Common mistakes when stopping at red lights can get you fined 800,000 VND

The red light is one of the most important traffic signals to obey, yet there are still many mistakes related to it that many people are committing.

There is a common mistake that can be made at red lights: using your phone while stopping.

In fact, although many people still understand that participating in traffic is just driving a vehicle on the road, this concept also includes stopping the vehicle before the red light line, because this is the time when the driver is in a state of obeying traffic signals to be ready to continue driving when the green light turns on.

Therefore, the penalty for using cell phones while driving also applies to drivers stopping at red lights.

Specifically, according to Decree 46/2016 of the Government on administrative sanctions in the field of road and railway traffic, effective from August 1, 2016, the act of "using a mobile phone while driving on the road" will be fined from 600,000 to 800,000 VND and have the driver's license revoked for 1-3 months for car drivers.

For drivers of motorbikes, scooters, electric scooters or similar vehicles, the fine for using mobile phones, audio devices, or umbrellas while participating in traffic will be from 100,000 to 200,000 VND.

To avoid being fined "unreasonably", drivers are only allowed to use their phones when they have stopped their vehicles on the roadside or in permitted parking locations as stipulated in Article 18 of the 2008 Road Traffic Law.

And in general we should also be careful when using mobile phones on the street, not only to comply with traffic laws but also for our own safety and property.

According to VNN