What are headlights? Where are headlights not allowed and how much is the fine for doing so? Please refer to the article below.
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| How much is the fine for turning on headlights incorrectly? |
1. What is a headlight?
Headlights (or high beams) are lights with strong light intensity, longer beam distance and higher visibility, helping drivers see obstacles and signs from a distance.
2. How much is the fine for turning on headlights incorrectly?
According to Clause 12, Article 8, Article 17 of the 2008 Road Traffic Law, headlights must not be turned on in urban areas, densely populated areas and when avoiding oncoming vehicles.
If the driver turns on the headlights in urban areas, densely populated areas, when avoiding oncoming vehicles, the driver will be fined at the following levels:
- For cars and similar vehicles: Fine from 800,000 VND to 1,000,000 VND.
- For motorbikes (motorbikes), motorbikes (including electric motorbikes), motorbike-like vehicles and motorbike-like vehicles: Fine from 100,000 VND to 200,000 VND.
- For tractors and specialized motorbikes: Fine from 400,000 VND to 600,000 VND.
(Points b, g, Clause 3, Article 5; Points m, n, Clause 1, Article 6; Points d, e, Clause 3, Article 7, Decree 100/2019/ND-CP)
In there:
- Urban roads are roads located within the administrative boundaries of inner cities, inner towns and townships.
- Roads through densely populated areas are road sections located within inner-city, inner-town, inner-town areas and road sections with residents living close along the road, with activities that may affect road traffic safety and are identified by signs as roads through densely populated areas (when necessary, they can be identified separately for each direction of the road).
At the beginning of a residential area, sign R.420 will appear and at the end of a residential area, sign R.421 will appear.
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3. Prohibited acts in road traffic
- Destroying roads, bridges, tunnels, ferry terminals, traffic lights, markers, signs, convex mirrors, median strips, drainage systems and other works and equipment belonging to the road traffic infrastructure.
- Illegally digging, drilling, cutting roads; illegally placing or leaving obstacles on the road; placing or spreading sharp objects, pouring slippery substances on the road; illegally leaving materials, waste, or littering on the road; illegally opening or connecting roads to main roads; illegally encroaching, occupying, or using road land or road safety corridors; arbitrarily opening manhole covers, illegally dismantling, moving, or distorting road works.
- Illegal use of roads, sidewalks, and pavements.
- Using motor vehicles and specialized motorbikes that do not meet technical safety and environmental protection standards on road traffic.
- Changing the vehicle's assemblies, components, and accessories to temporarily meet the vehicle's technical standards when undergoing inspection.
- Racing, cheering on racing, organizing illegal racing, weaving, and swerving.
- Driving a road vehicle while having drugs in the body.
- Driving a vehicle on the road while having alcohol concentration in the blood or breath
- Driving a motor vehicle without a driver's license as prescribed.
Driving a specialized motorbike on the road without a certificate of training in road traffic law, a license or certificate to drive a specialized motorbike.
- Handing over motor vehicles and specialized motorbikes to people who are not qualified to drive vehicles on the road.
- Driving a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding the prescribed speed limit, competing for the road, or recklessly overtaking.
- Honking and revving the engine continuously; honking from 10pm to 5am, honking the air horn, using high beams in urban areas and densely populated areas, except for priority vehicles on duty as prescribed by this Law.
- Installing and using horns and lights not in accordance with the manufacturer's design for each type of motor vehicle; using audio equipment that disrupts traffic safety and public order.
- Transporting prohibited goods, illegally transporting or not fully complying with regulations on transporting dangerous goods and wild animals.
- Threatening, insulting, fighting over, enticing passengers; forcing passengers to use services against their will; transferring, unloading passengers or other acts to avoid detection of overloaded vehicles or vehicles carrying more people than the prescribed number.
- Transport business by car without meeting the business conditions as prescribed.
- Fleeing after causing an accident to avoid responsibility.
- When having the conditions but intentionally not helping people in traffic accidents.
- Infringement of life, health and property of victims and accident perpetrators.
- Taking advantage of traffic accidents to assault, threaten, incite, pressure, disrupt order, or obstruct the handling of traffic accidents.
- Taking advantage of one's own position, power, or profession or that of others to violate road traffic laws.
- Illegally manufacturing, using or buying or selling license plates of motor vehicles and specialized motorbikes.
- Violations of road traffic rules, other acts that endanger people and vehicles participating in road traffic.
(Article 8 of the 2008 Road Traffic Law, amended by Clause 1, Article 35 of the 2019 Law on Prevention and Control of Alcohol and Beer Harms)
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