National Assembly passes absolute ban on alcohol concentration when driving

(Dan Tri) - This morning the National Assembly passed the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety with the approval of the vast majority of delegates.

On the morning of June 27, with 388/450 delegates in favor (accounting for 92.59%), the National Assembly passed the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety. Of which, 92.18% of National Assembly delegates agreed with the regulation prohibiting driving vehicles on the road with alcohol concentration in the blood or breath.

The National Assembly passed the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety (Photo: National Assembly)

Previously, in the report explaining, accepting and revising the draft Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on National Defense and Security Le Tan Toi said that many opinions agreed with the regulation prohibiting driving vehicles on the road with alcohol concentration in the blood or breath. However, some opinions said that there should be a minimum threshold; some other opinions suggested presenting 2 options to seek opinions from National Assembly delegates. The National Assembly Standing Committee believes that the above regulation is not new content but inherits the provisions of the 2008 Road Traffic Law and is consistent with the 2019 Law on Prevention and Control of Alcohol and Beer Harm. According to Mr. Toi, in this draft law, if the regulation is not continued, there will be a risk of increasing violations of road traffic safety and order, road traffic accidents... going against the efforts of the entire political system, causing waste of effort and money of the state and people in recent times.

Chairman of the National Assembly's Defense and Security Committee Le Tan Toi (Photo: National Assembly).

At this session, the National Assembly Standing Committee asked for opinions from delegates and 388 delegates gave their opinions. Of these, 293 delegates agreed with the "prohibition of driving a vehicle on the road with alcohol in the blood or breath". 95 delegates proposed "prohibition according to the lowest limit of alcohol in the blood and breath for drivers of vehicles on the road". Based on the majority of delegates agreeing with this regulation, the National Assembly Standing Committee proposed that the National Assembly continue to implement the regulation prohibiting driving a vehicle on the road with alcohol in the blood or breath. In addition, the National Assembly Standing Committee directed the Ministry of Health to supplement regulations on determining alcohol concentration and endogenous alcohol concentration in the blood as a basis for determining cases of alcohol concentration due to the use of wine, beer or other alcoholic beverages. In addition, some opinions suggested adding the regulation that "children under 10 years old or under 1.35m tall, when being transported in a car carrying less than 10 people, must not sit in the same row as the driver when participating in road traffic". There were opinions suggesting removing the content "without an adult sitting with" when transporting children in a car. Taking into account the opinions, the National Assembly Standing Committee directed the adjustment in Clause 3, Article 10 of the draft Law. Regarding ensuring traffic order and safety for cars transporting students and preschool children, the National Assembly Standing Committee proposed that the National Assembly add the regulation that cars used for transporting students and preschool children or cars used for transporting students and preschool children must have a device with the function of warning and preventing children from being left in the car.

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