Chương IV Luật Giao thông đường bộ 2001: Phương tiện tham gia giao thông đường bộ

Chapter IV

MEANS JOINING IN LAND ROAD TRAFFIC

Article 48.- Conditions for motorized vehicles to join in traffic

1. Automobiles of proper types allowed to join in traffic must satisfy the following quality, technical safety and environmental protection criteria:

a) Being fully equipped with effective brake systems;

b) Being structured with effective direction-changing system;

c) Their steering wheels are on the left side of the automobiles;

d) Being fully equipped with distant and close flash lights, car plate lights, stop lights, signal lights;

e) Having wheels and tires of the right size and right technical criteria for each type of automobile;

f) Ensuring the operators visibility;

g) The wind shield glass and door glass must be of the safety type;

h) Having horns with standard volumes;

i) Being fully equipped with silencers, exhaust pipes;

j) The structures must be durable enough and ensure the properties of stable operation.

2. Motorized three-wheelers, motorized two-wheelers and mopeds of the right types allowed to participate in traffic must satisfy the quality, technical safety and environmental protection criteria prescribed at Points a, b, d , e, h, i and j, Clause 1 of this Article.

3. The motorized vehicles must have registration papers and number plates, granted by competent State bodies.

4. The Government shall stipulate the year-based use duration for assorted automobiles engaged in transportation business.

5. The Minister of Communications and Transport shall prescribe types, quality and technical safety criteria of assorted motorized vehicles permitted to participate in traffic, except for army and police motorized vehicles used for defense and security purposes.

Article 49.- Granting and withdrawal of registration papers and number plates of motorized vehicles

1. Motorized vehicles with lawful origin and satisfying the quality and technical safety criteria under the provisions of this Law shall be granted registration papers and number plates by competent State bodies.

2. The Minister of Public Security shall stipulate and organize the granting of registration papers and number plates for motorized vehicles of various kinds; the Minister of Defense shall stipulate and organize the granting of registration papers and number plates for assorted army motorized vehicles used for defense purpose.

3. The Government shall specify the withdrawal of registration papers and number plates of motorized vehicles of various kinds.

Article 50.- Ensuring the quality, technical safety and environmental protection criteria of motorized vehicles join in land road traffic

1. The manufacture, assembly, modification, repair, maintenance and import of motorized vehicles participating in land road traffic must comply with the regulations on quality, technical safety and environmental protection criteria.

It is strictly forbidden to transform automobiles of other types into passenger cars.

2. The means owners must not alter the structure, components and/or systems of automobiles against their designs made by the manufacturers or the modification designs already approved by competent bodies.

3. Automobiles participating in land road traffic must be periodically inspected in terms of their technical safety and environmental protection criteria (hereinafter called expertise).

4. The heads of the expertising bodies and the persons directly performing the expertise shall be responsible for the confirmation of the expertise results.

5. The means owners and the car drivers shall have to maintain the technical status of the means according to the prescribed criteria when participating in land road traffic between two expertise periods.

6. The Minister of Communications and Transport shall stipulate and organize the inspection of the quality, technical safety and expertise of motorized vehicles of various kinds; the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Public Security shall stipulate and organize the expertise of army and police motorized vehicles used for defense and security purposes.

Article 51.- Conditions for rudimentary vehicles to join in traffic

When join in traffic, the rudimentary vehicles of all kinds must satisfy the conditions on land road traffic safety.

Basing themselves on resolutions of the provincial-level People’s Councils on the requirements to ensure local traffic order and safety, the provincial-level People’s Committees shall specify the safety conditions, operation scope, registration papers and number plates granted to rudimentary vehicles of various kinds in their respective localities.

Article 52.- Conditions for special-use vehicles and machines to join in traffic

1. Satisfying the following quality, technical safety and environmental protection criteria:

a) Having enough effective brake systems;

b) Having effective direction-changing system;

c) Having head lights;

d) Ensuring operators view;

e) The special-use parts must be installed firmly at the right places, ensuring safety while on the move;

f) Having silencers, exhaust pipes.

2. Having registration papers and number plates granted by competent State bodies.

3. Operating within the prescribed scope, ensuring safety for people, means and road works while on the move.

4. The manufacture, assembly, modification, repair and import of special-use motorized vehicles and machines of various kinds must comply with the regulations on quality, technical safety and environmental protection criteria.

5. The owners and operators of special-use vehicles and machines shall have to maintain the state of technical safety and expertise as prescribed for special-use vehicles and machines when joining in land road traffic.

6. The Minister of Communications and Transport shall specify the technical safety criteria, the granting of registration papers and number plates; define the list of special-use vehicles and machines subject to expertise and organize the expertise; the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Public Security shall stipulate and organize the granting of registration papers and number plates as well as the expertise of assorted army and police special-use vehicles used for defense and security purposes.