Prepare vehicles and plans to ensure traffic safety on September 2nd

(Baonghean) - This year's September 2nd holiday falls on a weekend, so workers will have 3 days off. It is predicted that people's travel needs will increase many times over. Therefore, transportation businesses and traffic police are preparing vehicles and plans to ensure traffic safety.

Strengthen road transport

Mr. Nguyen Huy Binh in Quan Bau ward (Vinh city) said: "This holiday, my family and I will visit relatives and travel to Nha Trang. I booked train tickets in mid-August to ensure the trip plan."

On the occasion of the September 2nd holiday, Vinh Station added 7 trains on September 1st (NA 3, NA7, NA9, NA11, Quang Binh 1,3 and Hanoi - Dong Hoi). On September 4th, Vinh trains were added: NA 4, 8, 12; Quang Binh 2, 4; each train has an average of 700 seats.

The railway industry increases trips to serve passengers during peak days.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thanh - Stationmaster of Vinh Railway Station said: To serve the travel needs of passengers, we are ready to mobilize carriages and set up more trains when the travel needs of passengers increase suddenly. At the same time, the station also maximizes security forces, ensuring security and order and the rights of passengers...

At Vinh Bus Station, in addition to maintaining the number of 400 vehicles serving domestic and inter-provincial passengers per day, on this occasion, the station mobilized additional spare vehicles from enterprises and transport cooperatives. Some routes are forecasted to have a sharp increase in passenger volume such as: Vinh - Hanoi, Vinh - Da Nang, Vinh - Hue, Vinh - Dong Hoi. The station management board coordinated with district bus stations to inform people about their travel needs to quickly and promptly dispatch vehicles.

Mr. Vu Hoang Huynh - Director of Vinh Bus Station said: During the peak period of September 2, the bus station improved service quality, regularly announced on loudspeakers and radios about the operating schedules of vehicles. The bus station management board increased inspection of public price posting, regulations on the number of passengers, avoiding the situation of squeezing passengers. Strengthened security forces to prevent theft, fighting, and luring passengers..."

The Department of Transport has issued a document requesting bus station operators; passenger transport operators; and the department's inspection force to promptly deploy many synchronous measures; strengthen direction for bus station management boards to prepare contingency plans for passenger evacuation in case of sudden increases.

Vinh bus station increases forces to ensure traffic safety during the holidays.

For passenger transport business units, it is necessary to prepare all vehicles and make a list of vehicles and drivers to register to participate in the Transport Management Department before August 25, 2016. Specifically, the requirements are that the vehicles put into operation must ensure absolute safety and ensure operating conditions according to prescribed standards. Arrange staff to issue transport orders to vehicles according to regulations and regularly monitor, check, and synthesize data from the journey monitoring device to handle arising situations promptly.

Disseminate and thoroughly educate drivers to improve their sense of responsibility in serving customers and the State's regulations on transportation. In addition, bus passenger transport businesses are ready to mobilize vehicles when requested by the Department of Transport.

In addition, the Department also requested the traffic inspection force to develop a plan to organize traffic flow, ensure safety, and avoid congestion during the holidays. Coordinate with bus station operators to inspect vehicles before departure, promptly handle acts of putting unqualified vehicles into operation, passengers bringing flammable goods and livestock onto vehicles.

Deploying solutions to ensure traffic safety

On the occasion of the September 2nd holiday, to ensure traffic safety for people to enjoy and have a safe holiday, the Provincial Police have issued a Plan to "Inspection and handling of violations of alcohol concentration, speed, driving in the wrong lane, driving in the wrong direction; electric motorbikes, bicycles violating traffic safety regulations in the province", implemented from August 1st to September 30th.

Vinh bus station has implemented additional ticket sales to serve customers from 4am - 11pm on the occasion of the September 2nd holiday.

At the same time, issue a document directing traffic police stations and traffic control patrol teams in the area to increase forces, vehicles, and professional equipment; focus on mobile traffic control, use of motorbikes, and strictly detect and handle violations. Strive to reduce the number of traffic accidents compared to the same period last year, minimizing especially serious traffic accidents. At the same time, do not let traffic jams occur or create hot spots for security and order.

The holiday season is also the time when the number of visitors to tourist destinations also increases dramatically. Therefore, in addition to paying attention to coordinating with local authorities to check safety conditions at inland waterway ports such as: access roads, sign systems, life buoys, inland waterway vehicles, vehicle operators...

The Department of Transport assigned inspection forces to strengthen inspections at cross-river passenger terminals and tourist passenger transport routes from Lan Chau Island - Hon Ngu Island (Cua Lo town); recreational activities using jet skis at sea... to ensure absolute safety during the holidays.

Vinh City Traffic Police force has been increased to be on duty at checkpoints to ensure traffic safety during the holiday.

Forecasting a sudden increase in the density of people and vehicles on September 2, authorities recommend that people traveling by passenger transport should go to bus stations to buy tickets and not arbitrarily catch a bus along the way.

If you discover that bus companies are overcrowding, taking advantage of passengers, or increasing ticket prices, you should immediately notify the authorities via the hotline listed on the bus. In addition to the synchronous coordination and implementation of measures by the authorities, each person needs to raise their awareness of ensuring traffic safety when participating in traffic to protect themselves and those around them.

Dinh Nguyet