One day, 296 students in Ho Chi Minh City were fined by traffic police.

Ngày đầu ra quân, Cảnh sát giao thông TP.HCM xử lý 296 học sinh vi phạm - Ảnh 1. — NNBT student was handled by traffic police as "person from 14 years old to under 16 years old driving a motorbike" - Photo: MINH HOA

On October 2, traffic police from the Ban Co Team under the Traffic Police Department (PC08) of Ho Chi Minh City Police set up a checkpoint at the intersection of Nam Ky Khoi Nghia - Dien Bien Phu Street (District 3, Ho Chi Minh City) to handle students and parents who violated traffic laws.

At 10:55, the traffic police discovered NNBT (15 years old, 10th grade student) driving on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia street and stopped the car. T. violated the law of "people from 14 to under 16 years old driving a motorbike". T.'s parents were issued a ticket for "driving a vehicle without a vehicle registration certificate". For this violation, T.'s parents will be fined from 800,000 to 2 million VND.

Students violate traffic laws by riding motorbikes, immediately make a report with parents

Student T. said he did not know he was not old enough to drive the car. "My parents were busy at work so they could not pick me up and drop me off. So my parents bought the car for me to drive by myself. I did not know I was not old enough to drive it," T. shared.

At the same time, the police stopped student NBN (15 years old, 10th grader) on Ngo Thoi Nhiem street (District 3) for inspection. Student N. violated the regulation "person from 14 years old to under 16 years old driving a motorbike", for this violation, student N. was given a warning.

N.'s parents were fined from 800,000 to 2 million VND for "handing over the vehicle to a person who is not qualified to participate in traffic". N.'s parents will be fined from 800,000 to 2 million VND.

Một ngày, 296 học sinh ở TP.HCM bị cảnh sát giao thông phạt - Ảnh 2. — Many students were also fined for not wearing helmets - Photo: MINH HOA

At 11:05, the police stopped LTM (16 years old, 11th grade student) driving on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia street, district 3 for inspection. M. violated the law by "carrying a passenger on the back without a helmet" and "not having a vehicle registration".

M.'s parents were also fined for "driving a vehicle without a vehicle registration certificate on the road."

At 11:50, LTN (17 years old, 12th grade student) was stopped by the police for inspection. N. violated the rules of "carrying a passenger without a helmet" and "not having a vehicle registration". N.'s parents were fined for "taking a vehicle without a vehicle registration on the road".

On the same day, a representative of the Traffic Police Department (PC08) of Ho Chi Minh City Police said that after one day (October 1) of launching a campaign to detect traffic violations by students and parents, traffic police in Ho Chi Minh City had punished 296 students for violations.

Of these, 132 cases involved giving vehicles to people who were not qualified to participate in traffic, 217 were underage students driving, and 11 cases involved not having a driver's license...