What types of vehicles are not restricted in speed in Vietnam? How much is the fine for the act of operating a car exceeding the speed limits by >20 km/h to 35 km/h?
- What types of vehicles are not restricted in speed in Vietnam?
- Vietnam: How much is the fine for the act of operating a car exceeding the speed limits by >20 km/h to 35 km/h?
- Will the act of operating a car exceeding the speed limits by >20 km/h to 35 km/h lead to suspension of driving license in Vietnam?
What types of vehicles are not restricted in speed in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 22 of the Law on Road Traffic 2008, the provisions are as follows:
Priority rights of a number of vehicles
1. The following vehicles have the priority right to go before other vehicles when passing intersections from any direction of traffic in the following order:
a/ Fire engines traveling on duty;
b/ Military vehicles and police vehicles on urgent duty; motorcades led by police cars;
c/ Ambulances on duty;
d/ Dike-watch vehicles, vehicles employed in overcoming natural disasters or epidemics or in a state of emergency as prescribed by law;
e/ Funeral vehicle processions.
2. Vehicles specified at Points a, b, c and d of Clause 1, this Article, when traveling on duty, shall give signals by means of horn, banner and light according to regulations; are not restricted in speed; may enter one-way roads from the opposite direction and other roads open to traffic, even go through the red light, and must only follow the instructions of persons directing traffic.
The Government shall issue specific regulations on signals of priority vehicles.
3. When recognizing the signals of priority vehicles, road users shall promptly slow down, give way or pull in to the right edge of the carriageway to give way. They may not obstruct priority vehicles.
Thus, based on the above regulations, vehicles that are not subject to speed restrictions include:
- Fire engines traveling on duty;
- Military vehicles and police vehicles on urgent duty; motorcades led by police cars;
- Ambulances on duty;
- Dike-watch vehicles, vehicles employed in overcoming natural disasters or epidemics or in a state of emergency as prescribed by law.
What types of vehicles are not restricted in speed in Vietnam? How much is the fine for the act of operating a car exceeding the speed limits by >20 km/h to 35 km/h?
Vietnam: How much is the fine for the act of operating a car exceeding the speed limits by >20 km/h to 35 km/h?
Pursuant to the provisions in Point a, Clause 6, Article 5 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP stipulates as follows:
Penalties imposed upon operators of cars and car-like vehicles violating traffic rules
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6. A fine ranging from VND 6,000,000 to VND 8,000,000 shall be imposed upon a vehicle operator who commits any of the following violations:
a) Exceeding the speed limits by >20 km/h to 35 km/h;
b) Stopping or parking on freeway in locations against regulations and law; failure to provide signals to inform other drivers in case of compulsory stop or parking on freeway in locations against regulations and law; making a u-turn on freeway;
c) Operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol but BAC does not exceed 50 mg per 100 ml of blood or BrAC does not exceed 0.25 mg per liter of breath;
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Thus, based on the above regulations, a fine ranging from VND 6,000,000 to VND 8,000,000 shall be imposed upon an operator of a car and car-like vehicle who exceeds the speed limits by >20 km/h to 35 km/h.
Will the act of operating a car exceeding the speed limits by >20 km/h to 35 km/h lead to suspension of driving license in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Point c, Clause 11, Article 5 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP stipulates as follows:
Penalties imposed upon operators of cars and car-like vehicles violating traffic rules
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11. Apart from incurring fines, the violating operator shall also incur the following additional penalties:
a) The violation(s) specified in Point e Clause 4 of this Article shall lead to confiscation of the warning device(s) installed illegally;
b) The violation(s) specified in Point dd Clause 2; Points h and i Clause 3; Clause 4; Points a, b, d, dd, g, h and i Clause 5 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 1 month to 3 months;
c) The violation(s) specified in Point c Clause 5; Points a and b Clause 6; Clause 7 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 2 months to 4 months. Committing violation(s) specified in Points a, d, dd, e and g of Clause 1; Points b, d and g of Clause 2; Points b, g, h, m, n, r and s of Clause 3; Points a, c, e, g and h of Clause 4; Points a, b, e, g and h Clause 5 of this Article and causing accidents shall lead to suspension of driving license from 2 months to 4 months;
d) The violation(s) specified in Clause 9 of this Article or repetition of violation(s) specified in Point b Clause 7 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 3 months to 5 months;
dd) The violation(s) specified in Points a and b Clause 8 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 5 months to 7 months;
e) The violation(s) specified in Point c Clause 6 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 10 months to 12 months;
g) The violation(s) specified in Point c Clause 8 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 16 months to 18 months;
h) The violation(s) specified in Clause 10 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 22 months to 24 months;
Thus, based on the above regulations, the act of operating a car exceeding the speed limits by >20 km/h to 35 km/h will lead to suspension of driving license from 02 months to 04 months. .
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