Can poor families be exempted or reduced from fines for traffic violations?

In case of sudden economic difficulties due to a fatal disease or accident, the certification of the medical examination facility is required to be eligible for exemption or reduction.

Question: My cousin in my hometown is very poor, the day before he drank and drove and was made a record of violation of alcohol concentration and not wearing a helmet, a total fine of more than 8 million dong. Can my uncle’s case be exempted or reduced?

Le Thi Lan (Van Chan district, Yen Bai)

Violators come to the headquarters of Traffic Police Team No. 6, Hanoi to handle violations traffic (Illustration)

Lieutenant Colonel Vu Kien Cuong, Road Traffic Police Team No. 10 (Hanoi City Police Department’s Traffic Police Department) replied:

According to the provisions of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations, a partial reduction of fines for traffic violators has been postponed due to continued economic difficulties due to natural disasters, disasters. disaster, fire, epidemic, fatal disease, accident.

For cases of being exempted from fines for traffic violations, are individuals who have been postponed the execution of the fine decision but continue to face economic difficulties due to natural disasters, disasters, fires, epidemics, illness, etc. serious illness, accident.

Or individuals are fined from 2 million VND or more, are facing special or unexpected economic difficulties due to natural disasters, disasters, fires, epidemics, fatal diseases, accidents.

In order to be exempted or reduced in the above cases, it is necessary to obtain certification from the People’s Committee of the commune where the person resides or the agency or organization where he or she studies or works. In case of sudden economic difficulties due to a fatal disease or accident, a certification from a medical examination and treatment facility at the district or higher level is required.

However, for the above case, the individual who does not suffer from a fatal disease, an accident, or has no unexpected economic difficulties is eligible for fines exemption or reduction. Furthermore, the current law prohibits the use of alcohol by vehicle drivers. So your uncle is not exempt.