-CP also stipulates the responsibility of students' families in coordinating with relevant authorities to educate students on the law on road traffic order and safety, and guide students on safe motorbike driving skills; Do not let your children drive vehicles that do not meet the prescribed conditions; Regularly remind your children to fulfill their signed commitments and regularly exchange and grasp information with the school about students' compliance with the law on road traffic order and safety when participating in traffic.

In summary, from the above regulations, from January 1, 2025, students aged 16 and over who have completed a safe motorcycle driving skills training program instructed and evaluated by the traffic police will be eligible to drive vehicles under 50 cc.