Strengthening Summer Road Traffic Safety Management: Joint Efforts by Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Transport – Xinhua English

2023-08-10 03:38:33

The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Transport jointly deploy to strengthen summer road traffic safety management – Xinhua English.news.cn

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 10 (Reporter Ren Qinqin) The reporter learned on the 10th that in order to deeply learn the lessons of the “7.17” accident in the Zhangye section of the Lianhuo Expressway in Gansu, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Transport have recently jointly deployed various localities for the current summer and summer vacation. Risks and hidden dangers in the field of road transportation safety in the tourist travel season, take effective measures to effectively strengthen the safety management of road transportation in summer, make every effort to prevent major traffic accidents, and make every effort to safeguard the safety of people’s lives and property.

The two departments jointly issued the “Notice on Effectively Strengthening the Safety Management of Road Transportation in the Summer Vacation”, requiring local public security and transportation departments to combine the national special investigation and rectification of major accident hazards in 2023, and the refinement of road safety facilities and traffic order management. Do a good job of source supervision, road surface control, hidden danger management, and publicity and warning; it is necessary to go deep into road passenger and freight transport companies to carry out a law enforcement inspection, strictly prohibit vehicles and drivers from “sick” operation, and strictly prevent hidden dangers such as overloading, illegal modification, and other trucks from driving on the road. Strictly punish enterprises with problems in accordance with laws and regulations, and supervise the implementation of rectification; guide expressway management units to strictly implement the weighing inspection requirements at expressway entrances, and resolutely prevent over-limit and overloaded vehicles from entering expressways; carry out in-depth summer traffic safety measures. Rectification actions, increase inspections of key passenger and cargo transport vehicles, and severely crack down on serious traffic violations such as speeding, overcrowding, overloading, fatigue driving, and illegal modification; Cliffs, construction road sections, and key road sections that are prone to water accumulation, landslides, water damage, and landslides during flood seasons, solve related problems in a timely manner and add and improve warning facilities as needed.

In the “July 17” accident on the Zhangye section of Lianhuo Expressway in Gansu, the heavy-duty semi-trailer truck that caused the accident was seriously overloaded, the brakes failed on the long downhill section, the vehicle lost control, and continuously collided with 5 small passenger cars and 2 heavy-duty trucks waiting in line. . The public security organs have taken criminal coercive measures against the driver and actual owner of the heavy-duty semi-trailer truck involved in the accident, and those responsible for illegal modification of the truck, illegal loading, and illegal weighing. At present, the clues to the problem and the management responsibilities of relevant departments and personnel are still being further investigated.

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The Ministry of Public Security reminds passenger and freight companies and drivers to perform safety duties according to law. Companies should strengthen daily vehicle safety inspections, implement GPS dynamic supervision, strengthen driver safety education, and drivers should enhance awareness of prevention, improve safe driving and emergency response capabilities, especially It is necessary to avoid overloading and overloading of trucks. When trucks pass by waterfronts and cliffs, sharp curves and steep slopes, and construction roads, slow down and drive carefully, especially when driving on long downhill roads, put in a low gear, use the engine to control the speed, and choose according to the situation when going downhill. Stop and rest in a safe place, reduce the temperature of the brakes, and reduce the hidden danger of brake failure.

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