Traffic police fined a driver for driving across the Rach Mieu bridge at the prohibited time – Photo: MAU Truong
On September 2, an official from the Traffic Police Department – Tien Giang Provincial Police said that over 2 days (1 and 2 September), in addition to regulating traffic, the unit fined several 3-axle vehicles. Prohibited hours.
The timing of the ban on crossing the Rach Mieu bridge from Tien Giang to Ben Tre is set from 9:00 to 11:00 in the morning, from 3:00 to 7:00 in the afternoon; Ben Tre direction to Tien Giang, 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The above restriction is in force for 5 days from August 31 to September 4.
However, according to Mr. Nguyen Van Manh (a tractor-trailer driver from Ho Chi Minh City), because previously the restriction signs were posted on both sides of the bridge, recently the sign installation unit changed only the numbers on the signs, so All the drivers did not pay attention. Driver Manh said, “If we had known there was a ban sign there, we would not have been so foolish as to drive in it and pay the fine.”
A traffic police officer stationed beneath the Rach Mieu bridge in Tien Giang province said the force mainly reminds drivers of violations and instructs them where to park until the ban on crossing the bridge is lifted and only fines. Puts. Vehicles committing deliberate violations.
Earlier, Ms. Tran Thi Kim Uyen, director of Rach Mieu Bridge BOT Co., Ltd., said that the unit posted a sign banning 3-axle vehicles from passing through the Rach Mieu bridge during the 5 days following National Day on September 2 Was. After the National Day holiday, a ban on vehicles with 3 axles or more from passing through the Rach Mieu bridge from Tien Giang to Ben Tre will continue from 9am to 11am on Saturday; Every weekday from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm and on Sunday from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm from Ben Tre to Tien Giang.
According to records, due to ban on 3-axle trucks from crossing Rach Mieu bridge during restriction hours in recent days, although congestion on Rach Mieu bridge has occurred, it has not lasted for long.
Vehicles crossing the Rach Mieu bridge during prohibited hours will be fined 2.5 million VND and have their driver’s license canceled for 2 months. At the same time, for driving in the wrong lane, the driver was fined 4 to 6 million VND and his driving license was canceled for 1 to 3 months.
(tags to translate)Truck driver
