It is not mandatory to install dash cams in personal cars, but authorities encourage drivers to provide data in case of an incident, according to the Traffic Police Department.
In the fourth draft of the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety, which is being consulted by the Ministry of Public Security, Article 33 stipulates that motor vehicles and specialized motorbikes participating in traffic must have a journey monitoring device; a device to collect data and images of the driver, data and images to ensure journey safety according to regulations.
Thus, individual car owners will have to install a set of journey monitoring devices that record the vehicle's location and speed, integrate a camera in the car to record the driver in the cockpit and film traffic outside the car.
Responding to VnExpress about the reason for the proposed regulation, a representative of the Traffic Police Department explained that currently, many private vehicle owners equip themselves with dash cams to record images and incidents occurring on the road. Based on this reality, in the fourth draft law, the Ministry of Public Security proposed that private cars install dash cams.
"However, this is not mandatory, the authorities only encourage people to install dash cams on their personal cars to protect themselves in unsafe traffic situations," said a representative of the Traffic Police Department, adding that when installing dash cams, drivers can prove right and wrong in unexpected situations on the road. Car owners can also save evidence when a thief breaks into their car, provide it to the authorities for handling, contributing to "protecting the health and safety of themselves and others, ensuring traffic order and safety".
"Authorities do not collect data from journey monitoring devices, but only ask people to cooperate and provide it when an incident occurs on the road or when another vehicle's incident is recorded," said a representative of the Traffic Police Department.
Installing journey monitoring devices on trucks. Photo: BA GPS
Previously, some experts expressed concern that the mandatory provisions in the draft Law on Traffic Safety and Order would be costly and affect privacy.
Mr. Nguyen Van Quyen, Chairman of the Vietnam Automobile Transport Association, analyzed that the current integrated camera-integrated journey monitoring device, in addition to serving state management (monitoring speed, vehicle journey, driving time), also helps transport businesses. Businesses can track the number of kilometers the vehicle has traveled, thereby determining the time for periodic maintenance, managing fuel consumption, tire replacement rates, calculating driver salaries, etc.
However, Mr. Quyen said, "people will wonder why their personal vehicle location is tracked or why their private actions in the car are recorded by cameras." Furthermore, it is estimated that a set of integrated camera and travel monitoring equipment costs from 2 to 4 million VND. There are nearly 4 million private cars nationwide, and the cost of equipment can be up to thousands of billions of VND.
Traffic expert Nguyen Van Thanh said that currently, only vehicles carrying passengers or goods (tractors, container trucks) are required to install cameras in the vehicle to monitor the driver. This regulation is to monitor whether the driver is falling asleep or driving within the prescribed time. However, this is a vehicle carrying many people and goods, so safety must be ensured at the highest level. As for private cars, according to Mr. Thanh, the State should only encourage drivers to install monitoring devices and voluntarily disclose images and data when requested by authorities.
The draft Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety will be submitted to the National Assembly at the 6th session in October 2023.
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