Deputy Minister of Public Security gives new information about absolute ban on alcohol concentration, deducting driving license points1

Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung, Deputy Minister of Public Security, proposed an absolute ban on alcohol concentration for drivers to build a traffic culture of not driving after drinking alcohol.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Quoc Hung - Photo: GIA HAN

On the morning of July 22, the Office of the President held a press conference to announce the President's order to promulgate the laws passed by the National Assembly at its 7th session. At the beginning of the press conference, delegates and reporters in attendance observed a minute of silence to express their deepest condolences to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Absolutely ban alcohol concentration to reduce accidents

At the press conference, Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung, Deputy Minister of Public Security, introduced the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety. Notably, it continues to inherit the prohibited acts from the 2008 Road Traffic Law, which stipulates the prohibition of driving a vehicle on the road with alcohol in the blood or breath. Responding to Tuoi Tre Online 's question about this content, Deputy Minister Le Quoc Hung said that when the draft law was released, it received many opinions. The majority agreed, but there were also some concerns.   regulates the alcohol concentration to be 0 when driving a vehicle in traffic. According to Mr. Hung, the 2008 Road Traffic Law stipulates that the threshold for driving a car with an alcohol concentration violation is also at 0. As for motorcyclists, it is acceptable to have alcohol concentration in the blood and breath, but clearly stipulates that the threshold does not exceed 50 milligrams/100 milliliters of blood or 0.25 milligrams/1 liter of breath. However, the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety stipulates that the alcohol concentration is 0. This, according to Mr. Hung, comes from Directive 23 of the Secretariat on strengthening the leadership of the Party Committee in ensuring traffic order and safety, moving towards building a culture in traffic that when driving a vehicle, do not drink alcohol.

"Regulating the alcohol concentration in blood and breath when driving a vehicle to 0 is to establish a traffic culture and minimize traffic accidents.

Because, in general, the rate of traffic accidents in recent times, drivers with alcohol concentration in blood and breath causing traffic accidents accounts for a very high percentage of the total number of traffic accidents that occur," he said.

Minus all points will have to study and test knowledge again

Regarding the regulation on deducting points from driving licenses, Lieutenant General Hung said that the law has clear regulations. To prepare for the implementation of this regulation, the Ministry of Public Security has been advising the Government to develop a decree regulating administrative sanctions in the field of road traffic. This includes specific regulations on administrative violations that result in deduction of driving license points. It is expected that for acts that have had points deducted, there will be no regulation on revoking driving licenses. After the Government's decree is issued, the Ministry of Public Security is preparing and will issue a circular with specific regulations on re-examining knowledge of road traffic safety laws in cases where all points have been deducted. "When all points have been deducted, there will be regulations requiring the violator to study and re-test his/her knowledge of road traffic safety laws. Only when the conditions are met will points be re-issued in the driving license," Lieutenant General Hung said. Mr. Hung informed that to facilitate the deduction of points, reform administrative procedures, and avoid confusion and inconvenience in the deduction of points for violators, the Ministry of Public Security will build a database on violations and handling of traffic safety violations. "Currently, 85% of decisions on handling administrative violations are under the authority of the Ministry of Public Security, so the database has been fully integrated from before, so it can be connected, shared, and determined for specific violations by people at each time. At the same time, it is very easy to retrieve and impose subsequent penalties," Mr. Hung added. Mr. Hung further informed that from January 1, 2025, when the law, decree, and circular come into effect, the deduction of points will be completely automatic and connected to VNeID and the National Public Service Portal to notify the person whose points are deducted of how many points are deducted for each violation and how many points are left. "This will be very convenient and the monitoring and management of point deductions will be done on the basis of administrative violations of traffic order. Everything is connected, automatic, without illegal human intervention," he said. Source: https://tuoitre.vn/thu-truong-bo-cong-an-thong-tin-moi-ve-cam-tuyet-doi-nong-do-con-tru-diem-bang-lai-20240722101223877.htm