Luxury cars have the same number plates, how are owners of fake number plates handled?

A recent post by a car owner “asked” the online community to find a car with a fake number plate like himself. Screenshots.

Cases of luxury cars with fake plates

Most recently, a person who claimed to be the owner of a Lexus RX350 in Hanoi said he was unfairly fined because he had a similar car with the same number plate. This person then posted on the social network “hanging up a reward” of 20 million VND to find the car with the same number plate as his car.

The “original” car is a white Lexus RX350, BKS 30E-xxx.99 with a new license plate frame (changed in size and font according to the standard from mid-2020), belongs to the US-made car line and has the Fsport stamp on the side. after.

Meanwhile, the car that is believed to be fake is also a white Lexus RX350, with the same number plate 30E-xxx.99. At first glance, these two cars look very similar, however, the person who posted the “denunciation” said that the other car is a Japanese market car, without the Fsport stamp and the number plate is an old one (the sea is close to square). , applied from about 8/2020 and earlier).

Not only that, there is also a white Lexus RX350, also bearing the number plate 30E-xxx.99 but with a long plate. This car is being seized by functional forces because it is related to a gambling drive of more than 2,000 billion VND, which has been dismantled by the Ministry of Public Security. Thus, it is possible that the number plate 30E-xxx.99 may be installed on many vehicles.

Before that, in 2021, a similar incident happened in Hanoi with a brown Porsche Macan with control plate 30A-715.10 owned by a woman living in Times City urban area (Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi). possess. Notably, it was this woman who, while taking her children to school, discovered that there was a car of the same brand as hers parked in the apartment lobby, but with a bold gray color, but surprisingly, there was a license plate. same, also 30A-715.10.

The Traffic Police Department of Hanoi Police then quickly verified that the woman’s black Porsche was a real control plate, issued by the police. The other has a fake number plate.

On February 28, 2021, also in Hanoi, there appeared 2 Mercedes-Benz E300 cars with the same color and the same number plate 30E-488.16. One of the two cars has been verified by the police to be using a fake number plate.

Is the fine enough deterrent?

The act of using fake license plates is against the law and violates the provisions of Clause 3, Article 53 of the Law on Road Traffic 2008, whereby: “motor vehicles must be registered and attached with a number plate issued by the competent authority. competent country”.

At point d, Clause 5, Article 16 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP of the Government on administrative sanctions in the field of road and railway traffic, it is stipulated that:

The act of “Operating a vehicle with a license plate that is not in accordance with the Vehicle Registration Certificate or with a license plate not issued by a competent authority (including trailers and semi-trailers)” will be fined from 4,000,000 VND. VND to 6,000,000 VND. In addition, violators will also be deprived of the right to use the driving license from 01 to 03 months and confiscate the license plate that is not in accordance with regulations.

In case the driver uses a vehicle with a fake number plate to commit illegal acts, he will be criminally handled for the crime of “Using a fake seal or document of an agency or organization”.

The cars with fake plates identified by the authorities were mainly mortgaged to banks, then mortgaged, so they had no papers. After that, the car owner went to buy fake plates to install. This behavior has many potential risks of causing disorder and social safety.

Currently, the driver of a vehicle with a fake number plate is currently being fined quite lightly for the act of “Operating a vehicle with a license plate that is not in accordance with the vehicle registration certificate or with a license plate not issued by a competent authority” according to the law. Decree 100/2019/ND-CP.

According to many legal experts, in the face of this situation, it is necessary to have heavier sanctions to be enough of a deterrent.