Pedestrians crossing the road and running the red light why repeated prohibitions are not
stopped
Editor's note
Pedestrians running red lights, express delivery of electric cars running rampant, vehicle zebra crossings are not courteous to pedestrians, occupation of emergency lanes, "road rage"... these are uncivilized traffic behaviors that hinder traffic safety. In recent years, there have been numerous traffic accidents. .
Traffic safety involves the vital interests of everyone.
December 2 is "National Traffic Safety Day".
As the tenth "National Traffic Safety Day" is approaching, in order to further enhance the public's awareness of traffic safety and the rule of law, reporters from the "Rules of Law Daily" interviewed the uncivilized traffic behaviors in the front line, and explored solutions. Starting today A series of reports will be launched in the "Law Jingwei" edition, so stay tuned.
● At an intersection, 51 pedestrians ran through a red light within 50 minutes.
A young man ran a red light, looking down at his mobile phone all the way, bluntly not paying much attention to the traffic lights; an old man ran a red light because he just missed the green light and did not want to wait for the red light.
Four middle school students ran through a red light in a group, claiming that the speed of vehicles at this intersection is not fast, and they will pay attention to avoidance and feel that there will be no danger
● Some people running red lights are affected by the people around them.
Originally, some people waited patiently for the red light at the intersection. When they saw someone running the red light, they followed suit.
There is even a phenomenon that one person ran a red light and led a group of people to follow along.
● Many people are not aware of the hidden dangers behind red light running and the serious harm that may be caused to other traffic participants; at the same time, the disciplinary role of the law has not been effectively brought into play, making many people feel confident
● Improve relevant laws and regulations, increase the cost of violations, including increasing financial penalties, and including those who repeatedly fail to change the red light into the personal credit system, so that the offenders really feel the pain, and the law can deter and effectively govern pedestrians. Red light phenomenon
□ Trainee reporter Zhang Shoukun and Sun Tianjiao
□ Our reporter Chen Lei
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon on November 16, at the intersection of Chenglin Road and Jingjiang Road, Hedong District, Tianjin, a parent led a four- to five-year-old child, ignoring the red light on the opposite side, and dodged the traffic.
"This time I'm in a hurry, I must pay attention next time, and set a good example for my children." Faced with the question of "Why run the red light" from the reporter of the Rule of Law Daily, the parent waved his hand in embarrassment.
These are two of the 51 pedestrians who ran a red light at the intersection in 50 minutes that day.
In the meantime, there are also many red light runners who ride bicycles and electric bicycles.
Pedestrians running red lights are a common topic.
In recent years, many places have adopted a series of new measures to rectify pedestrian red light running, including face recognition of offenders, large-screen exposure, etc., and have achieved certain results. People's awareness of rules, safety, and civilization are also gradually Formed, but it has not been able to completely eradicate this illegal act.
How to solve the problem of pedestrians running red lights?
Recently, the reporter conducted an investigation and interview.
Running red lights is very common
Not aware of the danger
The above intersection is next to Exit D of Chenglindao Subway Station. There are Tianjin No. 102 Middle School, Tianjin No. 7 Middle School and several residential areas nearby. On weekdays, the flow of people and vehicles is constant regardless of whether it is commuting or non-commuting. Larger.
Among the 51 pedestrians who ran through the red light in 50 minutes, there were young people in a hurry, and old people who were faltering. There were parents with children and middle school students in school uniforms.
A young man ran a red light and was looking down at his cell phone all the way. When the reporter stopped him to ask, he bluntly said that he did not pay much attention to the changes in traffic lights.
An old man ran a red light because he just missed the green light when he arrived at the intersection and felt that it took too long to wait for the red light.
Four middle school students ran through a red light in a group. They told reporters that the speed of vehicles at this intersection was not fast, and they would pay attention to avoiding them, and they felt that there would be no danger.
The reporter visited and found that at many intersections, pedestrians running red lights have become the norm.
At 10 o'clock in the morning on November 26, the reporter came to an intersection at the intersection of Jiangtai Road, Huajiadi Street and Jingmi Road in Chaoyang District, Beijing, and found 16 pedestrians running red lights within 30 minutes.
After running through the red light, a lady explained to reporters with shame: “I don’t know why, the pedestrian traffic lights at this intersection are not on the same time as the traffic lights on the opposite road. You have to wait for a long time each time. But it will go out ten seconds after it turns green, so I walked over in advance."
Even at night, when the line of sight is poor and the speed may increase, many people still run red lights.
At 10 o'clock in the evening on November 16, the reporter came to an intersection near Exit A of Jingjiang Road Metro Station in Hedong District, Tianjin. In 40 minutes, 34 pedestrians out of 74 ran through the red light.
A person who ran a red light thought: "There are few cars at night, and no cars passed through the crosswalk just now. It feels'very silly' to stand by yourself."
The reporter also discovered that some people running red lights were influenced by the people around them.
Originally, some people waited patiently for the red light at the intersection. When they saw someone running the red light, they followed suit.
