Thua Thien Hue – Handling oversized and overloaded vehicles regularly and drastically, without exception

It is known that Thua Thien Hue is in the “construction season”, many key constructions and projects are actively being implemented, so the demand for transporting construction materials has increased, leading to the risk of oversized vehicles. Overload may occur. Aware of the risk, the Traffic Police Force (Traffic Police) throughout the province has been focusing on patrolling and strictly handling all violations with the spirit of “regular inspection, drastic handling, no restricted areas, no exception”.

Right from the beginning of the year, the entire province’s traffic police force has developed plans and drastically implemented many solutions suitable to the characteristics and practical situation of the area, strictly handling the situation of overloaded and oversized vehicles. term.

From the beginning of the year until now, the Provincial Traffic Police Force has checked nearly 1,000 cases, discovered and made records of 218 cases of violation (of which, 700 cases of suspected overloading were checked, 150 cases were detected). case of violation); 66 oversized cases, 02 oversized cases); Expected fine of nearly 2 billion VND. In addition, the Traffic Police Force coordinates with the Traffic Inspectorate to focus on inspecting and handling vehicles with overload violations on key sections and routes with yards, mines, and ports such as National Highway 1, National Highway 49A, Provincial Road 16,… mine areas, port access roads to strictly control overloaded vehicles.

The Traffic and Information Police Team of Huong Tra Town Police is responsible for patrolling and controlling on Provincial Road 16, this is the main route passing through the Lusk cement factory, quarries, and land mines located in the commune. All means of transport moving on the route were requested by the Working Group to stop and inspect. In addition to checking the driver’s driving license, registration, registration and other related documents, the authorities also measure the height and guide the driver to drive the vehicle to the weighing station for Coordinate with Traffic Inspectorate to weigh vehicle weight. Inspection results show that all vehicles ensure height and load according to legal regulations

Driver Ngo Duc D. said: “The fine for overloaded and oversized vehicles is high while freight rates have not increased, so before exporting the vehicle, the owner told us to carry the correct load; If we are fined for overloading, we drivers have to bear it ourselves.”

According to statistics, from the beginning of the year until now, the Traffic Police Force of Huong Tra Town Police has organized 147 patrols and detected more than 1,600 violations, of which speed violations were 245. In 466 cases, alcohol concentration was reported, 32 cases were for carrying spilled goods, and 25 cases were recorded for violations of oversized and overloaded vehicles. All detected violations are strictly handled by the Town Police and Traffic Police with the spirit of “no prohibited areas, no exceptions”. Thereby, it has had a deterrent effect, creating a positive change in awareness and voluntary compliance with traffic laws among vehicle drivers and vehicle owners.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Thong, Deputy Head of Phong Dien District Police, said: The District Police Command has directed the Traffic Police force to coordinate with other forces to arrange 3-4 shifts every day to perform patrol and inspection tasks. Control, promptly detect and strictly handle violating vehicles, especially carrying overloaded and oversized soil for leveling on provincial roads, district roads, and key rural roads in the area. From the beginning of the year until now, the unit has handled 34 cases of violations of oversized, overloaded, or expanded cargo.

In parallel with the fines on the roads, the traffic police force of Thua Thien Hue province also coordinated propaganda and organized transport business owners and drivers to sign a commitment to comply with legal regulations on transportation. Traffic safety. Since the beginning of the year, local police units have organized propaganda for more than 40 thousand people, especially organizing propaganda and signing commitments for over 1,500 businesses, individuals, and business drivers. carriage.

It is known that the coordination, patrolling, control, and handling of oversized and overloaded vehicles are deployed throughout the year by the Traffic Police force of Thua Thien Hue Provincial Police according to the inter-sectoral plan between the Department of Transport and the Provincial Police. . All violations are handled “strictly, with no prohibited areas and no exceptions”; In cases where the body of the vehicle is expanded, it will be forced to remove or cut to return to the correct design and notify the registration agency to request the vehicle owner to re-inspect before participating in traffic. In case of overloaded or oversized cargo, it is required to offload the load before continuing to circulate and verify that the owner of the vehicle is the violating organization or individual for handling according to the law.

It is also important to recall that regarding inspection, up to now, Thua Thien Hue Road Motor Vehicle Registration Center has had 5 subjects detained for investigation, including the director and 3 deputy directors.

Tran Hong – Minh Tich