Is there a fine for running a red light at the behest of a traffic police officer in Vietnam?

Is there a fine for running a red light at the behest of a traffic police officer in Vietnam?

I'm a student who has just moved to the city. I have seen many places where traffic police officers allow vehicles to run when the light is red. According to current regulations, is it illegal to run a red light at the behest of a traffic police officer? Thank you!

Answer:

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Law on Road Traffic in 2008 stipulating compliance with road signals as follows:

- Road users shall comply with instructions and indications of the road signal system.

- When there are persons directing traffic, road users shall comply with their instructions.

According to the above regulation, when there is a traffic police officer, the driver must comply with the instructions of the traffic police officer. Therefore, the act of running a red light at the behest of a traffic police officer is not a violation and will not be fined.

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Are traffic police officers allowed to drive the wrong way or run red lights in Vietnam?

On my way to work at Nguyen Tat Thanh Street in District 4, I saw two traffic police officers driving the wrong way. I would like to ask if traffic police officers are allowed to drive the wrong way.

Answer:

Pursuant to Article 22 of the Law on Road Traffic in 2008 stipulating priority rights of a number of vehicles as follows:

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.

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Therefore, police vehicles on emergency duty are vehicles with priority. However, when on duty, they must have the required signals of horn, flag, and light. At that time, the police are allowed to drive the wrong way.

Going back to the issue you asked, it is necessary to determine whether the police vehicle on duty in this case is an emergency case or not. If it is not an emergency duty, the police are not allowed to drive the wrong way.

Are you fined for running a red light when transporting a patient in an emergency in Vietnam?

Excuse me, if I see someone else in a serious accident on a rural road without an ambulance in time, would I be fined if I ran a red light to take them to the district for emergency care?

Answer:

Pursuant to Clause 3.b Article 10 of the Law on Road Traffic in 2008 stipulating road signal system as follows:

The traffic light signals are in three colors, each having the following meaning:

- A green light means proceed;

- A red light means stop;

- An amber light means stop behind the stop line, except for road users who have passed the stop line and may keep moving; in case of a flashing amber light signal, road users may proceed but shall slow down and give way to pedestrians;

Therefore, in principle, the signal light is red, and traffic participants are prohibited from driving. However, going back to the case you mentioned, if you see someone else in a serious accident on a rural road without an ambulance in time, you will not be fined for running a red light to take them to the hospital following reasons:

Pursuant to Article 11 of the Law on handling administrative violations in 2012, these following cases shall not be administratively sanctioned:

- Commit acts of administrative violations in emergency circumstances;

- Commit acts of administrative violations due to legitimate defense;

- Commit acts of administrative violations due to unexpected events;

- Commit acts of administrative violations due to force majeure;

- The violators do not have administrative liability capacity; the violators commit administrative violations when are not sufficient age to be administratively sanctioned as regulated in point a, clause 1, Article 5 of this Law.

Therefore, it can be seen that the process of transporting the injured person if it is really as you mentioned, it is considered an emergency situation and when falling into this case or other cases mentioned above, it will not be punished for administrative violations. In short, your case of transporting someone to the hospital while running a red light will not be fined.

Best regards!