Promote fines for motorbike violations to reduce traffic accidents

Car fires and tire explosions on the highway pose a potential risk of traffic accidents with major consequences

Concluding remarks at the online conference summarizing the work of ensuring traffic order and safety in the first quarter and implementing directions and tasks in the second quarter of 2024, Minister of Transport, Standing Vice Chairman of the Committee National Traffic Safety Officer Nguyen Van Thang, on behalf of the National Traffic Safety Committee, praised ministries, branches, socio-political organizations, and press and media agencies for directing and implementing drastic and effective solutions. measures to ensure traffic safety in recent times.

The Minister also recognized and praised provinces and centrally run cities for their efforts to reduce traffic accidents in the first quarter of 2024.

However, the traffic safety situation is still complicated, and parents give cars to their children when they are underage and do not have a driver’s license, leading to traffic accidents with tragic consequences and a number of potential incidents. High risk of causing traffic accidents such as car fires still occurs.

“The conference has heard many opinions from localities. I request the Traffic Safety Committees of provinces and cities to proactively research good practices, good and effective solutions to apply in ensuring traffic safety situation. , appropriately reducing traffic accidents,” the Minister emphasized.

The Minister said that in the second quarter of 2024, the National Assembly is expected to consider and pass the Road Law and the Road Traffic Safety Law, which are the two most important law projects in ensuring traffic safety, agencies of the Ministry of Transport according to their positions. Duties will coordinate most closely and effectively with the Ministry of Public Security and other ministries and branches to complete the Road Law and coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security to complete the draft Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety, ensuring ensure comprehensive implementation.

Regarding transportation management, the Minister said that the Government has just issued Decree 41/2024 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decrees related to the management of transportation activities by cars and services. car driving training and driving testing services and will take effect from June 1, 2024.

In particular, a number of contents related to the operation of passenger transport vehicles under contract and tourism have been amended and supplemented to overcome inadequacies. The Minister requested agencies, units and localities to The method is determined to well implement Decree 41 to create new changes in the management of road transport activities.

Regarding traffic organization on highways, according to the Minister, recently the Transport sector has gained many more lessons and experiences in highway construction and development. The Ministry of Transport is currently directing drastically that in just a few days, temporary rest stops on divergent expressways will come into operation, meeting people’s needs for places to stop, rest, and travel. toilet.

At the same time, actively promote bidding packages to build rest stops on the North-South Expressway in the East. From there, the Minister asked local leaders to pay special attention and give the best and most practical priority so that rest stops on expressways can soon be put into operation.

For existing routes, including important national highways, it is necessary to urgently review and evaluate the current traffic situation to promptly overcome unreasonable traffic organization and develop a plan to reorganize traffic. appropriate to the practical situation.

In addition, recently there have been a series of car fires and tire explosions on the highway, emphasizing that these are incidents with high potential risk of causing traffic accidents and can cause major consequences. The Minister requested the authorities to Early identify the cause, share information with the people and transport business owners, thereby proactively taking preventive measures and being proactive in overcoming problems when incidents occur.

Violations by motorcyclists are still too many

The Minister said that in recent times, patrol activities to control violations on specific topics, especially violations of regulations on alcohol concentration, overloading, drugs… have greatly contributed to reducing traffic accidents, supported by public opinion.

Currently, cold penalties for cars have been done very well, but violations of motorbikes occur a lot. The Minister proposed that it is necessary to strengthen control and have cold penalties for these vehicles. Because motorbikes are still the main mode of transportation for people, accounting for 80-90% of traffic on the road, improving the behavior of motorcyclists will certainly help further reduce traffic accidents in the future. next time.

Reviewing a number of extremely painful traffic accidents involving children in the first 3 months of 2024, the Minister emphasized that improving traffic safety for children is an extremely important task to protect the lives and health of children. me and the people around me.

Based on the advice of the Ministry of Public Security, the Prime Minister issued Directive 31 on ensuring traffic safety related to student age in the new situation, the assigned agencies and organizations are responsible for responsibility to perform at its best.

“In particular, I want to emphasize the message in the media, which is to raise the sense of responsibility of parents in being role models for the younger generation in complying with traffic safety laws.

In addition, parents must take the time to educate and train their children with enough knowledge and skills before handing over the car; Authorities need to strictly handle the act of giving cars to children who are underage and do not have a driver’s license; Coordinate with schools to have appropriate handling measures for students’ traffic safety violations,” the Minister emphasized.

With the upcoming holidays of April 30 and May 1, the Prime Minister has issued a telegram to ensure traffic safety on April 30, May 1 and the peak summer tourism season. The Minister requested localities to urgently prepare Prepare and immediately deploy solutions according to functions and tasks, especially solutions to problems that often occur and are typical and recurring during holidays, such as: Carrying too many people, driving at low speed. at night, driving beyond the prescribed time, speeding violations…

“The traffic accident just a few days ago on the Tien Giang River between a cruise ship and a ferry shows that we cannot be negligent. Just be a little lax and subjective and traffic accidents can happen,” the Minister emphasized.