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Vietnam helmet law changes motorbike culture overnight
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 15 - 12 - 2007

A new law which took effect Saturday mandating that
motorbike riders wear helmets appeared to be a huge success, as
almost all drivers and passengers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
abruptly switched from going bareheaded to wearing helmets, reported dpa.
Motorbikes are the most common form of transportation in Vietnam,
carrying some 65 pre cent of passengers in urban areas. But riders
have long insisted on going bareheaded, and as of Friday, only a
small minority of drivers and passengers on the streets of Hanoi were
wearing helmets.
That appeared to have changed Saturday morning.
"I've seen a few people today go by bareheaded, and I saw the
police catch three or four and fine them," said motorbike taxi driver
Dang Van Binh, 52. "But very few people are going bareheaded."
Violators can be fined 150,000 Vietnamese dong, or about nine
dollars, which is greater than the cost of the cheaper motorbike
helmets.
"According to Decree Number 32 of the government, from December
15, 2007, anyone riding a motorbike must wear a helmet on all roads,
including people sitting on the rear seat and children," said Traffic
Police officer Nguyen Ngoc Hieu, whose station at the entrance to
Hanoi's Long Bien Bridge is among the busiest intersections in Hanoi.
Hieu said authorities had doubled the number of traffic police
officers on the streets this morning, but that still left just over
1,000 for all of Hanoi.
"Actually, our force is still very thin," Hieu said. "But we will
resolutely enforce the law."
Vietnam's government has been struggling to cope with a high rate
of traffic fatalities. Some 12,000 Vietnamese died in traffic
accidents in the first 11 months of this year, with motorbikes
causing 75 per cent of the accidents, according to Transportation
Ministry statistics.


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