Do Luong strengthens handling of oversized and overloaded vehicles

Do Luong District Traffic Police check heavy trucks on traffic routes. Photo: Van Truong

Do Luong district has many key traffic routes passing through, including 7 national highways, 5 provincial roads, 29 inter-district roads and hundreds of kilometers of rural roads. Do Luong has many quarries of construction materials, stone and sand, and the situation of overloaded construction material trucks on some routes serving some civil works and the North-South expressway causes dust and dirt, environmental pollution, and potential risks of accidents...

Lieutenant Colonel Cao Viet Tuan - Captain of the District Traffic Police TeamDo Luongsaid: Do Luong District Police have advised, issued plans, directed forces to strengthen inspection and resolutely handle violations of transporting overloaded goods, exceeding the size limit, arbitrarily modifying road vehicles... increased forces participating in inspection working groups to detect and strictly handle violations of transporting overloaded goods, and expanding vehicle bodies.

Accordingly, the Traffic Police force of Do Luong district has increased its forces and vehicles, maintained checkpoints and organized patrols and controls on classified traffic routes such as National Highway 7C, National Highway 46C, National Highway 48E and 5 provincial roads.

At the same time, step up propaganda and organize for construction material production business owners and transport vehicle owners to sign a commitment to strictly comply with regulations on load control and container size. Deploy forces to review the traffic network, grasp the starting and ending points of overloaded and oversized cargo, arrange and coordinate forces, focus on thoroughly resolving routes and vehicles that violate the law. Pay attention to receiving media information and people's feedback on the operation of overloaded and oversized vehicles.

Traffic police measure the side of a heavy truck. Photo: Van Truong

Thanks to good propaganda as well as resolute inspection and handling, many transport companies in the area have become aware of the problem of oversized and overloaded transport. Mr. Tran Duc Danh - Director of Truong An Company (Thuy Danh) said: Our unit has quite a few transport vehicles mainly transporting construction materials for the highway. We always try to comply well, carry full load, cover goods, do not let them fall, and drive at the allowed speed to ensure safety.

With determination, in 2021, the Traffic Police Team of Do Luong District Police handled 43 cases of oversized vehicles.overloaded19 cases, 120 cases of spillage, fined over 700 million VND. From the beginning of 2022 until now, Do Luong District Police have handled 40 more cases of oversized, overloaded, spilled goods, and converted into truck bodies.

In addition, the Road Traffic Police Team No. 2 of the Nghe An Provincial Traffic Police Department (Station 1-7) in charge of National Highway 7A from Dien Chau district to Ky Son district has regularly arranged officers and soldiers to be on duty 24/7 on the road to prevent vehicles carrying oversized, overloaded goods and scattered materials from operating in the area from Dien Chau district to Ky Son district.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thanh Hong - Captain of Road Traffic Police Team No. 2, Nghe An Provincial Traffic Police Department (Station 1-7) said: The Team also coordinates with district police to handle oversized and overloaded vehicles, organizes signing of commitments with vehicle owners and business owners in the districts. From the beginning of 2022 to now, the Team has handled 21 cases of overloaded vehicles, 37 cases of oversized vehicles, 35 cases of vehicles with spilled cargo, 5 vehicles with inner-city containers, and fined over 500 million VND to the State budget.

To prevent the situation of oversized and overloaded vehicles, the Traffic Police Team of Do Luong district proposed the following solutions: Strengthen patrols, control, and handle violations, especially at night, on routes where vehicles often carry oversized, overloaded, or scattered goods... strictly handle violations of traffic order and safety, especially vehicles carrying oversized and overloaded goods; transporting soil, rocks, and construction materials without tarpaulins to prevent them from falling...

Traffic police check vehicles for violations. Photo: Van Truong

Direct the police forces of communes and towns to grasp the situation of the activities of vehicles that regularly carry oversized, overloaded goods, carry scattered goods, and weave in and out of inter-village and hamlet roads to strictly handle violations. Coordinate with the Traffic Police Department, Environmental Police Department, and Transport Inspectorate to patrol, control, and strictly handle violations of traffic order and safety, especially vehicles carrying oversized, overloaded goods; carrying soil, rocks, and construction materials without tarpaulins to prevent them from falling...

The organization signs a commitment not to transport wet sand and gravel, transport covered goods, and not to spill them. The organization installs cameras at the entrances and exits of quarries, sand and gravel where construction materials are gathered and connects to transmit image data to the District People's Committee to control and promptly detect violating vehicles for handling.

In order to effectively handle oversized and overloaded vehicles, in addition to the efforts of the Traffic Police of Do Luong District Police and Road Traffic Police Team No. 2, it is necessary to have the consensus and assistance of functional forces and the support of businesses and vehicle owners.

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