Cutting In and Crashing – Is This Your Driving School Instructor? 134

Chapter 134 Administrative and Criminal Penalties, You Can’t Leave Today!

2025-01-23

Chapter 134 Administrative and Criminal Penalties, You Can’t Leave Today!

Gu Yin’s car originally came with a mirror-type dashcam, a freebie with the car purchase. It was probably a case of “you get what you pay for,” because the lens was incredibly difficult to adjust—it had to be perfectly aimed at the front of the car, while the mirror also had to face the rear window.

The resulting videos were extremely blurry.

Dashcams are incredibly important. If a traffic accident happens on the road, a recorded video is a thousand times more useful than anything else.

So Gu Yin eventually removed the old one and, taking advantage of a Double Eleven (China’s equivalent of Black Friday) sale on JD.com (a major Chinese e-commerce site), bought a high-selling, small, and easy-to-use dashcam.

This dashcam creates a local area network (LAN) in the car and connects to his phone, allowing him to directly copy videos.

The copied videos were all high-definition.

Even at night, they were very clear.

Finding the relevant footage wasn’t difficult; it only took three or five minutes. After downloading it, he got out of the car with his phone.

“Whew…”

The cold wind howled at 6 pm. Stepping out of the car was unbelievably cold; the wind also created a lot of noise that interfered with hearing.

Luckily, the video on his phone didn’t require sound; he only needed to watch the visuals.

Gu Yin adjusted his phone’s brightness to maximum and, in front of the High-speed Toll Station staff, the two Traffic Police officers, the Tesla driver, and everyone else, played the video.

The video showed…

Gu Yin using the ETC lane to enter the highway.

The Tesla driver’s evil, large mouse cursor (referring to the Tesla’s size and aggressive driving) remained in the lane to his right.

Only when Gu Yin was close did he abruptly swerve left, cutting in front of Gu Yin.

“Isn’t that cutting in line for the ETC?”

A High-speed Toll Station employee muttered under their breath.

“That’s… that’s nothing, I just changed lanes!” the Tesla driver insisted.

“Don’t worry, you know what you did, the good stuff is yet to come!” Gu Yin retorted, unafraid to confront him directly.

To be honest, if the video only showed that, Gu Yin wouldn’t have bothered. Making a fuss wouldn’t benefit him.

The Tesla driver’s face darkened, but he remained silent.

The video continued.

Gu Yin, not wanting any trouble, changed lanes.

But then, the Tesla followed him and changed lanes as well!

Gu Yin, avoiding the trouble, changed lanes again.

The other car still followed, changing lanes with him!

That’s how the scene of Gu Yin blocking the other car at the toll booth and honking his horn came about.

What happened afterward, everyone already knew.

“There.”

The video ended; there was no need to watch the rest.

Gu Yin slumped back, looking at the two Traffic Police officers and the High-speed Toll Station staff, and stated,

“Anything else to say, everyone?”

“Indeed, nothing more to say.”

One of the Traffic Police officers nodded silently.

The evidence was clear as day. Anyone with a functioning brain could see that the Tesla driver was trying to cut in line for the ETC!

To be honest, from the beginning until now, both officers and the High-speed Toll Station staff were puzzled.

Even if Gu Yin was right, he shouldn’t have been so aggressive.

His earlier angry outburst was indeed rather unsightly.

But after watching the video…

Everyone suddenly understood Gu Yin.

Faced with a Tesla driver cutting in line for the ETC, Gu Yin changed lanes twice, and still couldn’t avoid him!

This guy was relentless, like a persistent burr clinging to a sheep, constantly trying to take advantage!

Tell me!

Who could easily let that go?

At once…

Everyone looked at the Tesla driver with disgust.

The High-speed Toll Station staff were particularly noticeable.

Especially the female toll collectors and the shift supervisor; those who had initially sympathized with the Tesla driver.

Now, every single one of them experienced what it felt like to be “betrayed.”

The crux of the matter was…

Even now!

Even with the evidence presented!

The Tesla driver still tried to argue!

He pointed at Gu Yin’s phone, shouting:

“I just changed lanes!”

“There were many cars ahead in that lane, was it wrong for me to change lanes?!”

“I just happened to be in the same lane as him. That’s called cutting in line for ETC?!”

“You… you’re ganging up on me?!”

Perhaps it was rage…

Faced with everyone’s disgusted looks, even the most stoic person would crack.

Conveniently…

At that moment, Su Nuan and the High-speed Toll Station employee returned with the surveillance footage.

In the cold wind, the High-speed Toll Station lights illuminated the Police Beauty’s oval face, making her look heroic and valiant.

However, her delicate features were now frozen with anger.

