Which vehicles have the priority right to go before other vehicles? What are the penalties for using warning devices for emergency vehicles on a non-emergency vehicle in Vietnam?
- Vietnam: Which vehicles have the priority right to go before other vehicles?
- What are the penalties for using warning devices for emergency vehicles on a non-emergency vehicle in Vietnam?
- What is the statute of limitations for handling of administrative violations for the act of using warning devices for emergency vehicles on a non-emergency vehicle in Vietnam?
Vietnam: Which vehicles have the priority right to go before other vehicles?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 22 of the Law on Road Traffic 2008, the following regulations:
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.
Accordingly, The following vehicles have the priority right to go:
- 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;
- Funeral vehicle processions.
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What are the penalties for using warning devices for emergency vehicles on a non-emergency vehicle in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Point g, Clause 2, Article 6 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP, which has been replaced by Point k, Clause 34, Article 2 of Decree 123/2021/ND-CP, as follows:
Penalties imposed upon operators of mopeds and motorcycles (including electric motorcycles) and the like violating road traffic rules
2. A fine ranging from VND 300,000 to VND 400,000 shall be imposed upon a vehicle operator who commits any of the following violations:
a) Stopping, parking on the roadway outside urban areas where sidewalks are available;
b) Failure to reduce speed and yield when joining the traffic from an alley or when moving from a small road to a major road;
c) Exceeding the speed limits by from 5 km/h to under 10 km/h;
dd) Going slowly without keeping to the right of the roadway in a manner that obstructs the traffic;
dd) Stopping, parking on the roadway in a manner that obstructs the traffic; stopping in groups of 03 vehicles or more on the roadway or in a road tunnel; parking on the roadway or on the sidewalk in urban areas against the law;
e) Failure to allow another vehicle to overtake when it is safe to do so; failure to yield to vehicles in the emergency lane or on the major road at the intersection;
g) Using warning devices for emergency vehicles on a non-emergency vehicle;
h) Stopping, parking on the tramway, at the bus stop, at an intersection, at a crosswalk; stopping where a “Cấm dừng xe và đỗ xe” (No stopping and parking) sign is erected, parking where a “Cấm đỗ xe” (No parking) sign or “Cấm dừng xe và đỗ xe” (No stopping and parking) sign is erected; breaking the rules on stopping and parking at intersection with the railway; stopping or parking within the railway safety perimeter, except for the violations specified in Point b Clause 2, Point b Clause 3 Article 49 of this Decree;
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Thus, based on the above regulations, for using warning devices for emergency vehicles on a non-emergency vehicle, a fine from 300,000 VND to 400,000 VND may be imposed.
In addition to being fined, vehicle operators using warning devices for emergency vehicles on a non-emergency vehicle shall have their devices confiscated or used in contravention of regulations.
What is the statute of limitations for handling of administrative violations for the act of using warning devices for emergency vehicles on a non-emergency vehicle in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Point a, Clause 1, Article 6 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations 2012, as amended by Point a, Clause 4, Article 1 of the Law on amendments and supplements to certain Articles of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations 2020, the statute of limitations for handling administrative violations is as follows:
Statute of limitations for handling of administrative violations
1. The statute of limitations for administrative violation sanction is regulated as follows:
a) The limitation period for imposition of an administrative penalty shall be 01 year, except in the following cases:
The limitation period for imposition of sanctions against administrative violations arising from the following sectors and activities: accounting; invoices; fees and charges; insurance business; price management; securities; intellectual property; construction; fishery; forestry; investigation, planning, exploration, extraction and use of water resources; oil and gas and other mining activities; environmental protection; atomic energy; management and development of houses and offices; land; levees; press; publishing; commodity production, export, import and trading; manufacturing and trading of banned and counterfeit goods; foreign worker management, the statute of limitations for sanctioning administrative violations, shall be 02 years.
The limitation period for imposition of sanctions against administrative violations arising from taxes shall be subject to laws on tax administration;
Thus, based on the above provisions, the statute of limitations for sanctioning administrative violations for acts of using warning devices for emergency vehicles on a non-emergency vehicle is 01 year.
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