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Road Traffic Act — Article 29 (Priority traffic of emergency motor vehicles)

도로교통법 제29조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-07-22. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-07-01) — check the Korean original.

(1) Any emergency motor vehicle may pass through the center or the left-hand side of the road where there is any urgent or unavoidable cause, notwithstanding Article 13 (3).

(2) No emergency motor vehicle may stop where there is any urgent or unavoidable cause, even where it is required to stop pursuant to this Act or any order issued under this Act.

(3) In cases falling under paragraph (1) or (2), the driver of any emergency motor vehicle shall drive the emergency motor vehicle while paying particular attention to the safety of traffic.

(4) When any emergency motor vehicle is approaching the intersection or in the vicinity of the intersection, drivers of motor vehicles and trams, and riders of horses shall pull away from the intersection to temporarily stop. <Amended on Mar. 27, 2018>

(5) When any emergency motor vehicle is approaching a place, other than that referred to in paragraph (4), the drivers of all motor vehicles and trams shall yield the right of way to the emergency motor vehicle. <Amended on Dec. 2, 2016; Mar. 27, 2018>

(6) No driver of any motor vehicle specified under subparagraph 22 of Article 2 shall flicker a warning light or sound a siren installed pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Management Act, unless the relevant motor vehicle is operated for emergency purposes of its own; provided, this shall not apply where it conducts patrol, training, etc. for preventing crimes, fire, etc., as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Added on Jan. 27, 2016>[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011]

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