Since the regulation on the handling of image-based violations came into effect in Da Nang on 1 November 2016, the city has seen a significant decrease in the number of traffic violations whilst the security has also been secured effectively.

Surveillance cameras installed at the intersection of the Cach Mang Thang Tam, 2 September and the western approach road to the Hoa Xuan Bridge

According to the Da Nang Traffic Safety Board, a total of 93 traffic surveillance cameras, 6 of which are speed-monitoring ones, have been installed at 93 traffic surveillance points across the city.

Encouragingly, the drivers of dumper trucks carrying soil and stone travelling along such streets installed with cameras as Cach Mang Thanh Tam, Truong Son, and Vo Chi Cong have obeyed the traffic regulations in a voluntary manner.

Notably, no cases of exceeding the speed limit and overtaking recklessly committed by dumper truck drivers have been reported along these streets which were once notorious for deadly traffic accidents.

A dumper truck driver from Cam Le District was caught exceeding the speed limit by 20 kph. He pleaded guilty, paid a fine of 2.5 million VND in accordance with the traffic laws. More importantly, he pledged that he would never commit the same violation again.

However, a large number of other types of vehicles, especially 4-wheeled cars, were found exceeding the speed limit.

According to the municipal Police Department’s Traffic Police Division, between 15 December 2017 and 30 July 2018, a total of 8,896 traffic violations were caught on surveillance cameras installed across the city. Of these figures, 8,065 violated the speed regulations, whilst the remainder were such violations as running through red light, travelling in the wrong direction, and illegally parking or picking up and dropping off passengers.

Some violations were directly handled by traffic police who were on duty at or near the intersections thanks to images of these offences electronically sent from technical officers at the municipal Police Department’s Information Centre. As for others, penalty tickets enclosed with hard copies of images of the violations were also sent to violators at home, requiring them to pay fines.

To date, 7.5 billion VND in fines has been imposed on a total of about 6,000 violation cases.

The round-the-clock operation of traffic monitoring cameras helps to monitor traffic in a more effective and easier manner

Colonel Nguyen Van Chinh, the Deputy Director of the municipal Police Department said that the installation of traffic monitoring cameras operating around the clock along some routes has proved highly effective in raising public awareness of the traffic regulations, hereby partly reducing the number of traffic crashes at some hotspot.

Since July, penalties have been imposed on 50 traffic violations relating to illegally parking or picking up and dropping off passengers on Ton Duc Thang and some areas surrounding the city’s Coach Station based on images recorded by security cameras.

Lieutenant Colonel Phan Van Thuong, the Deputy Head of the Traffic Police Division, underlined a need to install speed cameras on such routes as Ngu Hanh Son, Ngo Quyen and Yet Kieu along which a large number of trucks and container vehicles run.

In addition, surveillance cameras should be installed along such tourists-packed streets as Truong Sa and Vo Nguyen Giap which usually see many vehicles travel in the wrong direction, and exceed the speed limit.

In a similar vein, Bach Dang, one of the most beautiful streets in Da Nang, should have a traffic enforcement camera system installed in the coming time in order to monitor and deal with both traffic and security violations.

The Ministry of Public Security will give the go-ahead to the installation of speed cameras along the National Highway No 1A whose sections run through the city, in the coming time.

It is hoped that, given the high efficiency of surveillance cameras, traffic order and safety in the city will be ensured considerably, and this, in turn, leads to a sharp drop in the number of accidents, deaths and injuries.