Authorities in the capital city have been using a system of 400 cameras to monitor traffic on main roads and record violations to issue fines (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –Hanoi’s Traffic Police Division has proposed installing 3,000 additionalcameras to supervise traffic, but experts think installing so many cameras atonce should be considered carefully.
Some 6 million vehiclesare registered in the city, 5.2 million of them motorbikes, according tostatistics of the Traffic Police Division.
In addition, a greatnumber of vehicles from other provinces enter the city periodically, althoughpolice do not have complete statistics on those.
But the city’sinfrastructure does not meet the demands of the increasing traffic.
Colonel Dao Vinh Thang,Head of the Traffic Police Division, said traffic police lack tools to servetheir work.
On average, each trafficpolice officer must manage 9km of road with more than 8,000 vehicles and theymust work at least 10 hours per day, he said.
To ensure traffic orderand reduce work pressure on police, the division proposed installing 3,000cameras to supervise vehicles and enable punishment of traffic violators. Thecameras should be installed on main roads, bridges, hospital areas and coachterminals, according to the proposal.
Bui Danh Lien, Chairmanof the Hà Nội Transport Association, said that supervising traffic with cameraswas necessary, but installing such a big number at present should be consideredcarefully.
A traffic policeofficial who asked not to be named said there were several differences betweenthe Ministry of Transport’s regulations and the Law on Transport regulationsregarding such fines, and the traffic police might find these confusing toapply.
The legal differencesshould be re-examined and revised before setting up more cameras, he said.
The city traffic policeissued fines in 7,640 cases based on camera footage this year.-VNA
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