Decree 47/2022 has just been issued prohibiting the conversion of cars with a capacity of 10 seats or more into those with less than 10 seats (including the driver) to transport passengers.
This is a new regulation, Supplementing Clause 3, Article 13 of Decree 10/2020 of the Government previously issued. Specifically, car owners are not allowed to convert cars with a capacity of 10 seats or more into cars with less than 10 seats (including the driver) to business passenger transport.
Decree 47/2022 also bans the use of cars Similar in shape to a vehicle with 9 seats (including driver) or more for passenger transport business by taxi. These two regulations take effect from September 1, 2022.
< strong>Understand correctly the name “limousine”
Talking with reporter Dan Tri, a sales staff at a car tuning company said the name “limousine” Used to refer to cars after interior renovation and upgrading. They are often adapted from car models such as the Ford Transit Ford Tourneo Hyundai Solati Kia Sedona…
On the market today there are many car tuning units like Dcar Minh Tam Dasan Toan Viet Autokingdom… and often use the name “limousine” to name the cars after they are finished.
“Limousine” is also a name associated with transportation business units. Most cars of this type are “converted” from 16 seats to fewer seats to make the people sitting inside more comfortable. Basic upgrades such as chairs with massage, wood-paneled ceilings, and rim lights…
The difference between “under 10 seats” and “from 10 seats or more”</ p>
Representative of Dcar, a unit specializing in upgrading “limousine” cars. In Vietnam, the company said that the company does not convert any vehicle from 16 seats to less than 10 seats, but mainly converts from 16 seats to 12 or 10 seats.
The reason is that we, like many other companies, “Other companies should not move back to less than 10 seats because if they send the conversion drawings to the Registry Department, they will also refuse registration due to non-compliance with regulations,” the Dcar representative added.
While The manager of a Registry unit in Hanoi also confirmed that all converted passenger cars that reduce the number of seats to less than 10 seats are not accepted by the authorities. Circular 85/2014 of the Ministry Traffic Transport clearly stipulates that passenger cars are cars with 10 seats or more and cannot be converted to cars.
“In fact, there are still 12-seat cars. 16 seats were converted to less than 10 seats (usually 9 or 7 seats) but these cars appeared before 2014 and according to my personal estimation, the number is not much” this registration manager clarified.
According to regulations in Vietnam, Class D driving licenses are issued to drivers of: Cars used to transport people from 10 to 30 seats (including the driver) and other types of cars. Vehicles require the use of class B1, B2 and C driver’s licenses.
Meanwhile, class B2 driver’s licenses are only allowed to drive cars with up to 9 seats used to transport people (including passengers). driver)…
The new decree was born for the safety of people
So if you convert a car with more than 10 seats (usually 16-seat car) into a car with less than 10 seats, vehicle users will only need to come by B2 instead of D. The number of seats is less but in fact the “car body” remains unchanged.
Previously Many units take advantage of this loophole to convert 16-seat vehicles to less than 9 seats to save on driver rental costs. Normally, hiring a driver with a D license costs significantly more than a driver with a B2 license (the type of license that most car drivers own).
Thus, Decree 47/2022 Its creation will not make it difficult for transport businesses or tuning companies, but will limit vehicles that do not comply with regulations from being able to do passenger transport business. This is to tighten management thereby ensuring passenger safety.
For cars with less than 10 seats converted into 6 or 4 seats are not affected by this regulation because cars with less than 10 seats are small cars that can be used with B2 license. Vehicles of this type can still operate on routes or transport without any impact.
Currently, most of the limousines on the market with less than 10 seats are the Ford Tourneo, Kia Sedona, Kia Carnival, Mercedes V-Class… However, these cars are mainly 7-seat models with 4 or 6 seats. seats.
The business of transporting passengers by limousine is a type that many people are interested in because of the large market demand and customers’ desire to travel in more comfortable and modern vehicles. . Thus, new regulations of the authorities were born to more closely manage and ensure the rights and safety of passengers without “strangling” the limousine type.
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