“You… you’re in cahoots!”

Seeing Su Nuan, the Tesla driver immediately pointed his phone at her, filming while shouting at Su Nuan and Gu Yin:

“You two know each other!”

“I suspect you’re not being impartial!”

“I have evidence on my phone, you two were laughing and chatting just now!”

“And you!”

He pointed at the Traffic Police officer, saying:

“You two also whispered to each other privately!”

“Don’t try to bully me!”

“I have evidence! I filmed everything!”

Hearing this…

“Heh~”

The Traffic Police officer chuckled.

To be honest, when Su Nuan asked him to “speak privately,” he had considered whether she was going to help Gu Yin.

Was Gu Yin truly at fault?

If that were the case, and they were biased towards Gu Yin, the Tesla driver’s video would have put them in a difficult position.

But now, the facts proved Gu Yin was innocent.

They only needed to uphold the law.

Following the rules, what did a video matter?

“This is my badge number, feel free to photograph it.” The Traffic Police officer directly confronted him. “If you have any complaints about the punishment, feel free to file a complaint at the police station.”

He received dozens or even hundreds of such pointless complaints every year!

If he were afraid of being reported, he wouldn’t be doing this job.

Su Nuan was even more direct. She took out her police identification and flashed it in front of the Tesla driver.

“Do you want to film mine as well?”

“You…”

Being targeted like this, the Tesla driver was speechless, not knowing what to say.

Unsurprisingly…

He couldn’t escape the punishment.

The Traffic Police officer had already said that he would be punished.

“Alright, let’s proceed with the penalty.”

The officer spoke to the other officer, and they began to discuss the punishment.

Although the Tesla driver’s actions were disgusting, he probably wouldn’t face a severe penalty.

Normally, once it’s confirmed that a vehicle has committed ETC line-cutting, it will be added to the highway blacklist, preventing it from using highways nationwide.

Secondly, according to Article 33 of the Highway Toll Management Regulations, those who cut in line for ETC must pay the outstanding toll fees.

If the information is available, they pay for the distance traveled; if not, they pay for the entire highway.

That would be serious.

This is the usual method of handling such situations.

In more severe cases, there could be administrative and criminal penalties, and in even more severe cases, a credit record impact affecting loans and travel.

However, the Tesla driver’s actions, for now, didn’t seem that serious…

In fact, because he was stopped before entering the highway, he didn’t even need to pay any toll fees.

The penalty…

The Traffic Police, most likely, could only add him to the blacklist.

The High-speed Toll Station essentially agreed.

“He’s getting off easy…”

Honestly, when they first thought about this penalty, the two officers exchanged glances, feeling quite angry.

His actions were so despicable, and he remained stubborn, repeatedly arguing…

He even acted as if he were in the right.

For someone like him, such a light punishment was simply too lenient!

But there was nothing they could do…

That’s what the law dictated.

“Alright, let’s add him to the blacklist…”

After their discussion, the officer who had initially spoken to Su Nuan privately announced the punishment for the Tesla driver.

【What?! So light?!】

Hearing this punishment, the viewers of “Reconciling with Life” were dissatisfied.

【This guy was a jerk for so long, and he just gets blacklisted?】

【No way, what impact does being blacklisted have? He doesn’t use his own information to use the highway anyway.】

【Exactly, this is completely harmless.】

…

Clearly, everyone thought it was too lenient.

Even Gu Yin and the others frowned…

Honestly, Gu Yin didn’t know the exact penalty for ETC line-cutting; he mostly knew about the 100 yuan fine for illegal roadside parking…

He never expected the penalty to be so light.

“Whew…”

On the other hand, the Tesla driver breathed a sigh of relief.

If that were the case, he could accept it.

“False alarm…”

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking that he should have asked Gu Yin to show the dashcam footage sooner. A blacklist was nothing to worry about…

He was already on the blacklist anyway.

“Alright, can I go now?”

The Tesla driver said:

“Tell this guy to move his car, I want to leave.”

Whether he cut in line for the ETC or not didn’t matter anymore; he just wanted to leave this place. Tonight was incredibly frustrating!

The Traffic Police officer, about to ask for his identification, rolled his eyes, when suddenly…

“Wait a moment…”

Su Nuan stepped forward, stopping him.

Everyone was stunned, looking towards Su Nuan.

Su Nuan hadn’t been around; no one knew exactly where she had gone.

Now, after the decision had been made, what was she doing?

Under everyone’s gaze, Su Nuan, with a serious expression, said to the Tesla driver:

“You won’t be able to go home tonight.”

As soon as she said that…

“???”

Everyone looked confused.

What was going on?

Why couldn’t the Tesla driver go home?

Why did Su Nuan say that?

