







SHENZHEN drivers have been showered with praise by netizens for making way for an ambulance on the heavily congested Nanhai Boulevard in Nanshan District during the evening rush hour Friday.





A driver sent a message to Shenzhen police’s microblog account Friday, saying he was moved by the Shenzhen drivers who gave way to an ambulance on the congested section of Nanhai Boulevard between Yuquan Road and Shennan Boulevard. The driver regretted not having time to take a video of the ambulance but noted that it had a Dongguan City license plate.





Police started an investigation after receiving the message and released a video clip. The investigation revealed that a Shenzhen resident had received treatment at Qingxi People’s Hospital in Dongguan at 5 p.m. The hospital arranged for an ambulance to transfer the patient to Nanshan People’s Hospital in Shenzhen at the request of the patient.





However, Beihuan Boulevard and Nanshan Boulevard were seriously congested during the evening rush hour. When the ambulance arrived at the most congested section of Nanhai Boulevard, between Yuquan Road and Shennan Boulevard, more than 1,000 cars yielded to the ambulance when they heard the siren and made way to let it pass in just three minutes.





In the posts, many viewers praised the civility of the drivers and said they were proud to be Shenzhen residents.





Shenzhen is the first city in China to exempt drivers from punishment if they violate traffic rules to give way to an ambulance. Since June 2014, Shenzhen traffic police have cooperated with the Shenzhen Medical Emergency Center to establish a joint mechanism to punish drivers who fail to give way to ambulances. The mechanism was fully developed by June 2015. Surveillance cameras that are remotely controlled by police are mounted on ambulances to record those vehicles that do or do not yield to ambulances.





According to local regulations, drivers who don’t give way to ambulances or other emergency vehicles, such as fire engines, will be fined 1,000 yuan (US$147) and have three penalty points added to their driver’s license. A driver who is given a ticket after a technical reason while giving way to an ambulance can call the traffic police commanding center at 0755-83333333 for ticket cancellation.





At a news conference yesterday on driving civility in Shenzhen, Ou Lei, deputy section chief with the Shenzhen traffic police commanding center, said driving civility includes giving way to pedestrians at intersections without traffic lights, taking turns to pass when lanes merge and not stopping in the restricted areas that are marked with a yellow grid.





The number of locally registered vehicles has reached 3.24 million, making traffic congestion during rush hours routine. Shenzhen traffic police said it would increase road efficiency by improving driving habits and civility of drivers.









有网友担心让车违章会不会被罚款？深圳交警豪迈回应：“放心让，大胆让！”，急救车上装有电子警察，因为主动避让造成违法记录的，会自动消除。





































如何礼让急救车给生命让道呢？

How to properly give way to emergency vehicles









对向遇急救车时



When your car and the emergency vehicle are traveling in the opposite direction





When the emergency vehicle is coming from the opposite direction and there is no median line, you should slow down and observe the situation.





When the emergency vehicle is turning left or is borrowing your lane, you should stop to let the emergency vehicle go first.













同向后方有急救车时



When the emergency vehicle and your car are traveling in the same direction and the emergency vehicle is behind you





When your car and the emergency vehicle are heading in the same direction and the emergency vehicle is behind you, you should not change lanes. Instead you should slow down and let the emergency vehicle pass first.





If you are traveling on a multi-lane roadway when the road is congested and the emergency vehicle is approaching you from behind, a turn signal light should be on to make way to the vehicle.









If you are driving on a one-lane road in front of an emergency vehicle going in the same direction as you, you should accelerate through the lane or, please pull over if possible to give way to the emergency vehicle.









等信号灯后方有急救车时



When you are stopped at a traffic signal and an emergency vehicle is coming up from behind





When you are stopped at a traffic signal and an emergency vehicle is coming up from behind, you should drive into the intersection and pull to the right to give way to the emergency vehicle.









同向前方有急救车时



When there is an emergency vehicle driving in the same direction in front of you







When there is an emergency vehicle driving in the same direction in front of you, you should not accelerate your vehicle and drive along with the emergency vehicle, cut in or overtake the emergency vehicle. (Yang Mei, Chen Xiaochun)





中文来源：深圳生活君