Tens of thousands of cars stuck in parking lots due to vehicle inspection congestion

Heavy loss business car

Yesterday morning, May 10, many heavy-duty vehicles came to register for inspection at the Inspection Center (TTĐK) 61-03S, Thu Dau Mot City (Binh Duong) and were extremely disappointed when they saw the notice: "Vehicles weighing over 2.5 tons and passenger cars with over 16 seats have been issued inspection appointment cards until the end of July 2023. The next appointment card issuance for August will be on July 25".

A representative of a transport enterprise in Binh Duong was upset: "Our company rents trailers, but currently many trailers are parked because their inspections have expired, or the tenants have returned them because they cannot be inspected. Meanwhile, although some localities have applied online inspection appointment registration, the inspection appointment booking app is overloaded, and appointments are automatically deleted one after another, causing great damage to vehicle owners and transport enterprises. Waiting and traveling many times incurs costs, vehicles that cannot be inspected have no revenue, while bank interest, road maintenance fees, employee salaries... still have to be paid".

Waiting in line overnight for vehicle inspection, drivers are frustrated 'only moving a hundred meters all day'

Without a decisive solution, the traffic congestion will last for another 6 months.

Speaking to Thanh Nien reporter, Mr. Nguyen Van Hung, representative of Binh Duong Transport Association, said that the situation of not being able to register vehicles has caused many individuals and transport companies to suffer huge losses, even risking violating transport contracts and having to pay compensation. "Binh Duong Transport Association proposes to deploy a website and application to register for inspection schedules; create a visual map page showing which provinces and cities have how many (spaces) for real-time inspection; so that drivers know and arrange their schedule to complete within the day. In addition, it is recommended that the authorities extend the deadline by 3-6 months for vehicles that have expired. This will immediately resolve the current pressing issues in inspection and is also a support plan for transport businesses," said Mr. Nguyen Van Hung.

Mr. Dinh Nam Dinh, Director of Transport Cooperative No. 9 (HCMC), said: "The current inspection situation is like "a bird hit by an arrow" so we are always worried and cautious. In the past, when there were no incidents, vehicles coming for inspection were very convenient, even if there were no negatives, it was easy to pass. But now, business vehicles are at a disadvantage when the inspection process is tighter than before. Waiting in line for your turn is difficult, passing the inspection is even more difficult. Even vehicles that have passed the inspection have to wait because the inspection center does not dare to issue the certificate. The current inspection capacity is not enough to meet the demand, and there is also a phenomenon of hesitation and not daring to issue the certificate, causing businesses and cooperatives to face more difficulties. We have not yet made an exact statistic, but the number of vehicles of the cooperative that are overdue for inspection is very large. Of course, when they have not passed the inspection, the vehicles do not dare to put them into business, so the extent of the damage cannot be calculated yet."

Businesses suffer because trailers are parked without being inspected.

Mr. Minh Long, the owner of a transport business in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, is still upset because 6 vehicles registered through the app were canceled without reason. "Up to this point, all of our vehicles were supposed to be inspected as planned. However, the TTĐK app's cancellation caused all 6 vehicles to be parked because the appointment after rescheduling was moved to June. The revenue loss for each vehicle is about 150 million VND/month while the drivers' and employees' salaries still have to be maintained," Mr. Minh Long lamented.

A leader of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport also admitted: "Of the 1,750 buses in operation, there are still 1,300 that have not been inspected. Overloading in motor vehicle inspection activities has caused significant impacts on people and businesses when vehicles have to stay in one place for months. The overloading situation cannot be resolved overnight."

Immediate solution needed

According to a survey by Thanh Nien reporters on auto forums and direct interviews, the frustration of people and businesses surrounding the issue of vehicle inspection is tense. In Ho Chi Minh City, there are 15/19 inspection centers operating, but the number of inspection lines with enough staff to operate is only about 56%. Therefore, the daily inspection capacity is currently only 50% compared to before, equivalent to 1,860 vehicles/day. Meanwhile, not to mention the number of uninspected vehicles from previous months, just the peak month of the year, April, had 88,000 vehicles due for inspection. This May, the number of cars with city license plates will have 65,000 vehicles due for inspection. The overloaded situation waiting for inspection will be even more tense.

Many TTĐK do not accept truck inspection until August 2023

In fact, the problem of canceling registered "slots" is quite common. At the 2911D Inspection Center (Dong Son, Chuong My, Hanoi), Mr. Bui Minh Kien, in charge of this Inspection Center, said that both lines of the unit are still working at full capacity, with an average of 120 vehicles inspected each day. The center issues direct appointment tickets at 7-8am and 1-2pm every day, but the schedule is full until June 6. However, in recent days, there have been consecutive cases of vehicle owners making an appointment for inspection but not coming for inspection. At the 8904D Inspection Center (Van Giang, Hung Yen), the number of vehicles that have cancelled their inspection appointments in recent days has also reached 40% (about more than 50 vehicles/day).

"Many car owners, worried about being overloaded and not having time to inspect their vehicles when the deadline comes, have taken appointment tickets from many places, both live and through the inspection app. Any inspection center that has an appointment will come to inspect. This is also one of the reasons leading to the situation of making "fake" inspection appointments or skipping inspection slots. In addition, the reason may be that people have a wait-and-see mentality when they know that vehicles carrying up to 9 people and not doing business in transportation can have their inspection period automatically extended, so they do not bring their vehicles for inspection according to the appointment schedule," Mr. Kien commented.

Mr. Dinh Nam Dinh, a member of the Ho Chi Minh City Automobile Transport Association, suggested: "The solution to automatically extend the inspection cycle for vehicles with less than 9 seats that are not in business during this inspection cycle should be implemented soon to reduce the burden on the inspection centers. In addition, overtime, working overtime, and working without weekends at the inspection centers should have a mechanism for wages and additional income for inspectors. In addition, I also propose that the income mechanism of the inspection centers should be flexible nationwide, not rigid. For example, they have the right to collect additional service fees, bonus funds, etc. to increase the income of inspectors. If the work is high pressure but the income is not commensurate, it is very easy for negativity to occur."

To reduce the burden of car inspection in the city, it is necessary to restore all inspection lines, there is no other way. The extension of the inspection schedule as stipulated by the Ministry of Transport will take at least 6 months to take effect in practice. Because for non-commercial vehicles, they still have to go for inspection when the deadline comes, and then the extension time will be added to the new inspection cycle. For new cars, although they do not have to take the car to the inspection station, the car owner still has to go to the inspection station to submit documents and get the inspection stamp, so there is still a backlog at the registration centers. Therefore, the solutions currently being implemented will take 3 more months to take effect.

Mr. Bui Hoa An , Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport

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