Even the two Traffic Police officers were baffled.

It was just ETC line-cutting; it wasn’t uncommon. While the actions were despicable, it shouldn’t warrant detention or arrest.

That didn’t follow procedure, did it?

The officer who had spoken privately with Su Nuan wondered if the female officer was going to do something foolish for Gu Yin.

Under everyone’s questioning gazes…

Su Nuan gestured to the High-speed Toll Station employee who had gone to check the surveillance footage with her.

The employee took out a work phone displaying some kind of record.

“When we checked the surveillance footage, we also checked this car’s information…”

Pointing at the Tesla blocked by the gate, Su Nuan took the phone from the employee, looking at the information while saying:

“This Tesla, license plate number Su******, has been blacklisted from highways three times in five years. They have evaded tolls 108 times, with an unpaid amount exceeding 8000 yuan.”

“Therefore, this involves administrative and criminal penalties.”

After Su Nuan finished speaking…

“…”

Everyone was stunned.

Then, many widened their eyes, staring at the Tesla driver in disbelief!

【!?!?!】

The viewers of “Reconciling with Life” were already exploding!

【Wow, I’m speechless!】

【Over one hundred times, with unpaid tolls exceeding eight thousand yuan?!】

【The police fined you for parking illegally, and you made that back on the highway, huh?!】

【Good, good, good. First time seeing someone rip off the country!】

【Incredible, this guy is incredible! I didn’t expect we were underestimating him!】

…

They had underestimated him!

Whether it was the viewers watching the show, the High-speed Toll Station staff, or the onlookers…

No one expected!

That the Tesla driver was hiding so much!

Even Gu Yin didn’t expect it!

He thought it was just a typical case of ETC line-cutting…

At most, a seasoned offender with skillful technique.

He never imagined…

The situation was so severe!

Over one hundred times!

As Su Nuan said, this truly involved administrative and criminal penalties!

The Tesla driver…

Wouldn’t be going home tonight!

“You… what are you saying?!”

Sometimes, Gu Yin couldn’t help but admire the Tesla driver’s mental fortitude.

Even now, he was still arguing!

“I… I didn’t evade tolls that many times!”

“You’re slandering me!”

“You’re defaming me!”

“I’m going to sue you!”

Unfortunately…

Neither Su Nuan nor the Traffic Police officer would listen to him anymore.

“Let me see…”

The officer who had spoken privately with Su Nuan heard Su Nuan’s words, widened his eyes, gasped, and took the phone from the employee.

He hadn’t known, but upon seeing it, he was shocked!

“Wow…” The officer exclaimed, “No wonder adding him to the blacklist was so nonchalant, it was like letting him off easy. He’s a habitual offender!”

Normally, even frequent ETC line-cutters wouldn’t react so calmly to being blacklisted.

The officer was puzzled by the Tesla driver’s calm reaction.

Now he understood…

Compared to his hidden crimes, being blacklisted was indeed the lightest punishment!

These “crimes” listed…

Truly couldn’t be treated lightly!

He might even face imprisonment…

From an administrative penalty standpoint, according to Article 49 of the “People’s Republic of China Public Security Administration Punishment Law,” theft, fraud, looting, robbery, extortion, or intentional destruction of public property shall be punished by detention of five to ten days, and may be fined less than 500 yuan; in serious cases, detention of ten to fifteen days, and may be fined less than 1000 yuan.

Of course, that was only the administrative aspect.

The Tesla driver’s actions involved not only administrative but also criminal penalties!

The law states that if the amount of evaded tolls is significant or the number of times one evades tolls reaches a certain number, it constitutes theft, robbery, or other crimes, leading to criminal penalties.

The definition of this penalty is not easy to determine, but there are precedents…

For example, a ride-hailing driver in Shanghai evaded tolls 118 times in six months, with an unpaid amount exceeding 5800 yuan, was sentenced to seven months in prison with a one-year suspended sentence, and a fine of 2000 yuan.

Jail time, my friends!

Straight to prison!

The Tesla driver’s number of toll evasions wasn’t significantly different from the example, and the unpaid amount was even higher!

If that’s the case…

From the perspective of criminal punishment, he’d serve at least half a year!

【Oof…】

【Criminally liable!】

【More and more criminally liable!】

The viewers who were initially dissatisfied with the blacklist penalty now felt a pang of satisfaction!

Someone said:

【Our Police Beauty is reliable!】

This policewoman, everyone wants!

“Whew…”

In the cold wind.

The Tesla driver’s last shred of hope finally died.

“Clap clap clap…”

Gu Yin?

Our Coach Gu clapped, gloating!

Serves him right!

Justice is served!

…

(End of Chapter)

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