Woman burst into tears when caught by police on sidewalk

(NLDO) - When the police announced the fine, the 38-year-old woman in Thu Duc City burst into tears.

The Traffic Police - Order Team of Thu Duc City Police fined many violations.

On January 6, the Traffic Police - Order Team of Thu Duc City Police (HCMC) set up a checkpoint on Vo Van Ngan Street, Thu Duc City Children's House section to handle traffic violations.

Ms. T. burst into tears when she learned the fine for climbing the sidewalk.

Today is the 6th day that Decree 168/2024 takes effect. The Decree will increase fines for many traffic violations, even 20-30 times higher than before.

At 9:00 a.m., the police discovered Ms. T. (38 years old, living in Thu Duc City) riding a motorbike on the sidewalk at the intersection of Vo Van Ngan and Bac Ai streets, Binh Tho ward. When discovered by the traffic police, the woman repeatedly put her hands on her chest, appearing to have difficulty breathing.

Ms. T. also burst into tears when the police announced that the fine for driving on the sidewalk was from 4 to 6 million VND, and 2 points were deducted from the driver's license.

Ms. T. explained that she has two small children and because she was not familiar with the road, she rode her motorbike on the sidewalk. "I didn't expect the fine to be so high because it wasn't updated. I will never dare to violate it again," said Ms. T.

Ms. T. said she would never dare to violate again.

At 10:41, Ms. L. (55 years old, living in Thu Duc City) drove her motorbike through the red light at the intersection of Vo Van Ngan Street - Road No. 6, Linh Chieu Ward and was fined by the police. For this violation, Ms. L. will be fined from 4-6 million VND and have 4 points deducted from her driver's license.

The police showed Ms. L. the clip showing her running the red light, and Ms. L. happily accepted.

Hearing the fine, Ms. L. expressed disbelief at the new fine. "I think the fine is too high for just turning left on a red light. I will never dare again," Ms. L. explained.

On the same day, the Traffic Police - Order Team of Thu Duc City Police also fined dozens of cases of going the wrong way, not in the correct lane...

A representative of the Traffic Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police said that after 3 days of applying the new regulations on traffic violation penalties, from January 1 to January 4, the Traffic Police Department and the Police of districts, towns and Thu Duc City have handled 6,106 traffic violations with fines totaling more than 10 billion VND.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/leo-via-he-nguoi-phu-nu-bat-khoc-khi-bi-canh-sat-bat-gap-196250106113438932.htm