Why does the Qinghai internet celebrity highway "take fate to take photos" after repeated bans

The tour guide takes pictures of the highway as a "promotional selling point". The photographers and the patrolling traffic police "fight guerrilla"

  Recently, some sections of National Highway 315 in Golmud City, Qinghai Province have become "net red roads". Many tourists stop and take pictures in the middle of the road. Some local tour guides even list this place as a must-see attraction.

  Although the blockbuster is cool, there are many security risks. A reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily learned from the Qinghai Traffic Police Corps that since 2018, 8 traffic accidents have occurred on National Highway 315 because of taking pictures. To this end, the local traffic police have taken measures to strengthen patrol control and set up warning signs at scenic spots and illegal locations. Nevertheless, the adventurous behavior of "taking pictures with fate" by Internet celebrity highway tourists still occurs from time to time.

  Zhou Hao, a lawyer from Beijing Weiheng Law Firm, told Beijing Youth Daily that it is not only dangerous for pedestrians to take photos in the middle of the road, but also illegal.

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315 National Highway has multiple accidents due to photography

  In summer, Qinghai enters its peak tourist season, and Qinghai 315 National Highway has attracted much attention. A reporter from Beiqing Daily noticed that on some short video platforms, many tourists have uploaded videos of clocking in and taking photos here. In the videos, tourists stand, sit, lie down, and jump to take photos, ignoring the traffic.

  Some travel bloggers come here to take pictures and check in. A travel blogger posted a video in early August. She came to the U-shaped section of 780 kilometers on National Highway 315. She saw many vehicles on the road stopped to take pictures. She said: "It feels safe to take pictures here because many people Shoot, the car will definitely not drive too fast.” And when she was about to take a photo, a traffic police patrolled by, persuading the crowd who stopped to take the photo. The blogger felt very sorry that she didn’t take the photo, “I’m so miserable. , Was driven away when he was about to shoot."

  In fact, there are a lot of vehicles on National Highway 315. Recently, the dash cam of a private car captured a distressing picture. The owner of the car was driving normally on the 315 National Highway at a relatively fast speed. Suddenly, four or five young people stood in the middle of the road and took pictures in front of him. Fortunately, the car owner braked in time and did not cause a disaster. The car owner, who was shocked in a cold sweat, shouted at the person who took the picture: "Don't die!" Unexpectedly, the few photographers who had just been in danger even laughed.

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Deploy specialized personnel to conduct regular patrols

  In this regard, the Golmud traffic police stated that the popularity of the 315 National Road has made this road that once only undertaken ordinary road transportation tasks become a "net celebrity resort" for many netizens to check in, and with the substantial increase in tourists, uncivilized traffic behaviors are repeated. The emergence of road traffic safety hazards have become increasingly prominent.

  According to the police, tourists may think that there are sparsely populated and few vehicles. It’s nothing to take one or two “net celebrity photos”, but this is not a tourist line, but a major transportation link connecting Qinghai and Xinjiang. Passing here; and here is located in the hinterland of Qaidam, more than a hundred kilometers away from the urban areas of Golmud and Delingha. Once there is a traffic accident, rescue is relatively difficult. A reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily learned from the Qinghai Traffic Police Corps that since 2018, 8 traffic accidents have occurred on the 315 National Highway because of taking pictures. According to reports, since the beginning of this year, illegal acts have occurred every day on this road. Basically, the average number is about 30 per day, and sometimes it can reach a hundred. In order to avoid road traffic accidents and cause unnecessary loss of personnel and property, the traffic police detachment of the Golmud Public Security Bureau, which is responsible for the management of the road section, specially deploys civilian police and auxiliary police to conduct regular patrols on this section and set up road traffic warnings. brand. The police from the Qinghai Traffic Police Corps told the Beijing Youth Daily that after the strengthening of patrol control and control, the current illegal activities have gradually decreased.

  The police of the Qinghai Traffic Police Corps also frankly said, “Offenders often fight guerrillas with law enforcement police. They don’t take pictures when there are policemen. They take pictures as soon as they leave. Some tourists have poor traffic safety awareness and strong willingness to take pictures.”

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Taking pictures on the road is still a "promotional selling point" for tour guide

  Even so, the phenomenon of taking photos in violation of the traffic law continues to be repeatedly banned, and punching in the "net red highway" is still a reserved item for many tour groups and local tour guides.

  According to a report from the Beijing Youth Daily, after the traffic police stepped up patrols, some tour guides said that now they take tourists to take road photos, not only hiding cars but also traffic police. Some tour guides said that tourists should always beware of the arrival of traffic police patrol cars when taking pictures, and if they see them, they should quickly get in and leave. The driver will also help "watch out", and will alert tourists when a patrol car is found coming from a distance. Local drivers will also be relatively familiar, "We have probably figured out what road section and when we can stop without being noticed."

  Although there are risks in taking pictures on highways and avoiding traffic police patrols and law enforcement, many local tour guides still set up such projects on different roads. "After all, many tourists like to take photos like this, and we will keep them."

  On the 8th, a reporter from the Beiqing Daily consulted several tour guides who organized a self-driving tour in Qinghai as a tourist. Among the 7-day tours they recommended in Qinghai, there was a U-shaped highway (315 national highway) project. When the reporter from the Beiqing Daily expressed his wish When checking in and taking pictures on this Internet celebrity highway, one of them said that something happened on the "Internet celebrity road" some time ago, and it is basically impossible to take pictures on the road now, but he also said that he can take tourists to other roads to take pictures. Another tour guide said that there are more cars on National Highway 315, but you can take Beijing Youth Daily reporters to take pictures on other roads. "Our drivers are all experienced and know where to take pictures of roads."

  The Golmud traffic police urged that these sections should not be introduced to tourists as scenic spots, and they also hope that the majority of tourists should remember that "the scenery is precious and the price of life is higher."

  Text/Reporter Zhang Yuemeng Coordinator/Jiang Shuo