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Inviting the media to test-drive is usually one of the ways for manufacturers to promote their models, and test-driving is supposed to be fun, but there are sparks in the test-driving process. A few days ago, some people in the media were enforced for violating traffic regulations during the test drive of a new car, because the temporary license plate of the new car for test driving expired.

A few days ago, an auto media person revealed on the Internet that during the test driving of Volvo's XC40 pure electric model, it was accidentally detected by the traffic police that because the temporary license plate for the test driving expired at that time, the traffic police imposed a traffic penalty, deducting 12 points and a fine, meaning that the media could not drive until the license plate was retested.

It is worth noting that it can be seen from the notice of limitation of the temporary licence and the notice of penalty that the temporary licence is valid on 5 December, but the time of the notice of penalty is 09:26 on 6 December, that is, it expires exactly one day. Under normal circumstances, the car factory does not arrange test driving at night.

However, as to whether there is a need for the media to extend the test driving time, and public relations companies fail to deal with it in a timely manner, it is possible that media people driving vehicles with expired temporary license plates may be punished by the traffic police.

After the situation spread on the Internet, it was also hotly discussed by many netizens. Among them, many netizens believe that it is mainly caused by the lack of rigor of auto media people, whether it is a professional car critic or not, they should check the condition of the vehicle before going on the road. Of course, there are also some netizens said that when manufacturers seek the media test drive, the license issue should be handled by the organizers, and the media do not inspect it because of trust.

However, it is not the first time that similar "driving without a license" has happened. when zero-running cars used fake temporary licenses to organize media test driving last year, a number of car media people were arrested by the traffic police, and the drivers were also fined for deducting points.

Zhao Gang, vice president of Zero run, rushed to the scene immediately after the accident and responded to the "test driving fake license" incident and issued a long article to apologize to the media teacher.

Zero said it would be responsible for the incident and promised to provide the editor with a special car service when the editor did not get his license again, as well as to compensate for the full cost of the re-license process. Zero car Zhao Gang also explained that the test drive was "entrusted to a service provider". He said he personally "apologized" for the lack of adequate verification of the license, and would then seriously deal with the parties concerned.

Therefore, in view of the warning of the "zero run incident," some netizens think that media people should pay more attention to it. If it is difficult for the media to identify because of the use of fake license plates, it is understandable, but because of negligence is really not very good. After all, "professional automobile media teachers" should reflect their professionalism when driving on the road.

According to the Traffic Law, a motor vehicle using a fake temporary license plate on the road is regarded as using a forged or altered vehicle license plate, detain the vehicle, deduct 12 points, impose a fine of not less than 2,000 yuan and not more than 5,000 yuan, and be sentenced to detention of not more than 15 days. If the circumstances seriously constitute a crime, he shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law.

However, if there is a need for a temporary extension, it is only due to failure to deal with it in a timely manner. According to the regulations, after the driver's license has been deducted for 12 points, his driver's license will be withheld for re-study. During this period, the media teacher will no longer be able to drive. Therefore, more multimedia teachers are also reminded to check the various conditions of the vehicle before the vehicle test drive, so as to prevent similar things from happening again.

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