Chương VI Luật Giao thông đường bộ 2001: Vận tải đường bộ

Chapter VI

LAND ROAD TRANSPORTATION

Article 59.- Land road transportation activities

Land road passenger transportation and cargo transportation activities mean the activities under the conditions prescribed by law, which must be strictly managed in order to ensure land road traffic order and safety.

Article 60.- Working duration of automobile drivers

In a day, the working duration of an automobile driver must not exceed 10 hours and the drivers must not be on the wheel for more than four hours in a row.

Article 61.- Passenger transportation by car

1. Mass transit cars must run on certain routes prescribed by the Minister of Communications and Transport.

2. The means owners shall have to observe the following regulations:

a) The regulations on passenger transportation;

b) Strictly observing the transportation schedules and itineraries already approved by competent State bodies;

c) Not giving cars to unqualified persons to drive.

3. Drivers of passenger cars, apart from observing the provisions in Clause 2 of this Article, shall also have to abide by the following regulations:

a) Checking their cars to ensure the safety thereof before leaving the terminals;

b) Guiding guests to sit at their right places;

c) Checking the arrangement and tying up baggage, cargoes to ensure safety;

d) Applying measures to protect the passengers properties and maintain order in their cars;

e) Closing doors before and during the time the cars run;

f) Taking, discharging passengers at the prescribed places;

g) Not transporting illegal goods;

h) Not carrying people on cars roofs and letting people cling to the outside of their cars;

i) Not transporting dangerous goods, fetid goods, diseased animals or goods adversely affecting the passengers health;

j) Not transporting passengers, baggage and cargoes beyond the cars designed tonnage;

k) Not piling goods in passengers cabins.

4. Passengers onboard cars must abide by the following regulations:

a) Strictly following the drivers guidance on observance of regulations on traffic safety;

b) Not carrying goods banned from transport.

Article 62.- Organization and operation of passenger car terminals

1. The car terminal management boards shall have the following tasks:

a) To organize the sale of tickets to passengers, arrange cars entry into the terminals to take passenger, discharge passengers, ensuring order and safety;

b) To examine the observance of regulations on land road passenger transportation in the terminals;

c) To organize the provision of services for the inspection, maintenance and repair of cars safety systems as well as other services for passengers in order to ensure order and safety in terminals as well as traffic safety.

2. The Minister of Communications and Transport shall specify the organization and management of operation of passenger car terminals.

Article 63.- Goods transportation by automobiles

1. The transportation of goods by automobiles must comply with the following regulations:

a) Goods transported on automobiles must be tidily arranged and firmly tied up;

b) When transporting unpacked goods, there must be roofs, covering sheets in order to avoid drop of goods.

2. The following acts are prohibited:

a) Transporting goods beyond the designed tonnage and/or beyond the permitted size limits of automobiles;

b) Carrying people in cars trunks;

c) Transporting illegal goods.

3. The provisions at Point b, Clause 2 of this Article shall not apply to the following cases:

a) Cars carrying people for the performance of tasks of natural disaster prevention and combat or the performance of urgent tasks; cars carrying people for parades and in a number of other special cases prescribed by the Government.

b) Cars carrying road maintenance workers; driving practice vehicles carrying driving trainees; vehicles carrying parade people in convoys and a number of other special cases stipulated by the Government.

Article 64.- Transporting superlong and/or superheavy goods

1. Superlong or superheavy goods are goods with the actual size or weight of each package exceeding the permitted prescribed limits, but cannot be disassembled.

2. Superlong or superheavy goods must be transported on automobiles suitable to such type of goods and the land road use permit granted by competent State bodies is required.

3. Automobiles carrying superlong or superheavy goods must run at speeds prescribed in the permits and have signs signaling sizes of goods; in necessary cases, people must be arranged to conduct traffic in order to ensure traffic safety.

4. The Minister of Communications and Transport shall specify the transportation of superlong and superheavy goods.

Article 65.- Transportation of dangerous goods

1. Automobiles carrying dangerous goods must acquire permits granted by competent State bodies.

2. Automobiles carrying dangerous goods must not stop and/or park at crowded places or danger-prone places.

3. The Government shall determine the list of dangerous goods, the transportation of dangerous goods and competence to grant permits for transportation of dangerous goods.

Article 66.- Land road transportation activities in urban areas

1. Buses must run on the right routes, according to the right schedules and stop or park at the right places as prescribed.

2. Drivers of passenger taxi or cargo taxi shall take and discharge passengers or cargoes according to the agreement between passengers or goods owners and the taxi drivers but must abide by the regulations on traffic safety.

3. Public sanitation automobiles, vehicles carrying waste or unpacked materials must be fully covered in order to avoid the drop thereof on streets and other lorries must operate on the right routes, scopes and time prescribed for each type of car.

4. The provincial-level People’s Committees shall specify the land road transportation activities in urban areas.

Article 67.- Transportation of passengers, goods by rudimentary vehicles, mopeds, motorized two-wheelers, motorized three-wheelers and the like

The use of rudimentary vehicles, mopeds, motorized two-wheelers, motorized three-wheelers and the like for the transportation of passengers and/or goods must comply with the regulations on traffic order and safety.

Basing themselves on the guidance of the Minister of Communications and Transport, the provincial-level People’s Committees shall detail the implementation of this Article.