“Strengthening traffic safety for passenger transport by car” is the direction of the National Traffic Safety Committee to the Chairman of the People’s Committee, cum Head of the Traffic Safety Committee of the National Traffic Safety Committee. provinces and centrally-run cities in Official Dispatch No. 31/CD-UBATGTQG issued on the followingnoon of January 18.
Recently, in the whole country, there have been a number of serious and especially serious traffic accidents related to passenger cars for transport business, typically a traffic accident on the road leading to the highway. Quang Ngai expressway on January 16 left 1 dead and 26 injured; traffic accident in Hoa Binh (at km 130+500, National Highway 6, Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province) on January 18, causing 3 deaths and 2 injuries and a traffic accident on National Highway 1A section through Bac Phong commune, Thuan Bac district, Ninh Thuan province on January 18, killing 2 people and injuring 3 others.
These traffic accidents all occur in the night time frame, from 0am to 6am, when the driver may be tired, sleepy, and distracted.
In order to prevent and limit similar incidents from happening, and at the same time enhance traffic safety and order for passenger transport business by car, especially during the Lunar New Year and the Lunar New Year. Spring Festival 2023, National Traffic Safety Committee requested the Chairman of the People’s Committee cum Head of the Traffic Safety Committee of the provinces and centrally-run cities to direct relevant functional agencies, organizations and individuals to continue strictly implementing Official Dispatch No. 1174 /CD-TTg dated December 19, 2022 of the Prime Minister on ensuring traffic order and safety during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival 2023.
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At the same time, the functional forces focused on strengthening patrolling, controlling, detecting and strictly handling violations of the law on traffic order and safety by drivers and vehicle owners engaged in passenger transport business. pay attention to inspect the implementation of regulations on technical safety of vehicles and driving time, strictly handle violations of drivers and vehicle owners.
Units transportation business passengers by car, the bus station inspect and comply with regulations of 100% of vehicles before departure, ensuring strict compliance with legal regulations on vehicle technical safety; arrange enough drivers and service staff, organize reasonable working time, ensure driver’s health, avoid fatigue and falling asleep while driving vehicles.
Localities promote propaganda and dissemination of the law on order, traffic Safety to raise the self-consciousness of road users; promptly provide information on the traffic situation on key traffic routes and major traffic hubs so that people can have reasonable travel plans; guide to safe driving skills, knowledge to ensure health when driving for long distances, driving issues to pay attention to when it’s raining, foggy, driving at night, going on steep passes ./.
Van Linh (VNA/Vietnam+)