Blocking An Ambulance On Road Will Now Be EXPENSIVE! Check The Fine Here

New rules have been introduced, as anyone blocking an ambulance with their car will now have to think twice before doing it. Because under the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill that has been approved by the government, there will be a Rs 10,000 fine for not giving way to emergency vehicles.

According to News 18 Tech and Auto report, the Motor Vehicle Act comes with many changes, including a higher fine for drunk driving, but one of the most notable changes to the act has been increasing the penalty for not giving way to an ambulance on the road to Rs 10,000.

The decision is undoubtedly good because many a times patients in critical condition have to wait for the path of an ambulance to clear on the road, thereby losing valuable time.

Media reports state that, in a social media experiment conducted on the streets of New Delhi, popular YouTuber Varun Pruthi had shown just how callous humans can be, choosing to save their own few minutes, as opposed to saving a life by clearing the path of an ambulance in the case of an emergency.

₹10000 fine for blocking an ambulance!

Awesome decision by PM @narendramodi govt to amend the Motor Vehicles Act for this inclusion ! 👏👍

— Gaurav kr Mishra 🇮🇳 (@Gauravmtweet) June 27, 2019

Anyone blocking an ambulance will be fined ₹10000

Brilliant decision taken by @narendramodi cabinet to amend the Motor Vehicles Act to include this ! 👏

— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) June 27, 2019

Appreciations PM Sh @narendramodi Ji @PMOIndia @MORTHIndia @nitin_gadkari @MoHFW_INDIA @drharshvardhan

Also, Need For Establishment of Coordination Centers in Every City /District between Ambulance Operators & Police (Call Center GPS) For Regulating Traffic When Ambulance on Road

— pradeep kumar kunche (@pradeepkunche) June 27, 2019

In some states VIP convoys block the way of ambulances, if same law will be enacted for them or if it will be considered as infringement of their rights and privileges ?

— Anjan (@mysuru_sen) June 27, 2019

One more opportunity 4 d traffic police to make money!

He will say instead of paying Rs 10000, give me Rs 2000 & I will not book a case.

Obviously we can't involve d ambulance in dis because he can't be wasting his time with d police when each minute is important for d patient

— V Gopalan (@TheGopalan) June 27, 2019

Changes in motor vehicles act are welcome where fines are increased substantially but what about roads...there are no quality roads within cities,can citizens also impose fines on governments for not providing good roads!@narendramodi @nitin_gadkari

— Manish Singh (@ManishSinghPPP) June 20, 2019