Lifetime driving ban for 119 drivers in Beijing

The Beijing Municipal Traffic Management Bureau recently added eleven new names to the list of those serving lifetime driving bans, bringing the total number of banned drivers to 119 since the traffic law took effect in 2004.

The third batch of drivers are all males who have committed crimes by running away from major accidents since May.

This group of drivers ranges in age from 30 to 45, some with as little as one year of driving experience and others with upwards of 19. Overall, 72.7 percent of them have been driving more than five years and 36.4 percent for over a decade.

The lifetime ban was given to a majority of the drivers for their numbness or carelessness in driving, which later caused traffic accidents.

Traffic law states that anybody who escapes after a serious traffic accident will be ineligible to ever drive again.