The Da Nang authorities have given the go-ahead for the imposition of penalties on traffic violators based on images recorded by security cameras.  The new regulation will officially take effect on 1 November.

Traffic at the intersection of Nguyen Huu Tho-Cach Mang Thang Tam-an approach road to the Nguyen Tri Phuong Bridge

A 5-member team for detecting and handling image-based traffic violations at the Information Centre of the municipal Police Department has already been established.  The team’s members are local traffic police officers who will be on duty around the clock to detect violations.

Top priority will be given to dealing with such violations as running through yellow and red lights, travelling in the wrong lanes, and illegal vehicle parking at local intersections with traffic lights.  These are the intersection of Nguyen Huu Tho-Cach Mang Thang Tam-an approach road to the Nguyen Tri Phuong Bridge, the intersection of Cach Mang Thang Tam-Le Thanh Nghi-an approach road to the Hoa Xuan Bridge, and the section of Cach Mang Thang Tam between its intersection with the Hoa Cam overpass and the approach road to the bridge.  A total of 23 surveillance cameras have already been put into operation at these local intersections.

Images of traffic violators being captured

The high-resolution smart surveillance cameras can automatically detect vehicles violating the city’s traffic rules.  Images of traffic violators, violation times and venues, and the registration plates of the violating vehicles will be captured and recorded during both daytime and nighttime hours. 

Afterwards, penalty tickets enclosed with hard copies of images of the violations will be sent to violators at home, requiring them to pay their fines.

In particular, if violators fail to pay their fines despite such notices having been delivered to them a maximum of 3 times, the Department will ask the Viet Nam Auto Register not to conduct periodical inspection of the offenders’ vehicles.  This means that these vehicles will be no longer be allowed to be used.

Currently, relevant local agencies are further publicising the new regulation amongst the general public through the mass media and through visual advertising in order to ensure local traffic safety and culture.