How much is fine for driving cars into the emergency lane of the freeway in Vietnam?

How much is fine for driving cars into the emergency lane of the freeway in Vietnam?

In Clause 5, Article 5 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP as amended by Point dd Clause 34 and Point a Clause 36 Article 2 Decree 123/2021/ND-CP stipulates on penalties imposed upon operators of cars and car-like vehicles violating traffic rules:

5. A fine ranging from VND 4,000,000 to VND 6,000,000 shall be imposed upon a vehicle operator who commits any of the following violations:

a) Failure to comply with the traffic lights;

b) Failure to obey the orders or instructions of the traffic conductor or traffic guard;

c) Entering a blocked road or restricted area; going against traffic direction of a one-way road or a road where a “Cấm đi ngược chiều” (No entry) sign is erected, except for the violations specified in Point a Clause 8 of this Article and emergency vehicles on duty;

d) Overtaking in cases where overtaking is not permitted, overtaking in roads erected with signs prohibiting operated vehicles from overtaking; failure to signal before overtake; overtaking on the right of other vehicles in case not allowed to, except cases in which roads with multiple lanes with same direction of motion separated by road markings where vehicles on lanes on the right are faster than vehicles on lanes on the left;

dd) Failure to keep the vehicle to the right; going in the wrong lane (along or against traffic direction) except for cases specified in Point c Clause 4 of this Article; crossing the median strip; going on a sidewalk unless for entering a house;

e) Avoiding oncoming traffic against regulations and law, except for violations of using high beam when avoiding oncoming traffic specified in Point g Clause 3 of this Article; failure to yield to oncoming traffic as per the law in narrow or steep sections or in case of obstacles;

g) Failure to obey the rules when entering or leaving the freeway; going in the emergency lane or on the shoulder of the freeway; changing lanes on a freeway at inappropriate positions or without signals; failure to keep a safe following distance on the freeway;

h) Failure to yield to or obstructing emergency vehicles on duty that are sending out emergency signals;

i) Exceeding the speed limits by 10 km/h - 20 km/h.

In addition, at Point b, Clause 11 of Article 5 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP as amended by Point c Clause 34 Article 2 Decree 123/2021/ND-CP stipulates as follows:

11. Apart from incurring fines, the violating operator shall also incur the following additional penalties:

b) The violation(s) specified in Point dd Clause 2; Points h and i Clause 3; Clause 4; Points a, b, d, dd, g, i clause 5 of this Article shall lead to suspension of driving license from 1 month to 3 months;

Thus, with the act of driving cars into the emergency lane of the freeway in Vietnam, the driver may be fined from VND 4,000,000 to VND 6,000,000, and also be deprived of the right to use the driving license from 01 month to 03 months as prescribed in Vietnam.

What are penalties for stopping on freeway in locations against regulations in Vietnam?

At Clause 7 Article 5 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP supplemented by Point d Clause 3 Article 2 Decree 123/2021/ND-CP providing for penalties imposed upon operators of cars and car-like vehicles violating traffic rules:

7. A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 12,000,000 shall be imposed upon a vehicle operator who commits any of the following violations:

a) Failure to observe, operating the vehicle exceeding speed limit thus causing accidents; stopping, parking, making a u-turn, backing, avoiding, overtaking, changing direction or changing lanes against regulations and law causing accidents; failure to operate in correct sections, lanes, failure to maintain safety distance between 2 vehicles as per the law thus causing accidents or entering roads erected with signs prohibiting entry of operated vehicles, going against traffic direction on one-way roads or on roads erected with “Cấm đi ngược chiều” (No entry) signs causing accidents, except for violations specified in Point a Clause 8 of this Article;

b) Weaving, speeding, chasing on public roads; steering a vehicle running on public roads with the legs;

c) Exceeding the speed limits by more than 35 km/h.

d) 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 at an undesignated location; making a u-turn on freeway;

According to this Article, with the act of stopping on freeway in locations against regulations in Vietnam, the driver may be fined from VND 10,000,000 to VND 12,000,000 according to regulations.

How much is fine for backing up cars on a freeway in Vietnam?

At Clause 8 Article 5 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP supplemented by Point d Clause 3 Article 2 Decree 123/2021/ND-CP providing for penalties imposed upon operators of cars and car-like vehicles violating traffic rules:

8. A fine ranging from VND 16,000,000 to VND 18,000,000 shall be imposed upon a vehicle operator who commits any of the following violations:

a) Going against the traffic direction on a freeway, backing up on a freeway, except for emergency vehicles on duty;

b) Failure to stop, protect the scene, inform the authority, or give first aid to the victim after causing an accident;

c) Operating the vehicle while BAC exceeds 50 - 80 mg per 100 ml of blood, or BrAC exceeds 0.25 - 0.4 mg per liter of breath;

In addition, at Point dd, Clause 11, Article 5 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP stipulates as follows:

11. Apart from incurring fines, the violating operator shall also incur the following additional penalties:

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;

According to the above regulations in Vietnam, those who act in backing up cars on a freeway may be fined from 16,000,000 VND to 18,000,000 VND, and have the right to use the driving license revoked from 05 months to 07 months as prescribed.

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