Nghe An: Administrative penalties for violations at 2 motor vehicle inspection centers

According to the report of the Department of Transport, Nghe An currently has 9 Motor Vehicle Inspection Centers, including 2 State Motor Vehicle Inspection Centers and 7 Socialized Inspection Centers.

In 2022, the Department of Transport established an inspection team to inspect compliance with road motor vehicle registration (Decision No. 723/QD-SGTVT dated October 11, 2022) at 2 Motor Vehicle Registration Centers in the province, including 1 Motor Vehicle Registration Center in Vinh City and 1 Motor Vehicle Registration Center in Hung Nguyen District. The remaining 7 motor vehicle registration centershas been inspected by the Ministry of Transport inspector.

The Department of Transport Inspectorate handles a vehicle inspection center in Vinh City. Photo: Hai An

Specifically, from November 7, 2022, the Nghe An Department of Transport Inspectorate inspected and punished two motor vehicle inspection centers: Motor Vehicle Inspection Center 37 - 09 D in Quan Bau Ward, Vinh City and Motor Vehicle Inspection Center 37-08 D in Hung Nguyen District.

The inspection did not detect any violations related to operating conditions, personnel, or the implementation of technical vehicle inspection steps. However, the inspection team discovered some shortcomings such as: Not publicly posting inspection procedures and processes; incomplete storage of inspection records.

The inspection team drew up records and imposed administrative penalties on the above 2 centers, mainly for the violations of "not keeping vehicle inspection data as prescribed"; "not publicizing inspection procedures and processes at the unit's headquarters as prescribed", with a total fine of 16,000,000 VND.

Recently, there have been violations occurring at Motor Vehicle Inspection Centers across the country that are receiving special attention from the public. Up to now, the Police Agency has proven that at a series of private inspection centers, the center's leaders have "given the green light" for employees to intentionally ignore violations of vehicles coming for inspection.

The trick is to ignore violations in the manual inspection process; rent spare parts to replace substandard spare parts; use software to interfere with the inspection system to change inspection parameters.emissions…

Not to mention the process of patrolling and controlling traffic, the traffic police force in a number of provinces across the country discovered many road vehicles that did not ensure technical safety (trucks, dump trucks with extended walls and boxes; rims of incorrect size; worn tires; blurred license plates, not meeting emission standards...) but were still granted Certificates of technical safety and environmental protection for motor vehicles.

Faced with the above situation, Mr. Nguyen Viet Hung - Chief Traffic Inspector - Nghe An Department of Transport said: In the coming time, the Department of Transport will increase surprise inspections and monitor inspection activities at motor vehicle inspection units to promptly prevent, proactively detect early and take drastic measures to rectify, advise and propose strict handling according to the law for violations.

Trucks transporting soil in Yen Thanh district. Photo: Hai An

Directing motor vehicle inspection units in the province to strictly implement procedures and regulations. Inspection contents must ensure technical standards and regulations in the inspection of means of transport. Responsible before the law for the performance of assigned tasks and duties; publicly and transparently posting procedures, fees, and inspection prices for people to monitor.

In 2023, the Department of TransportNghe An has planned to simultaneously inspect 9 motor vehicle inspection centers in the province./.