Bangkok Motorist Fined for Failing to Yield to Ambulance

Bangkok Motorist Fined for Failing to Yield to Ambulance

Police fined a driver after a white electric car was filmed blocking an emergency convoy on a Bangkok expressway. The convoy was escorting an ambulance carrying a critically ill monk along the Stage 2 Expressway near Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal. Authorities later identified and summoned the motorist for failing to give way to an emergency vehicle. The amount of the fine was not disclosed. Traffic police reminded drivers to slow down and move aside immediately when emergency vehicles approach with lights or sirens.