Promoting the role of the people's 'eyes and ears' in detecting traffic safety violations
(Baonghean.vn) - In 2023, the People's Committee of Nghe An province focused on directing the rectification of state management in the field of ensuring order and traffic safety. In particular, it launched the movement "All people participate in detecting and providing information and images reflecting administrative violations of order and traffic safety".
Strengthening leadership
To effectively implement the 2023 theme "Rule of law to build a safe traffic culture", the People's Committee of Nghe An province has issued many documents directing functional forces and local authorities to deploy solutions towards the goal of reducing traffic accidents in all 3 criteria (number of cases, number of deaths and injuries). At the same time, gradually restore order and discipline in compliance with traffic laws by both traffic participants and traffic law enforcers.
In particular, the Provincial People's Committee especially requires exemplary behavior and leading the way in complying with traffic safety laws, especially not driving after consuming alcohol or beer by cadres, civil servants, party members, armed forces, and workers in agencies and units.
From the direction of the Provincial People's Committee, along with promoting propaganda work in many forms, the functional forces have deployed many patrols, controlled and handled violations of traffic safety and order, such as: handling violations of alcohol concentration when driving vehicles; strengthening patrols, promptly handling traffic violations of teenagers and students; conducting general inspections of passenger transport vehicles and container freight vehicles in the area, thereby revoking the badges of 266 cargo and passenger transport vehicles due to repeated speeding violations.
In addition, coordinate with sectors and localities to rectify the situation of some individuals using 5- to 7-seat cars (white license plates) to illegally operate passenger transport businesses, potentially causing traffic disorder and safety.
Some serious traffic accidents still occur
Thanks to drastic direction, traffic accidents have decreased in 3 criteria (according to statistics from the authorities, in the first 9 months of 2023, there were 127 accidents in the province, killing 85 people and injuring 90 people; compared to the first 9 months of 2022, the number of accidents decreased by 17 cases, 11 deaths and 9 injuries).
However, there are still some particularly serious incidents causing damage to people and property, typically the accident that occurred on March 6, 2023 at km05+800, provincial road 542E in Hung Trung commune, Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An province between truck 14C-201.03 and motorbike 37N1-576.04, killing 03 people and injuring 01 person.
Or the accident that occurred on October 21 on National Highway 46 in Tri Le commune, Que Phong district when a truck carrying cassava suddenly crashed into a cliff, killing one person and seriously injuring two others. In addition, there were a number of traffic accidents involving teenagers, students, and students driving motorbikes, electric motorbikes, and electric bicycles.
A typical example is the accident that occurred at around 5:40 p.m. on September 20 on National Highway 48E in Quyet Tien village, Quynh Lien commune (Hoang Mai town), two motorbikes driven by five students (four males, one female) collided violently with each other. As a result, both motorbikes flew to the side of the road, causing all five students to be seriously injured, two of whom died later.
Promoting the role of "eyes and ears" of the people
Faced with the above reality, on October 17, 2023, the Provincial People's Committee also issued Plan No. 775/KH-UBND on launching and building the Movement "All people participate in detecting and providing information and images reflecting administrative violations of traffic order and safety" in the province.
Thereby calling for the people's self-awareness and responsibility in complying with traffic safety laws and proactively detecting, providing information and documents reflecting violations causing traffic congestion, traffic accidents, damage to traffic infrastructure, environmental pollution, etc. so that the authorities can promptly handle and resolve them.
Most recently, at around 11am on October 24, a resident recorded an image on NamYangJu - Dasa Street, heading towards Mai Hac De Street (Vinh City), with 4 young men riding 2 motorbikes with license plates 37B3 - 013.39 and 37LA - 026.85 traveling parallel without wearing helmets. Among them, 2 male students wearing uniforms performed a wheelie and fell onto the street. After receiving information from the residents, the Traffic Police Team (Vinh City Police) verified and summoned the relevant people to work.
It was clarified that the driver of the motorbike with license plate 37B3 - 013.39, born in 2001, is a student at Vinh University, carrying a student born in 2009, a student at Quan Bau Secondary School. The two students on the motorbike with license plate 37LA - 026.85 who performed the wheelie are also students at Quan Bau Secondary School.
The incident occurred when the children had just finished school and were on their way home. Immediately after, the authorities coordinated with the families and schools to deter and educate the children; and at the same time, handled the vehicle owner according to the law for handing over the vehicle to an unqualified person to operate the vehicle on the road.
In fact, in Nghe An province, there have been many similar cases that have been promptly handled by the authorities based on images provided by the people or the press. Therefore, in order for the movement "All people participate in detecting and providing information and images reflecting administrative violations of traffic order and safety to be effectively implemented", the Provincial People's Committee requests that Departments, branches and localities strengthen guidance for people on how to recognize violations of traffic order and safety so that the collection and provision of information is accurate, objective and well-founded.
The Provincial People's Committee especially emphasized: "Receiving, verifying, processing and resolving information reported by people must ensure timeliness, correct violations and compliance with legal regulations."
In addition, the Provincial People's Committee also requires ensuring the safety and confidentiality of the identities of those providing information and documents reflecting violations of traffic order and safety; strictly handling according to the provisions of law acts of taking advantage of the movement to provide false, destructive, negative information or causing bad influence on the reputation, honor and other legitimate interests of related organizations and individuals.
Most recently, to prevent and stop particularly serious traffic accidents on October 19, 2023, the People's Committee of Nghe An province continued to issue Document No. 8845/UBND-NC, requesting: The Provincial Police Department directs local police and units to strengthen patrols, promptly detect, prevent and strictly handle violations of traffic safety order, focusing on drivers with drugs in their bodies, violating regulations on speed, alcohol concentration; violating overloaded goods, oversized goods; exceeding the prescribed number of people, driving in the wrong part of the road or lane...
The document clearly states that "focus on teenagers with violations such as driving a vehicle when under the legal age; not having a driver's license when participating in traffic; not wearing a helmet.
At the same time, strictly handle the responsibility of individuals who hand over vehicles to unqualified people according to the provisions of law; provide information about students who violate regulations on ensuring traffic order and safety to educational institutions for coordination in handling and education.