Vietnam traffic police cancel speeding ticket for driver rushing neighbor to hospital

Traffic police in Da Nang, Vietnam, have rescinded a speeding ticket issued to a driver who was rushing his neighbor to the hospital in a medical emergency. The driver, identified as N.V.B., was initially fined for exceeding the speed limit.

On May 21, N.V.B. was driving his car at 65 km/h in a 50 km/h zone on Provincial Road 616. He was transporting his neighbor, L.V.K., who had experienced a recurrence of a heart condition and exhibited dangerous symptoms. N.V.B. was taking him to Quang Nam General Hospital.

After verifying the circumstances with hospital admission documents, patient records, and hospital surveillance footage, law enforcement officials concluded that the driver's actions constituted an emergency situation as defined by Vietnamese law. Consequently, the administrative violation fine and the record of the offense were officially canceled.

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This is considered an urgent situation as stipulated in Clause 11, Article 2 of the Law on Handling Administrative Violations.