New adjustments in traffic laws that Vietnamese drivers need to know

Dedicated lane signs can accommodate multiple vehicles on one sign, wide roads do not require signs on both sides.

In official dispatch 8484 sent to the Traffic Police Department and other agencies, in addition to explaining"The residential area sign does not need to be repeated at the intersection", The Ministry of Transport also analyzed a number of other issues in Regulation 41/2016, which has caused much controversy between drivers and traffic police in recent times. Below are the specific contents.

1. Wide roads do not require additional signs on the left.

Standard 41/2016 states "On roads with two or more lanes in each direction, the sign shall be hung on a gantry or a pole. In cases where it is not placed on a gantry or a pole, an additional sign may be installed on the left side of the direction of traffic".

The one-sided speed limit sign remains in effect.

The Ministry of Transport believes that installing additional signs on the left is not mandatory for roads with two or more lanes in each direction. For wide but open roads with little traffic and limited funding, it is not necessary to install signs.

So if the driver enters a dual carriageway, the speed limit sign is only posted on the right side of the road, then this sign is still valid, it is not necessary to have it on the left side as well.

2. Dedicated lane signs can combine multiple types of vehicles

The R.412 sign is originally regulated in Standard 41 as one sign for each type of vehicle, but in reality, there are many road sections where vehicles are drawn together in one sign. Many drivers believe that this is not up to standard and therefore not valid.

Lane dividers can group multiple types of vehicles.

However, the Ministry believes that there are currently many routes where one lane can accommodate 2-3 types of vehicles, so combining the vehicle images into one sign is correct, making it easier to observe, arrange and save costs. The size of the sign should be expanded to be balanced.

3. Some other regulations

Regarding the adjustments to Standard 41/2016, there are some other contents such as: the size of the sign can be adjusted depending on the terrain, it is not necessary to place the direction sign with the prohibition sign, yellow road markings to separate the two directions of traffic, white lines to divide the lanes in the same direction, but if the new line has not been drawn in time, the driver must follow the old regulations (yellow line for roads outside residential areas, white line in residential areas).

According to VNE