Vans with additional rear seats will be fined 1 million VND

Decree 46 stipulates that if the owner of a pickup truck (VAN) arbitrarily converts or installs a rear seat to carry passengers, he or she will be fined up to 1 million VND.

Decree 46 stipulates that vehicle owners who arbitrarily convert or install additional seats to carry people on a Van will be fined up to 1 million VND. - Photo: Duc Hung

In recent years, Vans have been chosen by many people due to their low price and low registration fee. Vans are mainly concentrated in two lines: Kia Morning and Chevrolet Spark.

Kia Morning Van and Spark Van are pickup trucks with only 2 seats in the front, the back compartment has no seats and is only used for storage. Because Vans are only allowed to carry two people (driver and passenger), so sometimes you want to carry more people but you can’t.

Because Vans do not have rear seats, many people after buying them "modify" the rear seats to have more seats when carrying more people. However, according to Decree 46, this will be fined up to 1 million VND for changing the structure of the vehicle.

Specifically, at Point d, Clause 3, Article 16 of Decree 46/2016/ND-CP of the Government regulating the handling of administrative violations in the field of road and railway traffic, Penalties for drivers of cars (including trailers or semi-trailers towed) and similar vehicles violating regulations on vehicle conditions when participating in traffic with a fine of 800,000 VND to 1,000,000 VND for the violation of driving a passenger car with additional or removed seats or beds.

In addition to being subject to penalties, the driver who commits the violation will also be required to remove the improperly installed equipment.

According to baogiaothong