The Ministry of Public Security is currently seeking feedback from agencies and associations on the draft report explaining some new contents in the draft Law on Traffic Order and Safety. One of the contents mentioned in the draft is the provision of deducting points from the driving license (GPLX).
According to the Ministry of Public Security, the compliance with traffic laws by the people is still inadequate. Every year, over 3 million cases of traffic violations are processed. Although traffic accidents have decreased, they still remain at a high level, with many particularly serious cases. In addition, the management of drivers after being examined and issued with GPLX licenses is being lax.
Currently, individuals who violate traffic laws have their driving licenses and professional certificates with a limited term revoked. This directly affects the production and business activities, as well as the daily lives of the people, but fails to manage the law enforcement process of the drivers.
Therefore, the Ministry of Public Security believes that it is necessary to regulate the points and deduction of GPLX. This will be a state management measure (not an administrative penalty for violations), in order to meet the practical requirements of ensuring traffic order and safety in the current situation. At the same time, this regulation will also impact behaviors and enhance the awareness of traffic participants, helping the management agencies comprehensively monitor the enforcement process after violations committed by drivers.
In the draft, the Ministry of Public Security states that the Government will issue specific regulations on the authority, basis, procedure, implementation of point deduction, and restoration of GPLX. The procedures for point deduction and restoration should ensure simplicity, reasonableness, and avoid inconvenience for violators, following the direction of applying information technology, digitizing the database system for examinations and issuance of GPLX licenses; the database system for administrative penalty for violations.
When a penalty decision is made (for violations that entail point deduction), the driver will receive a notice from the enforcement agency. The database system will automatically deduct points (without contact between the authorized person and the violator, avoiding negative consequences and overlapping with administrative penalties) or, after 1 year from the last point deduction, if there are still points, the system will automatically restore points to the driver.
Currently, many countries around the world also have regulations on deducting points from driving licenses for traffic violators, such as Singapore, Japan, China,…
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