Enhancing the educational role of families in implementing Traffic Laws

(Baonghean) -In recent years, the number of vehicles participating in traffic has increased rapidly, while many young people and students deliberately weave and swerve when participating in traffic, "popularly" as a challenge. The provincial police had to establish 3 special task forces including: Traffic police, criminal police, public order police and mobile police to patrol 24/24 hours, almost without a night of rest.

There are many reasons why many people speed, drive recklessly, compete for the right of way, weave in and out of traffic... (mainly young people and students). The main reason for this situation is that families do not care about and educate their children.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Quang Tho - Deputy Head of the Traffic Team, Vinh City Police said: From the beginning of 2011 until now, Vinh City Police has arrested 37 cases of speeding and reckless driving, temporarily detained 40 motorbikes with illegal weapons, mainly young people and students. On average, each morning, 10 - 15 motorbikes driven by underage students are arrested, these cases are also accompanied by other violations such as: not wearing helmets, carrying more people than prescribed, speeding and reckless driving, weaving...

Recently, a Vinh City police officer was injured while chasing a group of students who were speeding and recklessly encroaching on the road. In addition, these subjects fought back, assaulted the police officer and then escaped in a car. Many people who participate in traffic on the right side of the road still get into unjust accidents due to the swerving and weaving of young people. The sad thing is that many parents, when they know their children have violated the law, still try to cover up for fear of "losing face", and assert that their children are very obedient, the police must have arrested the wrong person...

The situation of young people not wearing helmets, speeding and reckless driving
is increasing.

Although the functional forces, the core of which is the traffic police force, have proactively coordinated with local authorities to deploy many professional measures, arresting subjects who weave and zigzag, causing traffic disorder. However, the implementation is not synchronous between levels and sectors, so it has not been effective, and violations of the Traffic Law still occur. Looking at the current reality, the root cause of the weaving and zigzag situation is due to the lax management of many families. The Traffic Law stipulates: "For motorbikes and scooters, people who are 18 years old or older can drive them", but many families have children who have just entered high school and have let their children ride motorbikes, even children born in 1997 have their parents buy motorbikes to go to school.

It is time for all high schools and universities in the city, ward People's Committees, businesses, agencies and each family to propagate and educate students, young people and their children to commit not to ride motorbikes or scooters when they are under 18 years old and do not have a driver's license; not to illegally store weapons. It is recommended that schools that if students violate one of the above regulations, they will be disciplined by lowering their conduct, having their academic records recorded... If they are working at agencies, the agencies must also have appropriate disciplinary measures if they violate; forced labor for young people in wards and communes. And, the most important thing is still the family, if the family is lax and does not care about educating their children, then 3 special patrol teams have been and are patrolling, but dozens of special patrol teams are like a drop in the ocean.

Thu Huong