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Govt car has violated rules 508 times

(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-04-07 08:02
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The city administration authority in Leiyang, Hunan province, recently came under fire from the country's netizens for defying traffic regulations, information nddaily.com reported on Tuesday.

According to a post published on a local online forum, one of the cars that belong to the Leiyang city administration authority has violated traffic regulations as many as 508 times and the penalty of the breaches, which has mounted to 72,800 yuan ($10,665), has yet to be settled.

The car is said to top the list of traffic violators in the city, and the second on the list is also a vehicle belonging to the same office.

Officials with the local city administration authority said the drivers of the office's vehicles break regulations only in "emergency situations".