Handling of overloaded and oversized vehicles: Need for a synchronous solution

(Baonghean.vn) – Along with many other localities across the country, in Nghe An, the provincial police and functional forces have coordinated to inspect and handle vehicles carrying oversized and overloaded goods participating in road traffic in the area.

At Traffic Control Station 5-1, in just 3 days (from May 10 to May 12) of implementing control and handling of violations of oversized and overloaded cargo by freight vehicles on National Highway 1A through Nghe An, the authorities inspected and detected 110 cases of vehicles with signs of violations, 50 cases had to unload. Of which, mainly trucks and semi-trailers. Although aware of the violations, most of the drivers of oversized and overloaded vehicles gave different reasons to justify. Mr. Hoang Tien Duan, a long-distance driver carrying overloaded cargo, residing in Tan Ky (Hai Duong) admitted that the bad road was partly caused by his overloaded vehicle, but said that as a hired driver, for the sake of food and clothing, he had to do whatever the owner told him to do.

Oversized and overloaded vehicles were arrested and processed at Dien Chau Traffic Control Station.

During the implementation and handling process, identifying overloaded vehicles is a difficult problem. In fact, setting up weighing stations on national highways is very costly and requires many conditions such as: yards for unloading, storing vehicles, warehouses for storing goods... Lieutenant Colonel Tran Dinh Khuong - Captain of Traffic Team 5-1, Traffic Police of Nghe An Public Security said that when detecting a vehicle violating the law, the police force must bring the vehicle back, sometimes dozens of kilometers away, to find a weighing station to operate.

In addition, taking advantage of the arrangement of stopping and weighing locations at one point, drivers have tried to avoid going to other routes or taking advantage of the time when officers change shifts to transport, so the handling of violations has not been thorough. In the coming time, the interdisciplinary force will maintain control of oversized and overloaded vehicles on National Highway 1A, and at the same time expand to a number of other national and provincial highways. Lieutenant Colonel Cao Minh Phuong - Deputy Head of the Traffic Police Department of Nghe An Public Security said: To limit and prevent the situation of oversized and overloaded vehicles, it requires the simultaneous and drastic deployment of all sectors at all levels, especially some core forces.

Many new roads have been invested in or upgraded and expanded, but soon they have been damaged by oversized and overloaded vehicles. Many businesses still violate the law for short-term profits. Controlling oversized and overloaded vehicles is a correct policy. However, to protect the road system, as well as prevent traffic accidents caused by overloaded vehicles, the authorities need a comprehensive solution to solve this problem at its root.

Huong Giang