Nghe An issues Official Dispatch on Improving the effectiveness of ensuring traffic order and safety

To strengthen the work of ensuring traffic order and safety (TTATGT) in the coming time, especially during the peak period of New Year and Lunar New Year 2025, implementing Official Dispatch No. 132/CD-TTg dated December 12, 2024 of the Prime Minister, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requests:

Directors of Departments, Heads of Provincial Boards and Branches, Chairmen of People's Committees of districts, cities and towns according to assigned functions, tasks and authorities:

Focus on directing, developing specific action plans and programs to effectively implement the Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety, the Road Law and detailed documents guiding the implementation of the Law to be implemented uniformly and synchronously from January 1, 2025.

Strengthen the effective implementation of solutions to ensure traffic safety in Directive No. 23-CT/TW dated May 25, 2023 of the Central Party Secretariat and Plan No. 205-KH/TU dated October 4, 2023 of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on strengthening the Party's leadership in ensuring traffic safety in the new situation; at the same time, continue to strictly implement the directions of the Government, the Prime Minister and the guiding documents of the Provincial People's Committee on ensuring traffic safety. Strengthen inspection, supervision, timely detection and strict handling of party organizations, party members and officials who violate the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws on traffic, or fail to fully perform their assigned duties, tasks and powers.

Comprehensively review and evaluate the achievements, shortcomings, limitations and causes in the implementation of the directives of the Party, Government, Prime Minister and the programs and plans of the Provincial People's Committee. Propose specific solutions to overcome the limitations and shortcomings and solutions to enhance the responsibility of agencies, organizations and individuals in the process of performing assigned tasks to effectively implement them in the coming time.

At the same time, innovate and improve the effectiveness of propaganda and dissemination of traffic safety laws, focusing on students and parents, mobilizing each family not to give vehicles to students who are not qualified to drive; raise awareness and qualities of law enforcement forces on traffic safety; diversify forms and contents of propaganda on traffic safety laws, and build traffic culture in the community.

Directing the promotion of digital transformation and application of science and technology in traffic management and operation; connecting and sharing traffic databases among relevant state management agencies (Provincial Police, Department of Transport, Tax Department, Customs Department...).

Proactively develop a plan to ensure traffic safety during the peak season of New Year, Lunar New Year and Spring Festival 2025, to prevent traffic accidents and maintain traffic safety to serve the people's joy and celebration of Spring and Tet.

Provincial Police

Focus on directing the Police of units and localities to increase patrols, control, and strictly handle violations that are the direct causes of traffic accidents, violations that are the main causes of serious traffic accidents (such as violations of regulations on alcohol and drug concentrations, transporting oversized and overloaded goods, "extending" the vehicle's body...), step up patrols, control, and strictly handle violations of motorbikes that transport passengers and goods through online ride-hailing applications, and consider the responsibility of the unit managing the technology connection application when many vehicles violate traffic safety laws.

Focus on building and perfecting traffic command information centers and traffic monitoring and control centers; increase the application of science, technology, professional technical equipment, and camera surveillance systems to detect and handle violations. Promote propaganda and dissemination of traffic safety laws; launch a mass movement to condemn, detect, and provide documents reflecting violations of traffic safety laws for the traffic police to handle according to regulations.

Develop a plan to ensure traffic safety during the peak period of New Year, Lunar New Year and Spring Festival 2025, in which it is necessary to direct the maximum mobilization of forces to strengthen patrols and control, strictly handle violations of traffic safety on roads, railways and waterways, focus on inspection, detection and punishment of violations that are the main causes of traffic accidents; develop a plan to prevent illegal racing, gatherings that disturb public order, and resolutely suppress all acts of resisting law enforcement officers. Direct the Traffic Police Department to implement the on-duty regime, report the traffic accident situation during the peak period of Tet to the Provincial People's Committee and the Standing Committee of the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee according to regulations.

Coordinate with the Department of Education and Training to urge and promote the implementation of Directive No. 31/CT-TTg dated December 21, 2023 of the Prime Minister and the Plan of the Provincial People's Committee on strengthening the work of ensuring traffic safety for school-age children in the new situation; direct the Public Security of units and localities to strengthen the work of propaganda, dissemination and education of traffic safety laws in educational institutions. Launch specialized patrols to promptly detect and strictly handle violations that pose a risk of causing accidents for school-age children according to the law; closely coordinate with the Department of Education and Training, local authorities, and educational institutions to manage, deter, educate, and prevent violations against students; study and advise on supplementing regulations on the responsibilities of families and schools in managing and educating students to use motorbikes to participate in traffic safely according to the law;

Coordinate with the media and press to promote compliance with traffic safety laws, especially in the field of road traffic; focusing on common violations and sanctions according to the provisions of law.

Department of Transport

Develop a plan to ensure traffic safety during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival 2025, focusing on the Tet passenger transport plan; direct passenger transport businesses to arrange a sufficient number of vehicles, ensure good technical condition of the vehicles, improve transport capacity and safety for passenger transport activities during Tet. Units that are constructing on exploited roads must implement measures to ensure safety, traffic flow, and guide vehicles to circulate smoothly and safely, avoiding traffic jams or accidents.

Strengthen the implementation of management and regular maintenance of road traffic infrastructure systems and traffic safety systems on assigned routes, paying attention to main traffic routes, routes, and sections leading to tourist areas and festival areas. Urge localities and units to step up the campaign to clear violations and prevent re-encroachment of traffic safety corridors.

Promote the implementation of the construction of a synchronous transport infrastructure system with a number of modern works; speed up the progress of transport infrastructure projects, especially key projects in the transport sector.

Continue to review “black spots”, “potential spots” for traffic accidents and unreasonable traffic organization on the routes assigned to manage to propose solutions, plans and roadmaps for solutions. Review and handle the responsibilities of units that have been recommended many times but have been slow to fix “black spots”, “potential spots” that have caused traffic congestion and very serious, especially serious traffic accidents.

Strengthening the direction of rectification and improving the quality of training, testing and granting of driving licenses; reviewing and perfecting the standards and conditions of facilities for driving training facilities. Improving the quality of vehicle inspection and testing. Strengthening the application of information technology in training, testing, driver management and vehicle inspection.

Standing Committee of Provincial Traffic Safety Committee

Take the lead in coordinating with relevant departments and branches to monitor, urge and inspect the implementation of the Provincial People's Committee's directives on ensuring traffic safety; promptly advise the Provincial People's Committee to direct the handling of emerging issues in ensuring traffic safety. Quarterly, synthesize and report on the implementation results and advise the Provincial People's Committee on solutions to direct the correction and overcoming of existing issues in ensuring traffic safety.

Coordinate with the Department of Transport, Road Management Area II and localities to review, detect and propose timely solutions to handle black spots, potential traffic accident spots and traffic organization shortcomings on traffic routes throughout the province.

Preside over and coordinate with departments, branches, sectors, units and localities to strengthen the propaganda, dissemination and education of laws on traffic safety. Update, summarize reports on traffic safety and end the peak period according to regulations.