How much is fine for installing a horn the loudness of which is beyond legal limit on cars in Vietnam?

How much is fine for installing a horn the loudness of which is beyond legal limit on cars in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 55 of the 2008 Road Traffic Law, regulations on assurance of quality, technical safety and environmental protection standards of motor vehicles joining in road traffic are as follows:

2. Owners of vehicles may not alter the structure, components or systems of their motor vehicles against the manufacturer designs or modification designs already approved by competent agencies.

According to Point d Clause 4, Clause 6, Point a Clause 7 Article 16 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP regulating penalties imposed upon by operators of cars and car-like vehicles (including the trailers or semi-trailers being towed) violating regulations on roadworthiness of vehicles as follows:

4. A fine ranging from VND 2,000,000 to VND 3,000,000 shall be imposed for:

a) Operating a vehicle without a corresponding certificate of vehicle registration or trailer/semi-trailer registration or using an expired certificate of vehicle registration (including trailers and semi-trailers);

b) Operating a vehicle without a license plate (if license plate is required for respective vehicle);

c) Operating a vehicle with certificate of technical and environmental safety or stamp of technical and environmental safety (if required) that has expired for less than 01 month (including those for trailers and semi-trailer);

d) Installing or using a horn the loudness of which is beyond legal limit on the vehicle;

dd) Operating a vehicle without a decent or functional and conformable brake system.

6. Apart from incurring fines, the violating operator shall also incur the following additional penalties:

a) The violation(s) specified in Points a and b Clause 3; Clause 4; Points a and e Clause 5 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 1 month to 3 months;

b) The violation(s) specified in Point a Clause 3, Point d Clause 4 of this Article shall lead to confiscation of additional lights and horns exceeding loudness limit;

c) The violation(s) specified in Point d or Point dd Clause 5 of this Article shall lead to confiscation of the Certificate of technical and environmental safety or stamp of technical and environmental safety, the Certificate of vehicle registration, or the license plate that is not issued by a competent authority; suspension of the driving license from 1 month to 3 months;

d) The violation(s) specified in Points b and c Clause 5 of this Article shall lead to confiscation of vehicles (except for cases in which automobiles with 10 seats or more providing passenger transportation services whose service life exceeds regulations on business conditions of registered business form less than 20 years from the year of manufacture and automobiles with less than 10 seats providing passenger transportation services) and suspension of driving license from 1 month to 3 months;

dd) The violation(s) specified in Point a Clause 4, Point dd Clause 5 of this Article in case of no certificates of vehicle registration or using certificates of vehicle registration issued by other than competent agencies, not matching chassis number or engine number of the vehicle or erased (including trailers and semi-trailers) without documents proving vehicle origin (no documents, certificates on transfer of vehicle ownership or documents, certificates on legal vehicle origin) shall lead to confiscation of vehicle. 

7. Apart from the penalties, the violator shall be compelled to:

a) The violation(s) specified in Clause 1; Clause 2; Points b, c, d and dd Clause 3; Points d and dd Clause 4 of this Article shall lead to installation of equipment or replacement with equipment satisfactory to technical safety standards or restoration of technical attributes of equipment as per the law;

Thus, arbitrarily replacing the horn with a different type than the original type of the car is not in accordance with the law in Vietnam. Vehicle drivers who install and use horns at excessive volume will be fined from 2,000,000 VND to 3,000,000 VND, have their driving license revoked from 01 month to 03 months, and have their lights confiscated. With additional installation, the horn volume exceeds the volume and requires full installation of equipment or replacement of equipment that meets technical safety standards or restoration of the horn's technical features according to regulations.

How much is fine for installing a horn the loudness of which is beyond legal limit on cars in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

What is crime of a driver who use air horn and causes a pedestrian to die in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 260 of the 2015 Criminal Code as amended by Clause 72, Article 1 of the Law amending the 2017 Criminal Code on the crime of violating regulations on road traffic participation as follows:

1. Any person who violates road traffic rules and causes damage for another person in any of the following circumstances shall be liable to a fine of from VND 30,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 or face a penalty of up to 03 years' community sentence or 01 - 05 years' imprisonment:

a) The offence results in the death of a person;

b) The offence causes ≥ 61% WPI for another person;

c) The offence causes a total WPI of 61% - 121% for more than one person.

d) The property damage caused by the offence is assessed at from VND 100,000,000 to under VND 500,000,000.

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According to this Article, a car driver who honks an air horn and causes a pedestrian to die is guilty of violating road traffic regulations and, if there are no framing circumstances, will be fined from 30,000,000 VND to 100,000,000 VND, community sentence for up to 03 years or imprisonment from 01 year to 05 years. In addition, compensation must be paid for damages caused by infringement of life in Vietnam.

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