At least how many years of experience do drivers of double-decker sleeper buses have in Vietnam?

At least how many years of experience do drivers of double-decker sleeper buses have in Vietnam?

In Clause 3, Article 11 of Decree 10/2020/ND-CP stipulating the regulations on traffic safety in auto transport business as follows:

3. Auto transport businesses shall:

a) Operate their commercial automobiles in compliance with the operation regulations stated in Clauses 1 and 3 Article 53 and Clauses 2, 3 and 5 Article 55 of the Law on Road Traffic; equip safety belts for all seats and beds (excluding provincial buses) and provide instructions on traffic safety and on-board emergency evacuation for passengers;

b) Not operate double-decker sleeper buses on level V and level VI mountainous roads;

c) Employ drivers with at least 02 years of experience in driving passenger automobiles having at least 30 seats (including the driver) to drive double-decker sleeper buses;

d) Formulate and update required information on employment of their automobiles and drivers in each automobile’s service history and driver’s work history. From July 01, 2022, this task may be carried out via the software for auto transport business management of the Ministry of Transport.

Thus, when you want to be a driver of a double-decker sleeper bus, you must have at least 02 years of experience in driving passenger automobiles having at least 30 seats in Vietnam. You only have 1 year of driving a 30-seat passenger car, you are still not eligible to drive a double-decker sleeper bus.

How much is fine for employing drivers operating double decker sleeper bus with in adequate experience in Vietnam?

According to Clauses 6 and 10, Article 28 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP stipulating penalties for violations against regulations on road transport and ancillary services for road transport are as follows:

6. A fine ranging from VND 5,000,000 to VND 6,000,000 shall be imposed upon an individual, from VND 10,000,000 to VND 12,000,000 upon an organization that commits any of the following violations:

a) Running a bus station, parking lot, or rest stop without permission by a competent authority;

b) Allowing the vehicles that are not suitable for passenger transports to pick up passengers in the station;

c) Failure to provide, update, transmit, store and manage information from tracking devices as per the law; failure to provide username and password to log onto software processing data from the tracking devices under management for regulatory authorities;

d) Failure to adhere to the registered routes, starting points and destinations, charges, and service standards;

dd) Using vehicles without GPS surveillance devices to provide transport services (if required) or without functional or conformable ones; employing technical measures, peripheral equipment and other measures to falsify data of the tracking devices of the automobiles;

e) Operating intermediate transportation against regulations and law;

g) Employing drivers operating double decker sleeper bus with in adequate experience as per the law;

h) Failure to establish a department to monitor traffic safety conditions or failure to adequately execute all tasks as per the law;

i) Using vehicles whose quality or service life fail to meet the conditions for the registered type of transport services;

k) Failure to retain relevant documents during the operation;

l) Failure to prepare or adequately prepare backgrounds of vehicles and operators as per the law;

m) Operating contract-based passenger vehicles and vehicles providing tourism transportation without bringing transport contracts on the vehicles, attached passenger list and devices to access electronic contracts and passenger list as per the law or failure to meet requirements as per the law, carrying passengers not in the passenger list or carrying incorrect passengers in case of contract-based vehicles transporting students and employees to schools, universities and workplaces);

n) Operating passenger taxis without installing taximeters (if registered for one) or installing improper taximeters; failure to install receipt printers connected with taximeters as per the law or installing improper receipt printers or printing receipts containing inadequate information as per the law;

o) Operating a vehicle providing passenger transportation services without installing cameras as per the law (if required by the law) or installing cameras without capability to record and store images of the vehicle and the driver during the vehicle's operation as per the law;

p) Failure to store and transmit images from cameras installed on the automobile to servers, failure to provide accounts to access the servers for competent regulatory authorities as per the law; 

q) Operating passenger taxis without installing devices to directly connect with the passengers as per the law (if registered for taxi fare software) or using taxi fare software unsatisfactory to regulations and law.

10. Apart from incurring fines, the violator shall also incur the following additional penalties:

a) The violation(s) specified in Point h Clause 2; Points a, b, d, dd, e, g, h, l, o, p, q, r, s and t Clause 4; Points d, dd, e, g, i, k, l, m, n, o, p and q Clause 6; Points e and i Clause 7 of this Article shall lead to suspension of (available or issued) badges of violating vehicles from 1 month to 3 months;

b) The violation(s) specified in Points i and k Clause 4; Point h Clause 6; Points b and h Clause 7 of this Article shall lead to suspension of license for transport services from 1 month to 3 months;

c) The violation(s) specified in Points d, dd, i and m Clause 6 of this Article shall also lead to suspension of driver license from 1 month to 3 months if transport service providers are direct operators of violating vehicles;

d) The violation(s) specified in Point i Clause 7 of this Article shall also lead to suspension of driver license from 2 months to 4 months if transport service providers are direct operators of violating vehicles;

dd) The violation(s) specified in Point i Clause 6 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);

Therefore, employing drivers operating double decker sleeper bus with in adequate experience in Vietnam will be fined from VND 5,000,000 to VND 6,000,000 for individuals, and for transport business organizations, a fine of from 10,000,000 VND to 12,000,000 VND. In addition, the right to use badges will be revoked for violating vehicles in Vietnam.

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