Police release list of 36 drivers banned for life
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SHANGHAI police yesterday released a list of 36 people who have been banned from driving in China for life due to “serious traffic crimes” committed since 2015.
This is the first time Shanghai police has publicly identified the people on its annual lifetime ban list.
The decision, which coincides with a citywide crackdown on traffic offenses, was made after consultation with a local court.
Citing “legal reasons,” police declined to discuss the details of individual cases in which the banned drivers were involved, but said they all caused deaths in traffic accidents.
Six of the banned drivers were intoxicated when the incidents occurred and the remaining 30 fled the scene.
One of the people on the list was sentenced to four years in prison by the People’s Court of Yangpu District in June last year for fleeing the scene after fatally knocking over an e-bike rider in a motor lane while speeding, according to China Judgements Online, a website hosted by the Supreme People’s Court of China. He later turned himself in to police.
Among the 36 names on the list, 21 were issued driving licenses in Shanghai and the other 15 obtained them in Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces.
Police said even if a banned driver manages to get a driver’s license from a foreign country, they still won’t be able to drive legally in China.
“As long as the person is a Chinese national with a Chinese identity card, the lifetime driving ban is forever,” said Huang Qi of Shanghai traffic police.
Banned drivers who are caught driving face fines of at least 200 yuan (US$31) and up to 15 days of detention.
The ban cannot be revoked once it takes effect, but the banned driver can ask for an administrative review within 60 days of it being imposed.
Police have had the power to impose a lifetime ban since China’s Road Traffic Safety Law took effect in 2004.
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