Nghe An: Cut more than 50 extended truck beds on national highways
(Baonghean.vn) - Since February 25, traffic control authorities have required transport businesses in the province to cut over 50 truck beds that were extended to carry overloaded construction materials.
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| The owner of the Hoang Minh Transport Company's truck with an extended bed was asked by the authorities to cut it at an auto repair shop located on National Highway 46 through Hung Nguyen District. Photo: Van Truong |
According to the report of Nghe An Traffic Inspectorate: From February 25 to now, on Highway 46 alone passing through the districts of Hung Nguyen and Nam Dan, the authorities have requested transport units to cut 20 extended truck bodies. Some transport units have been requested to cut 100% of the truck bodies according to regulations, such as Hoang Minh transport unit in Hung Nguyen cutting 6/6 truck bodies...
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| Traffic police inspect and measure before cutting the extended truck body: Photo: Van Truong |
For National Highway 48A passing through Thai Hoa, Nghia Dan, and Quy Hop localities, the authorities requested transport units to cut 30 truck beds.
Mr. Nguyen Sy Thang - Chief Inspector of Nghe An Department of Transport said: The cutting of the extended cargo bed is carried out in a centralized manner, under the direct supervision of the Department of Transport inspectors, the vehicles required to cut the bed are mostly large trucks. The bed of the vehicle is usually extended from 1.6 - 1.8 meters high, and is required to be cut down to 1.2 meters according to regulations.
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| Traffic inspectors inspect and handle a vehicle with an extended cargo bed in Nam Dan district. Photo: Van Truong |
Since February 25, traffic control by the authorities has required transport businesses in the province to cut 50 truck beds carrying construction materials to expand to avoid overloading, with fines of over VND500 million, mainly to handle acts of expanding the bed and overloading.
In the coming time, the authorities will continue to focus on inspections in mining areas and sources of goods, and encourage businesses to use their own vehicles to cut containers to reduce the situation of transporting oversized and overloaded goods.
Many trucks in Nghe An were forced to cut open their extended beds.
(Baonghean.vn) - The extended trucks of 2 businesses in Nghe An province were required by the Traffic Inspectorate to reduce the cargo bed to avoid overloading.
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