Nghe An issues an official dispatch on strengthening traffic safety on the occasion of September 2 and the opening of the new school year.

UBND tỉnh giao Sở Giao thông vận tảichỉ đạo các doanh nghiệp kinh doanh vận tải thực hiện dịch vụ, kinh doanh vận tải tăng cường bảo đảm trật tự ATGT; có phương án tổ chức vận tải phù hợp, bảo đảm năng lực, chất lượng dịch vụ vận tải, phục vụ tốt nhu cầu đi lại của nhân dân trong dịp nghỉ lễ 2/9 và khai giảng năm học mới.

Require transport business units to strictly comply with regulations on Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control, strictly implement legal regulations on ensuring traffic order and safety, proactively implement measures to prevent traffic accidents, especially at night from 10 p.m. the previous day to 5 a.m. the following day; arrange enough drivers, not to let violations of drivers' working hours occur; monitor the activities of drivers and vehicles through journey monitoring devices; regularly inspect and check, not to let drivers violate the law.nồng độ cồn, drugs, carrying more people than allowed, increasing ticket prices illegally.

Vinh Market intersection is often congested during rush hour and holidays. Photo: PV

Improve the quality of passenger service, ensure technical safety of vehicles, meet transportation needs in the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic, ensure order and environmental sanitation at bus stations; ensure security, safety and convenience for passengers.

Strengthen supervision, inspection and strict handling of cases of drivers not complying with or violating regulations on ensuring technical safety of vehicles and traffic safety order; direct bus station management units to strengthen coordination with public passenger transport units in managing vehicles, vehicles must ensure safety conditions before leaving the station; clear illegal operating stations.

Direct the Traffic Inspectorate forces to coordinate with the Traffic Police and functional forces to maintain forces 24/24h; strictly handle violations of the law on ensuring traffic safety and order for the transportation of dangerous and flammable goods, and behaviors with high potential risks of traffic accidents such as: speeding, illegal vehicles, illegal bus stations, vehicles that do not meet technical safety standards, transferring and oppressing passengers, illegally increasing ticket prices...

Develop reasonable traffic safety plans on key traffic routes, promptly clear congestion on routes with high traffic volume during peak times, and avoid prolonged traffic jams.

The situation of illegal vehicles picking up and dropping off passengers disrupts traffic order in Vinh City. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Direct traffic management units to organize inspection, review, maintenance, and repair of bridges and roads, pedestrian bridges, and repair traffic lights and manhole covers; prevent traffic accidents due to poor quality traffic infrastructure; have guides and avoid traffic jams due to construction works. Strengthen inspection of traffic infrastructure safety conditions, promptly repair damaged works and landslides caused by rain and floods; inspect, review, and supplement traffic signaling systems and reflective equipment at locations with potential traffic safety risks; traffic infrastructure construction and maintenance units strictly implement regulations and plans to ensure traffic order and safety at construction sites, and take timely measures to overcome incidents.

Provincial PoliceDirect the strict and effective implementation of the task of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic in conjunction with patrolling, controlling, and handling violations of traffic order and safety; focus on inspecting, detecting, and handling violations that are the direct causes of traffic accidents,traffic jam;Strengthen inspection and handling of violations against passenger cars, heavy trucks, and container trucks at night. Prevent, handle, and effectively suppress illegal racing gatherings. Strengthen traffic safety inspections at river crossings, tourist boat piers, and the use of small, rudimentary vehicles to transport people on waterways. Ensure railway traffic safety, especially at level crossings and self-opened paths.

Arrange traffic police and public order police forces to coordinate with traffic inspectors on duty to organize appropriate traffic flow, guide vehicles to move safely and smoothly; promptly handle incidents and accidents, especially on key traffic routes, areas at risk of traffic congestion and areas where traffic accidents often occur; develop plans to organize and regulate traffic, arrange enough rescue vehicles to promptly handle incidents, and avoid prolonged traffic congestion.

Synthesize daily reports on traffic order and safety during the National Day holiday (from September 1 to September 3, 2020), send them to the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee before 3:00 p.m. every day for synthesis and reporting to the Provincial People's Committee and the National Traffic Safety Committee according to regulations.

