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Using fishing nets to combat illegal races very effective, Thanh Hoa’s Chairman




Casting nets to stop illegal racers has been applied by Thanh Hoa police since late 2011. This is the idea of Lieutenant Colonel Vu Quoc Tuong, vice chief of the Traffic Police Team of Thanh Hoa City.

Accordingly, when detecting traffic violators, the police will request them to stop by making signal. If the driver does not obey the signal and run away, the police will throw the net on motorcycle wheels to control the vehicle. If the net is thrown to the wheel successfully, it will catch the wheel and makes the vehicle unable to move.

Lieutenant Colonel My Duy Xuan, chief of the Traffic Police Team of Thanh Hoa City, said that the measure was especially useful when traffic police intercepted and dispersed groups of illegal racing at night. It has helped limit a lot of accidents caused by racers when fleeing.

"In just a short time, from January to March 2012, Thanh Hoa City Police stopped and seized more than 200 vehicles of illegal racers and traffic violators to restore order and traffic safety in the area," said Lt. Col. Xuan.

Once the measure was widely applied in the day, many people said that police officers using fish nets to catch vehicles looked very offensive. This measure was canceled for further research. However, when the police stopped using this measure, illegal racing recurred and somewhat was more complicated. So the police chief of Thanh Hoa province decided to allow the traffic police to use nets again.




Lieutenant Colonel My Duy Xuan said, Thanh Hoa Police still use the manual method of casting nets, but with improvements such as tieing lead pieces into the nets to ensure fast and accurate net casting and to make the vehicle stop slowly rather than abruptly as before. At first, this method is applied only at night to prevent illegal racing.

In addition to assessment and training traffic police in using this measure effectively, Thanh Hoa police are working with a military engineering unit to study and manufacture a device that is similar as a gun, to throw nets.

"This device is still in the process of finishing. It looks professional and works effectively in intercepting violating vehicles while running. The device will be in mass production to equip traffic policemen," said Lieutenant Colonel Xuan.

Previously, on 25/12/2012, at the online conference of the government and provinces, Mr. Trinh Van Chien, Chairman of Thanh Hoa province, confirmed that this measure is very effective in fighting illegal racing while it is cheap.

Compiled by Na Son