More strict with hooliganism in traffic

In recent days, newspapers and social networking sites have been flooded with “strange images” of traffic, with intersections where no one runs red lights, vehicles parked neatly in front of the road markings, no oncoming vehicles, vehicles running on the sidewalk, vehicles reversing on the highway…

This is a positive effect from the very strict regulations and the "very strong" penalties of Decree 168/2024/ND-CP, which regulates administrative sanctions for violations of road traffic order and safety.

Although there are no final statistics yet, these positive changes in the awareness of traffic participants certainly contribute to ensuring traffic safety and order, reducing the number of accidents and heartbreaking losses.

But recently, from localities across the country, there have been consecutive cases of assaulting others while participating in traffic, some with particularly serious consequences, causing public outrage.

Most recently, a clip has been circulating on social media showing a woman repeatedly attacking a female railway barrier guard who was protecting the railway corridor. Despite attempts by others to stop her, the woman (named T.) continued to attack the female railway guard, causing her to suffer scratches and injuries to her nose.

The incident happened when a train passed by, a person tried to cross the barrier, was stopped by a female railway employee, subject T. intervened, argued and rushed in to beat the female railway employee.

Previously, at around 7:00 p.m. on December 30, 2024, at the intersection of My Phuoc Tan Van - NE8, Thoi Hoa Ward, Ben Cat City, there was a traffic collision between two motorbikes. Two men driving the motorbikes rushed into a fight in the middle of the intersection, in which one person used his hands, feet and helmet to repeatedly hit the other person.

When the victim lay motionless, the attacker stopped and left the scene. The victim was taken to the emergency room and the hospital diagnosed him with bilateral frontal brain contusions, low blood pressure, and a coma. On January 2, due to severe brain trauma, the hospital concluded that the victim was beyond saving.

Immediately after that, another incident occurred at 11:30 p.m. on December 31, 2024, when a couple P. and L. were riding a motorbike and argued with two subjects, D. and A.. These two subjects attacked Mr. P. and Ms. L.. A motorbike taxi driver who tried to intervene was also beaten unconscious by D. and A.

Earlier, in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, a man named N. was parking his car on the side of the road. Just because he felt uncomfortable looking at the face of a man carrying a woman on a motorbike, Mr. N. jumped down and punched the man repeatedly in the face.

Despite being stopped, N. continued to assault the victim several more times before leaving. The victim was diagnosed by the doctor with bleeding in the eyes, face, and leg injuries.

In Binh Phuoc, the image of a young man opening the cabin door and punching a truck driver repeatedly in the head and face on Route 741 also made people very angry.

There are also many other cases of intentional assault and injury of varying degrees among traffic participants, especially after collisions, causing "dangerous" consequences no less than traffic accidents.

Just one word, one unyielding attitude can lead to unrestrained actions and tense conflicts, which can even cause the person involved to lose their life. Violators show hooliganism, aggression and disregard for the law, trampling on traffic culture and social ethics.

Up to now, the subjects who assaulted traffic participants in the above cases have all been arrested, prosecuted by the authorities and will certainly be subject to appropriate punishments. However, with the increasing frequency of hooliganism, with increasingly serious levels, affecting social order and threatening the health and lives of people, creating an uncivilized image in human-to-human behavior, it is necessary to have more severe punishments, with enough deterrence, warning and prevention.

Decree 168 has been like an invisible line to keep traffic participants strictly following the law, stopping at red lights and complying with regulations. Adding more severe penalties for acts of recklessness and disregard for the law when participating in traffic is something that the public is eagerly waiting for, because it will contribute to raising awareness of respect for the law, voluntary compliance with civilized conventions in public places and strengthening the cultural features in the behavior of the Vietnamese people.