Department of Information and Communications, Nghe An Newspaper,Provincial Radio and Television Stationand press agencies in the province: Increase the time and content of propaganda to ensure traffic order and safety during the holidays, measures to prevent Covid-19 epidemic in transportation activities; focus on propaganda to warn about non-compliance with the law causing traffic accidents, sanctions, prevention measures and traffic participation skills; warn about drowning at beaches, lakes, dams, hydroelectric reservoirs... Continue to promote propaganda of legal regulations, strictly prohibit driving vehicles with alcohol concentration in blood and breath; promote the movement "Do not drive after drinking alcohol".

Department of Education and Trainingpreside over and coordinate with the Department of Transport, the Provincial Police, and the Provincial Youth Union Standing Committee to implement the "High Point Month of Traffic Safety for Students Going to School - September", direct schools to promote education on knowledge and skills of safe traffic participation for students; organize the signing of commitments between families and schools on education and ensuring traffic safety for students; absolutely do not let children drive motorbikes or scooters when they are not old enough or do not have a driver's license; coordinate with functional agencies and local authorities to ensure traffic safety at school gates.

Department of Healtheconomydirecting medical examination and treatment facilities in the province to increase medical staff, vehicles, equipment, and medicines to ensure the highest capacity to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic and treat traffic accident victims.

CommitteePeople's Committees of districts, cities and townspushStrengthen propaganda and dissemination of traffic safety laws and measures to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic to raise people's awareness; do not drive after drinking alcohol or beer, do not illegally use drugs; do not speed or recklessly overtake; wear standard helmets when riding motorbikes, scooters, electric bicycles and measures to limit motorbike accidents, scooter accidents, ferry accidents, and railway accidents.

Dien Chau Traffic Police Station checks alcohol concentration of passenger car drivers on National Highway 1A. Photo: Xuan Bac

Implementing the "Peak month of traffic safety for students going to school - September", schools promote education on knowledge and skills of safe traffic participation for students; direct schools to sign a commitment to comply with traffic safety regulations between schools, families and students; coordinate with functional agencies and local authorities to ensure order and traffic safety at school gates; continue to implement the "Safe School Gate" model.

Coordinate with the Provincial Police, the Department of Transport strengthens state management of passenger transport activities on roads, railways and inland waterways. Mobilize forces to participate in ensuring traffic order and safety at bus stations, train stations, river crossings, tourist areas, hydroelectric reservoirs and on key routes. Focus on implementing measures to ensure traffic order and safety in school areas, avoiding traffic jams on the opening day.

Organize the clearance of traffic corridors and urban sidewalks, especially on traffic routes and key areas.... Resolutely handle violations and confiscate administrative violation evidence, acts of re-encroachment of traffic corridors and urban sidewalks after clearance according to Plan No. 136/KH-UBND dated March 17, 2017 of the Provincial People's Committee, clarify the responsibilities of individuals and organizations that allow encroachment and re-encroachment of traffic safety corridors and urban sidewalks.

Forces seized items encroaching on traffic safety corridors in Vinh City. Photo: Vo Huyen

Inspect and review to determine unsafe traffic points in the management area, ensure traffic safety at suspension bridges and residential bridges, temporarily stop the operation of unsafe works, promptly organize maintenance and repair to help people travel safely and conveniently.

For localities with operating ferry terminals, it is necessary to repair the access roads to ensure convenience and safety; regularly check to prevent the situation of carrying more people than the prescribed number at key ferry terminals; supplement life-saving equipment, and monitor the use of life-saving equipment when traveling by ferry.

People's Committees of districts, cities and towns with railways passing through mobilize local political and social organizations to coordinate with functional forces to participate in security and traffic guidance at railways.high-risk traffic accident spots,especially at residential roads, self-opened paths, level crossings, and railways that are unsafe for traffic in the area. The Chairman of the People's Committee of districts, cities, and towns is responsible to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee if traffic accidents occur at road and railway level crossings in the area.

Standing Committee of Provincial Traffic Safety Committee:Monitor and urge relevant sectors and People's Committees of districts, cities and towns to properly implement the directions of the Provincial People's Committee on ensuring traffic order and safety during the National Day holiday and the opening of the new school year 2020 - 2021.

RequestDirectors of Departments, Heads of relevant departments and branches; Chairmen of People's Committees of districts, cities and towns shall strictly implement the contents of this Official Dispatch. Synthesize reports on traffic order and safety during the National Day holidays (from September 1, 2020 to September 2, 2020), send them to the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee before 3:00 p.m. on September 2, 2020 for synthesis and reporting to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the Prime Minister according to regulations.