🎥 Special Vehicle Traffic Features
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Drivers of emergency vehicles who hold permits to use blue and red beacons and special audio signals may use switched-on blue and red (or only blue) beacons and special audio signals only when this is necessary to save human life, health or property, ensure public order and traffic safety, apprehend
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Drivers of emergency vehicles who hold permits to use blue and red beacons and special audio signals may use switched-on blue and red (or only blue) beacons and special audio signals only when this is necessary to save human life, health or property, ensure public order and traffic safety, apprehend persons suspected of having committed an offense,...
Drivers of emergency vehicles who hold permits to use blue and red beacons and special audio signals may use switched-on blue and red (or only blue) beacons and special audio signals only when this is necessary to save human life, health or property, ensure public order and traffic safety, apprehend persons suspected of having committed an offense, or escort and (or) accompany official delegations and protected persons in emergency vehicles. Drivers of emergency vehicles, when driving on a road with switched-on blue and red (or only blue) beacons (which must be visible at a 360° angle) and special audio signals, may disregard the requirements of Chapters V, X, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XXI, XXI-1, XXII of the Rules and of Annexes 1–3, and use priority only if doing so will not endanger traffic safety and only when they have made sure that way is being given to them. Drivers of vehicles accompanied by emergency vehicles also enjoy this right.
In order to warn road users about a danger to traffic safety, the blue and red (or only blue) beacons of stopped emergency vehicles may be switched on without special audio signals. When passing a stopped emergency vehicle with a switched-on blue and red, or only blue, beacon, the driver must drive at such a speed that, if necessary, they could immediately stop without endangering other road users.