Cars made from tractors are illegally on the roads

People have been changing little tractors into cars that drive on the road. They are not supposed to do this. In fact, five years ago the Government said such cars would not be allowed on the road. However, people do not seem to be worried about the law and still drive these cars on the roads. HA NOI (VNS) — Nearly 10,000 self-modified and three-wheeled vehicles ply the roads nationwide, despite their being banned in 2008, the Ministry of Transport said on Friday. It said the banned vehicles were in frequent use in Ha Noi’s suburban districts of Phu Xuyen, Ung Hoa and Chuong My, as well as provinces like Hoa Binh, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Dak Lak, Hau Giang and Long An. In the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, for example, some 5,000 unregistered and manually driven mini tractors were being used in agricultural production. Many owners had modified their vehicles’ steeringmechanism by replacing their shafts without permission from relevant authorities, according to the province’s Department of Transport. The province had organised classes to help procure driving licences, but only two to three per cent of the total owners of such vehicles passed the theory andpractical examinations, a representative from the province’s Department of Transport revealed. Tran Van Toan, a 54-year-old owner of a three-wheeled vehicle in Tu Liem District, said that he had continued to drive the vehicle because this was his only means of income that helped him feed his 5-member family residing in northern Hung… [Read full story]