Under the new law, when accidents occur between pedestrians or non-motorised vehicles and motor vehicles, except for the case where the pedestrian or the non-motorised vehicle deliberately causes the incident, the motorist must always bear responsibility. Responsibility for the motorist is reduced if the pedestrian or non-motorised side violated traffic laws.
The new law enforces a vehicle insurance system. Insurance on motor vehicles is now compulsory instead of voluntary.
It abolished a previous regulation which banned holders of driver's licences of the PRC driving rights on expressways until one year after they had held the licence.
Expressway speed limits were increased from 110 km/h to 120 km/h.
Even harsher penalties were put in place for drunk driving and driving by people who did not hold a valid driver's licence, or drove a vehicle without licence plates.
Cases where drivers were speeding 50% in excess of the applicable speed limit will result in the revocation of the driver's licence.
The penalty for hit-and-run accidents is permanent revocation of one's driver's licence.
The pre-existing point system for penalties was integrated into the new law.
Penalties are now higher, from the former RMB 200 up to RMB 2000. Also, provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions can only enact specific penalties within the given range. Previously, the nationwide maximum penalty was RMB 200, but areas like Beijing and Kunming had enacted laws mandating penalties in the thousands of RMB.
Beijing's own "implementation procedures" of the new traffic law was passed on October 22, 2004, after being the target of heavy controversy over the responsibilities of vehicle drivers and pedestrians, and a regulation limiting the lanes that can be used by novice drivers. These take effect on January 1, 2005.
According to Xinhua News Agency, "police officers are also reluctant to pull over drivers of military vehicles even if the drivers are breaking the law".[1] According to the People's Daily, Chinese army and police seized thousands of fake military license plates and IDs.[2]
Referencesedit
^. Xinhua. 11 April 2008. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008.
^"Chinese army, police seize thousands of fake military license plates, IDs". People's Daily Online. 16 June 2009.
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中华人民共和国道路交通安全法 (Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China) (in Chinese)
(Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China) (English version)
January 01, 1970
road, traffic, safety, people, republic, china, chinese, 中华人民共和国道路交通安全法, which, passed, standing, committee, national, people, congress, people, republic, china, october, 2003, promulgated, decree, president, jintao, took, effect, 2004, parts, mainland, china,. The Road Traffic Safety Law of the People s Republic of China Chinese 中华人民共和国道路交通安全法 is a law which was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People s Congress of the People s Republic of China on October 28 2003 promulgated by Decree No 8 of the President of the PRC Hu Jintao and took effect on May 1 2004 on all parts of mainland China but not in Hong Kong and Macau which have their own judicial systems It is the People s Republic of China s first ever law on road traffic safety and was intended to address an alarmingly high traffic fatality rate which is four or five times greater than other nations Background editThe new law has a number of focus points Under the new law when accidents occur between pedestrians or non motorised vehicles and motor vehicles except for the case where the pedestrian or the non motorised vehicle deliberately causes the incident the motorist must always bear responsibility Responsibility for the motorist is reduced if the pedestrian or non motorised side violated traffic laws The new law enforces a vehicle insurance system Insurance on motor vehicles is now compulsory instead of voluntary It abolished a previous regulation which banned holders of driver s licences of the PRC driving rights on expressways until one year after they had held the licence Expressway speed limits were increased from 110 km h to 120 km h Even harsher penalties were put in place for drunk driving and driving by people who did not hold a valid driver s licence or drove a vehicle without licence plates Cases where drivers were speeding 50 in excess of the applicable speed limit will result in the revocation of the driver s licence The penalty for hit and run accidents is permanent revocation of one s driver s licence The pre existing point system for penalties was integrated into the new law Penalties are now higher from the former RMB 200 up to RMB 2000 Also provinces municipalities and autonomous regions can only enact specific penalties within the given range Previously the nationwide maximum penalty was RMB 200 but areas like Beijing and Kunming had enacted laws mandating penalties in the thousands of RMB Beijing s own implementation procedures of the new traffic law was passed on October 22 2004 after being the target of heavy controversy over the responsibilities of vehicle drivers and pedestrians and a regulation limiting the lanes that can be used by novice drivers These take effect on January 1 2005 According to Xinhua News Agency police officers are also reluctant to pull over drivers of military vehicles even if the drivers are breaking the law 1 According to the People s Daily Chinese army and police seized thousands of fake military license plates and IDs 2 References edit Military Cracks Down on Fake License Plates Xinhua 11 April 2008 Archived from the original on April 18 2008 Chinese army police seize thousands of fake military license plates IDs People s Daily Online 16 June 2009 External links edit中华人民共和国道路交通安全法 Road Traffic Safety Law of the People s Republic of China in Chinese Road Traffic Safety Law of the People s Republic of China English version Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Road Traffic Safety Law of the People 27s Republic of China amp oldid 1138535718, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
