Traffic accident control: Need for synchronous solutions

(Baonghean) -According to statistics, from the beginning of the year until now (from December 1, 2010 to September 25, 2011), in Nghe An province, there were 193 traffic accidents, killing 230 people and injuring 128 people. Compared to the same period in 2010, there was an increase of 30 accidents, 18 deaths and 34 injuries. The problem is that the causes leading to the above situation are not new.

The causes are not new.

Currently, there are still some people who disregard their own lives and those of other road users. Many people, when driving on the road, do not voluntarily comply with traffic rules, drive on the wrong side of the road, weave in and out, carry more passengers than allowed, deliberately violate traffic signals, do not wear helmets, and even drive while drunk....

For example, at 2:30 a.m. on August 26, 2011, on National Highway 1A, through Hamlet 5, Quynh Hau Commune, Quynh Luu District, a very serious traffic accident occurred, killing 3 young men on a motorbike (2 of whom died on the spot, the remaining died on the way to the emergency room). It is known that at that time, 3 brothers, Nguyen Ba Phuc (born in 1988), Nguyen Van Tinh, Nguyen Van Trang (both born in 1991), all residing in Hamlet 5, Quynh Hau Commune (Quynh Luu), after drinking a lot of alcohol since the evening, went to Cau Giat Town to play. Due to not controlling their speed and not wearing helmets, when blinded by the headlights of an oncoming car, they crashed into a house foundation on the side of the road, leading to all 3 deaths.

Or, at 2:00 p.m. on September 2, in Nghi Yen commune, Nghi Loc district, a motorbike with license plate 37M2-7525 driven by Vo Van Tien (born in 1968) carrying Nguyen Chinh Hai (born in 1961) from a branch road to National Highway 1A, due to not being able to control the speed, crashed into a truck with license plate 43H - 4428 running in the North-South direction. The accident with a strong collision caused the motorbike to be completely destroyed, and Tien and Hai died.

Traffic police force increases patrols and controls to ensure traffic safety on roads.
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The rapid increase in the number of road vehicles (cars, motorbikes) is also the cause of the increase in the number of traffic accidents. According to the management data of the Nghe An Province Road and Railway Traffic Police Department, by the end of September 2011, the number of registered cars was 39,871, and the number of motorbikes was 886,959 (not to mention the thousands of vehicles traveling daily on National Highway 1A through Nghe An). Meanwhile, the traffic infrastructure has not been upgraded appropriately, the number of spontaneous level crossings across main roads, and the dense growth of railways... are also causes of traffic insecurity.

In addition, the problem of traffic organization and encroachment on the roadside has existed for a long time and has not been completely resolved. On the other hand, at many times, on holidays and Tet, the density of vehicles and buyers and sellers increases dramatically on the roads that are often encroached, making the traffic order and safety situation more complicated.

In addition, traffic safety propaganda in many places has not received due attention, and has not created a movement for the whole population to participate in ensuring traffic safety order. Coordination between levels and sectors in implementing solutions to ensure traffic safety order is not consistent, and the handling of violations of traffic safety corridors by local authorities is not resolute; many directives and documents are issued but the conversion into specific actions at the implementation level is limited, which also contributes to the increase in traffic accidents.

More than just raising awareness!

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Duy Dong - Deputy Head of the Traffic Police Department of the Provincial Police, said: To curb traffic accidents is not a matter of one or two days but requires a comprehensive solution, with the coordination of many levels and sectors, and above all, the joint efforts of the whole community, of traffic participants, not just leaving it to the authorities. To achieve that goal, on the part of the Traffic Police force, as a staff unit implementing traffic safety work, has organized propaganda, dissemination and education of laws on traffic safety and order, especially the revised Law on Road Traffic, extensively on mass media, to a large number of cadres, civil servants and people, especially young people, teenagers, students. Along with that, the patrolling, controlling and handling of traffic safety violations on roads and railways have also been carried out seriously, and will continue to be deployed strongly with the combination of public patrol forces and special traffic safety forces (disguised, undercover, plainclothes traffic police). In September 2011 alone, there were 10,769 violations, including 3,404 cars and 7,365 motorbikes, with the main violations being speeding, running red lights, carrying more people than prescribed, not wearing helmets, blood alcohol concentration, breath alcohol concentration exceeding regulations... That shows that the awareness of traffic participants in complying with traffic safety laws is still very low.

However, saying so does not mean that we only focus on solutions to raise awareness of traffic participants, but that the relevant agencies must also pay attention to upgrading traffic infrastructure to ensure safety for drivers when traveling on the road. With the synchronous solutions that the relevant agencies have put forward, it is hoped that in the coming time, the traffic accident situation in the whole province will be controlled.

Dang Cuong