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Priority vehicles are those vehicles performing urgent tasks such as fire trucks, ambulances, military vehicles,... Blocking or not giving way to priority vehicles can lead to serious consequences, hence this action constitutes a traffic violation and the penalty is as follows.
Information about penalties for not giving way to priority vehicles
1. What vehicles are considered priority vehicles?.
2. Penalty for not yielding to priority vehicles.
3. Signals of priority vehicles.
4. Frequently Asked Questions.
1. What vehicles are considered priority vehicles?
According to Article 22 of the 2008 Road Traffic Law, the following vehicles are priority vehicles - entitled to priority over other vehicles at intersections from all directions. The priority order is as follows:
+ Fire trucks on duty;
+ Military vehicles, police vehicles on urgent duty, convoys with police escort;
+ Ambulances performing emergency tasks;
+ Flood relief vehicles, vehicles on duty to respond to natural disasters, epidemics, or vehicles on emergency duty as prescribed by law;
+ Funeral processions.
=> Except for funeral processions, other vehicles emitting priority signals (horn, flag, lights) on duty must be yielded to by road users, failure to do so will result in administrative fines as prescribed by law.
2. Penalty for not yielding to priority vehicles
2.1 For cars
Cars failing to yield to priority vehicles emitting priority signals on duty will be fined:
- Fines ranging from 6 to 8 million VND.
- Suspension of driving license for 2 to 4 months.
(Point b Clause 6, Point c Clause 11 Article 5 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP, amended by Point c Clause 3 Article 2 of Decree 123/2021/ND-CP)
2.2 For motorcycles, electric motorcycles, and motorbikes
Motorcycles, electric motorcycles, and motorbikes failing to yield to priority vehicles emitting priority signals on duty will be fined:
- Fines ranging from 1 to 2 million VND.
- Suspension of driving license for 1 to 3 months.
(Clause 5, Point b Clause 10 Article 6 of Decree 100, amended by Point c Clause 4 Article 2 of Decree 123/2021/ND-CP)
2.3 For tractors and specialized motorcycles
Tractors and specialized motorcycles failing to yield to priority vehicles emitting priority signals on duty will be fined:
Fines range from 800,000 to 1 million VND.
Driver's license suspension for 1 to 3 months.
(Point e Clause 4, Point a Clause 10 Article 7 Decree 100/2019/NĐ-CP)
- Read more: Fines for cars driving on sidewalks
3. Signals of priority vehicles
* Article 11 QCVN 41:2019/BGTVT specifies priority vehicle signals as follows:
- Firefighting vehicles on duty: Equipped with rotating or flashing red or green lights mounted on the roof and a siren for priority signaling.
- Military vehicles on urgent duty:
+ Cars with rotating or flashing red lights mounted on the roof, military flags placed on the front left side of the vehicle; equipped with a siren for priority signaling.
+ Motorcycles with rotating or flashing red lights mounted on the front or rear fender; military flags placed on the front of the vehicle; equipped with a siren for priority signaling.
- Urgent duty police vehicles:
+ Cars equipped with rotating or flashing blue or red lights mounted on the roof, police flags placed on the front left side of the vehicle; equipped with a siren for priority signaling.
+ Motorcycles equipped with rotating or flashing blue or red lights mounted on the front or rear fender, police flags placed on the front of the vehicle; equipped with a siren for priority signaling.
- Traffic police guiding vehicles:
+ Cars with rotating or flashing blue-red lights mounted on the roof, police flags placed on the front left side of the vehicle; equipped with a siren for priority signaling;
+ Motorcycles with rotating or flashing blue or red lights mounted on the front or rear fender, police flags placed on the front of the vehicle; equipped with a siren for priority signaling.
- Ambulances on emergency duty: Equipped with rotating or flashing red lights mounted on the roof; equipped with a siren for priority signaling.
- Levee rescue vehicles, vehicles on urgent duty:
+ Levee rescue vehicles with 'LEVEE RESCUE' flags placed on the front left side of the vehicle.
+ Vehicles on emergency duty for natural disasters, epidemics, or vehicles on urgent duty:
- Vehicles on emergency duty for natural disasters, epidemics, equipped with special signs.
- Vehicles on urgent duty as prescribed by law with 'URGENT DUTY' flags placed on the front left side of the vehicle.
4. Frequently Asked Questions
4.1 Yielding to priority vehicles displaying priority signals
When encountering signals from vehicles with priority, other vehicles must:
- Quickly reduce speed, move aside, or stop close to the right edge of the road to give way.
- Do not obstruct vehicles with priority.
4.2 Do police cars, military vehicles have to yield if they don't signal?
I have a question, do police cars, military vehicles driving on the road without sounding sirens or rotating lights on the roof have to yield?
Answer:
- The answer is no.
- According to Decree 100/2019/NĐ-CP, traffic participants who do not yield to priority vehicles displaying priority signals while on duty will be fined. Therefore, if these vehicles do not signal while on duty, they do not have to yield.
4.3 When both an ambulance and a fire truck are displaying priority signals, which vehicle should be yielded to?
Question: I'm driving on Nguyen Chi Thanh street and encounter both an ambulance and a fire truck with rotating lights on the roof and sirens. So, which vehicle should I yield to?
Answer:
When encountering both an ambulance and a fire truck displaying priority signals, you must yield to the fire truck first (based on Article 22 of the Road Traffic Law 2008).
Above are the regulations on penalties for not yielding to priority vehicles that we provide. When encountering priority vehicles displaying signals, everyone should promptly yield, and not obstruct these vehicles.
