Nghe An: Preventing and stopping accidents involving vehicles transporting agricultural and forestry products

Hidden dangers of traffic accidents

Recently, in the whole country in general and Nghe An province in particular, there has been a situation where cars carrying agricultural and forestry products carry people against regulations; have expired registration, do not ensure technical safety; carry oversized vehicles,... on all roads, self-opened roads for exploiting and loading agricultural and forestry products, posing hidden risks.traffic accidentHigh.

In fact, there have been a number of traffic accidents that have caused serious damage. Typically, on 09/02/In 2022, in Gia Lai, a cassava truck lost control and plunged downhill, killing 6 people and injuring 3 others.

The scene of the accident where a truck carrying wood crashed into the embankment on National Highway 16 in Chau Kim commune, Que Phong district, leaving two people dead and one injured. Photo: VNA

In Nghe An, ngJanuary 19/2022 at Km262-800m National Highway 16 (in Chau Kim commune, Que Phong district), a wood-carrying truck crashed into the roadside embankment, killing 2 people, injuring 1 person, and severely damaging the car.

Then on December 10th/In 2021, at Km 132 QL48 (in Thong Thu commune, Que Phong), a truck carrying acacia wood lost control and fell into a ravine, killing 1 person and injuring 2 others.

The scene of the acacia wood truck losing control and falling into the abyss, killing 1 person and injuring 2 others, occurred in Thong Thu commune, Que Phong district on December 10, 2021. Photo courtesy of CTV

November 29/In 2021, on the road connecting Chau Kim - Nam Giai commune (Que Phong), a glue truck overturned, killing 3 buffaloes and damaging 1 house.

Scene of the accident where a glue truck overturned and crushed three buffaloes to death. Photo courtesy of CTV

Or the accidentgJuly 13th/In 2021, in Thanh My commune, Thanh Chuong district, a collision between a tractor and a farm vehicle also killed 1 person, injured 1 person, and damaged the tractor and farm vehicle.

The scene of the accident between a farm vehicle and a tractor that left one person dead occurred in Thanh My commune, Thanh Chuong. Photo courtesy of CTV

Strictly handle violations

Faced with the potential danger of traffic accidents from vehicles carrying agricultural and forestry products on February 18, 2022, the Traffic Safety Committee of Nghe An province issued Document No. 37/ATGT. In which it requested:

-Provincial Police:

Directing the police of units and localities to strengthen patrolling, controlling and strictly handling violations of traffic safety and order in the province. In particular, focusing on detecting and punishing violations of transporting people on cargo vehicles in violation of regulations; vehicles that do not ensure technical safety or have expired; farm vehicles, homemade vehicles carrying goods, agricultural and forestry products participating in traffic and freight transport business.

At the same time, step up propaganda and dissemination of laws, mobilize people and vehicle owners to strictly comply with traffic safety laws, not carry people on trucks, agricultural vehicles, homemade vehicles; not carry oversized or overloaded goods, not use vehicles that do not ensure technical safety, vehicles that have expired to transport goods, agricultural and forestry products such as: acacia wood, cassava, sugarcane...

-Department of Transport

- Direct the Traffic Inspectorate to continue to strengthen the control of road vehicle loads in accordance with regulations, especially in rural and mountainous areas.

Nghe An Department of Transport inspection team checks overloaded vehicles on Ho Chi Minh trail. Photo: Contributor

- Promote propaganda activities and disseminate laws on traffic safety and order to transport businesses and owners of freight transport vehicles in the province not to transport oversized or overloaded goods, not to carry people in the truck bed or cabin of a truck carrying goods against regulations,...

- Request the Motor Vehicle Inspection Centers under the Department of Transport to provide a list of trucks that have expired their usage period to notify localities and functional forces to manage and handle violations.

- Direct subordinate units to request patrol and inspection forces, road management units to regularly monitor the operation of freight vehicles on the routes assigned to them for management. When detecting acts of transporting people on freight vehicles in violation of regulations, vehicles that do not ensure technical safety in traffic, etc., they must immediately notify the authorities (Traffic Police, Transport Inspectorate) for timely inspection and handling.

-Department of Information and Communications, Nghe An Newspaper, Provincial Radio and Television Station:Strengthen the propaganda of legal regulations on traffic safety and order; including condemning the act of not carrying people in the trunk or cabin of a cargo vehicle against regulations, using expired vehicles or homemade vehicles to transport goods, agricultural and forestry products... in forest, mountainous and rural areas and the prescribed penalties.

-For the People's Committees of districts, cities and towns, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee recommends:

- Focus on propaganda and mobilization of organizations and individuals to operateggFamilies must not use expired cars or homemade cars to transport goods, agricultural and forestry products; must not carry people on vehicles transporting goods in violation of regulations; must voluntarily and strictly comply with legal regulations on traffic safety and order. Direct the police at district and commune levels to strengthen patrolling, controlling and handling violations of the law on traffic safety and order in the area. Focus on detecting and punishing violations of the use ofgVehicles that do not ensure technical safety, vehicles that have expired, homemade vehicles used to transport goods, agricultural and forestry products; promptly prevent the act of transporting people on cars carrying goods in violation of regulations.

For localities with large agricultural and forestry raw material areas (such as Que Phong, Quy Hop, Quy Chau, Tan Ky, Quynh Luu, Thanh Chuong, Anh Son, Yen Thanh...), the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee recommends strengthening propaganda solutions, signing commitments to each household, business owner, and worker to comply with legal regulations on traffic safety and order, and not to carry people on cars carrying goods in violation of regulations.

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