Road Traffic Safety Law Of The People's Republic Of China

• 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 and intentionally initiated the accident, the motor vehicle's side must always bear responsiblity. Responsibility for the motorised side, though, 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 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.

• For "hit-and-run" accidents, if the offender did not stop and deal with the situation, but chose to run away instead, he or she will lose his or her driver's licence -- for life.

• The point system for penalties were integrated into the new law.

• Penalties are now higher, from the former CNY 200 up to CNY 2000. Also, provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions can only enact specific penalties within the given range. Previously, the nationwide maximum penalty was CNY 200, but areas like Beijing and Kunming created their own bills, with penalties in the thousands of Chinese yuan.

See Also

• Rules of the road in the People's Republic of China
• Rules of the road in Hong Kong
• Rules of the road in Macau

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