Nghe An strengthens control and handling of violations related to passenger transport during the April 30 and May 1 holidays

In Document No. 3239/UBND-NC dated April 26 on implementing the task of ensuring traffic order and safety in the second quarter of 2023, the Provincial People's Committee requested:

Standing Committee of Provincial Traffic Safety Committee:

- Proactively organize inspection teams of the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee in some localities with high traffic accidents in the first quarter of 2023 to promptly report to the Provincial People's Committee to direct the overcoming of existing problems and shortcomings in ensuring traffic safety.

- Preside over the organization of activities in response to the United Nations Global Road Safety Week (from May 12, 2023 to May 16, 2023) according to the plan of the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Passenger buses at Bac Vinh bus station operate at 100% capacity to serve the travel needs of passengers. Photo: Quang An

* Department of Transport:

- Preside over and advise on documents related to assignment and decentralization in the field of traffic management; traffic organization; ensuring traffic safety...; direct bus stations and passenger transport businesses in the area to proactively develop transportation plans to ensure serving the travel needs of people and tourists before, during and after the April 30, May 1 holidays and the summer tourist season of 2023.

- Direct the Department Inspectorate to strengthen inspection and handling of violations, ensuring traffic order and safety for passenger transport vehicles on fixed routes, buses, and contract vehicles, especially during the Hung Kings' Commemoration Day, April 30, May 1 and summer 2023.

Authorities check and handle oversized and overloaded vehicles. Photo: PV

- Strengthen the application of science and technology, effectively exploit data from journey monitoring systems, cameras mounted on commercial transport vehicles...; promptly detect, prevent, and strictly handle violations by drivers and vehicle owners to reduce the risk of traffic accidents for commercial transport vehicles; strengthen the management of operating conditions of inland waterway passenger transport vehicles on the Lan Chau - Hon Ngu route.

- Strengthen inspection and timely handling of black spots and potential traffic accident spots in the area. Prioritize the use of road maintenance funds to fix "black spots" and "potential traffic accident spots" on roads under management.

* Provincial Police:

Continue to strengthen the effective organization of patrolling, controlling and handling of violations of traffic safety and order, focusing on handling violations that cause traffic accidents and traffic jams, focusing on regularly and resolutely checking and handling violations according to specialized groups such as: "Drivers on the road with drugs in their bodies, violating alcohol concentration"; "Control of passenger transport vehicles, especially vehicles carrying students, workers, contract vehicles; vehicles transporting goods, vehicles carrying bulky and dangerous goods"; "Extending the vehicle's body and carrying overloaded and oversized goods"; "speeding violations"; "Using fake documents related to drivers and vehicles".

Dien Chau Traffic Police Station under the Provincial Traffic Police Department checks passenger vehicles on the Vinh bypass. Photo: Contributor

- Launch a peak period to ensure traffic order and safety during the April 30, May 1 and upcoming summer holidays, especially strengthening the control and handling of violations related to passenger transport activities, resolutely not allowing the situation of passenger vans "cramming" passengers; promptly detecting and strictly handling the situation of transporting passengers and goods against regulations; picking up and dropping off passengers and goods at the wrong places (illegal bus stations); violating vehicles: Using cars for transport business without a business license, without badges or signs according to regulations (illegal cars); not complying with regulations on license plates (not switching to yellow background license plates for cars for transport business)...

- Proactively carry out basic investigations on vehicles and traffic participants, especially those who are students with poor awareness and frequently violate traffic safety rules, for propaganda and education purposes. At the same time, through communication channels, national population databases, traffic surveillance camera systems, etc., to determine the time, time frame, method, route and area where young people often organize illegal racing, drive in a row, weave in and out; promptly detect signs of gathering, cheering, inciting, racing and take measures to prevent and handle them strictly from the beginning, not allowing complicated incidents to arise.

Images from the camera that fines people after being analyzed at the Command Center, Provincial Traffic Police Department, will be sent to the violators. Photo: PV

- Review, research and propose the development, supplementation and completion of traffic congestion prevention and resolution plans in accordance with the actual situation on each route and locality; propose measures to overcome unreasonable traffic organization, handle "black spots" and potential traffic accident spots.

*DepartmentEducation and Training:There is a document directing educational institutions to strengthen the implementation of traffic safety education for students during the April 30 - May 1 holidays, summer vacation and the 2023 high school graduation exam.

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- Strengthen the propaganda of traffic safety laws to raise the awareness of traffic participants. Innovate propaganda methods to make traffic safety propaganda content more attractive; build traffic culture according to the organization associated with the exemplary role of the leader; focus on building a safe traffic culture in transport business units, enterprises, industrial parks with many workers, universities, colleges, vocational schools; incorporate traffic safety education and propaganda content into the activities of organizations and unions.

Traffic Police Department officers of the Provincial Police propagate Traffic Law in schools. Photo: DC

* People's Committees of districts and cities,town

- Implementing work to ensure traffic order and safety during the April 30 and May 1 holidays and the 2023 summer peak; Strengthening inspection of compliance with regulations on ensuring traffic safety for road and inland waterway transport business activities in the area.

- Launch a movement to mobilize households to voluntarily clear trees, lower the height of fences at corners, intersections between traffic routes, including rural traffic routes, district roads, commune roads and corners from secondary roads to main roads; prioritize the construction of open fences (land can be donated to set back the fence) to facilitate traffic participants to observe and prevent traffic accidents at intersections.

- Review and propose solutions to handle black spots and potential traffic accident spots in the area. Prioritize the use of road maintenance funds to fix "black spots" and "potential traffic accident spots" on locally managed roads.

Authorities increase alcohol concentration testing. Photo: Document

- For localities with high traffic accidents in the first quarter, it is recommended to organize a review and assessment of the responsibility of each locality and field for the increase in traffic accidents, and assign responsibility to leaders in ensuring traffic order and safety.

Traffic jam during rush hour in Vinh city. Photo courtesy

The Provincial People's Committee assigned the Vinh City People's Committee to develop and deploy a plan to implement solutions to prevent and combat traffic congestion; review the traffic light system, road signs, traffic signs, and road markings to repair and supplement to ensure scientific and reasonable traffic organization. Focus on restoring order to the roadway and sidewalks; thoroughly handle cases of building houses and mobile roofs on the roadway, sidewalks, and pavements (Dao Tan Street area, night market, Pham Dinh Toai Street...) and other roads in the city. Inspect and handle the responsibilities of related organizations and individuals (if any) in assisting, allowing many new cases of violations of traffic safety corridors and urban sidewalks to arise. Proactively research and supplement a number of signs prohibiting air horns on inner-city and urban roads.