There may even be a phenomenon where one person running a red light leads a group of people to follow along.
Of course, in addition to subjective factors, some people also say that running a red light is "forced."
Mr. Wang, a resident of Huaibei City, Anhui Province, told reporters that the traffic lights at the crosswalk near his home are far apart and there are viaduct piers in the middle, so they are often blocked by passing vehicles or bridge piers. Sometimes they will go wrong if they are not careful. Ran the red light.
Mr. Li, a resident of Hebei District, Tianjin, said that there are several traffic lights near his company, and they keep flashing as long as they turn green. I don't know if the green light has just started or is about to end.
Sometimes the green light suddenly turns red when he walks in the middle of the road, and there is no isolation waiting area in the middle of the road, he can only speed up through the red light and pass.
Penalties for violations are too light
Hard to function
In fact, traffic accidents and even fatal accidents caused by pedestrians running red lights are not uncommon in recent years.
Recently, 72-year-old Xiao Apo in Wenling, Zhejiang Province, was hit by a large truck and died after riding a bicycle through a red light.
Not long ago, two elderly people in Pingxiang, Jiangxi ran a red light and crossed the road. The speeding motorcycle crashed while evading the brakes, and the driver died on the spot.
In the face of bloody lessons, why are some people still indifferent?
According to Xing Yi, deputy head of the Order Detachment of Tianjin Public Security Traffic Management Bureau, many people are not aware of the hidden dangers behind red light running and the serious harm that may be caused to other traffic participants, and they have not paid enough attention to observing traffic lights. I think it will bring me a small amount of economic loss at most-illegal punishment.
According to Hu Muzhi, a lawyer from Beijing Zhengda Law Firm, according to the Road Traffic Safety Law, a car running a red light will be fined and deducted points, while a pedestrian running a red light will only be fined 5 to 50 yuan or verbally criticized and educated. Moreover, in practice, pedestrians are punished for running a red light. There are very few cases, and the disciplinary role of the law has not been effectively brought into play, leaving many people confident.
Mr. Wang, from Taizhou, Jiangsu, had worked as a traffic coordinator for a month earlier this year. He told reporters that he would encounter pedestrians running red lights every day when he was on duty. He was basically criticizing and educating, and he rarely saw fines. The fine, which is 20 yuan, is basically indifferent to many illegal parties.
Dong Bin, a police officer from the Traffic Division of the Traffic Police Division of the Public Security Bureau of Jinan City, Shandong Province, said that, with the exception of very few, the vast majority of people knew that running a red light violated traffic rules. In terms of the effect, it is difficult to achieve the desired effect.
According to Wei Zhensheng, a lawyer of Beijing Yingke Law Firm and deputy director of the Traffic and Transportation Legal Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association, the deep-seated reason behind the frequent red lights is the public's deviation in road safety awareness and safety education.
Some people think that pedestrians on the road have absolute priority, and there is not enough education about the dangers of pedestrians running red lights, and people think that running a red light is "no big deal".
Active governance everywhere
The situation has improved
During the interview, the reporter also found some intersections where there are few pedestrians or even no pedestrians running red lights.
On a Sunday, November 21, the reporter came to the intersection of Nanjing Road and Yingkou Road in Heping District, Tianjin. There were commercial places such as Binjiang Road Pedestrian Street nearby. There was a lot of people flow, but no pedestrians were running red lights.
Nearby stores told reporters that not only traffic police are often on duty nearby. In the past two years, an "electronic police" was also launched to capture pedestrians running red lights and expose offenders on the big screen. The rules are up."
In fact, in order to reduce pedestrian red light running behavior, local traffic control departments have thought of various methods.
Special rectifications were carried out online and offline in Jinjiang, Fujian, to increase the traffic persuasion of volunteers at intersections with heavy traffic, and expose pedestrians running red lights in the media; at the same time, at 14 intersections with heavy traffic, the "Pedestrian Crossing Voice Prompt" was activated System"-when the red light is on, if a pedestrian enters the starting line of the crosswalk, the devices on both sides will be activated by infrared and will immediately give voice prompts.
"With multiple measures taken, the illegal behavior of pedestrians in Jinjiang for running red lights has been greatly reduced." said Liu Bin, a policeman from the 1st Squadron, Traffic Police Brigade, Jinjiang City Public Security Bureau.
From setting sidewalk gates to identifying people who run red lights, from exposing large screens on the scene to copying illegal activities to their units, the Jinan Traffic Police has launched a series of "treatment prescriptions" with obvious effects.
"We plan and set up roads and transportation facilities such as motorized vehicle lanes, non-motorized vehicle lanes, sidewalks, zebra crossings, and traffic lights, through reasonable planning and the adoption of reasonable suggestions from citizens in the public opinion hotline, to meet the habits and wishes of most citizens as much as possible." Jinan Said Wang Hongbin, director of the traffic department of the traffic police detachment of the Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Cai Linfeng, deputy head of the Guidance Brigade of the Order Detachment of the Tianjin Public Security Traffic Management Bureau, introduced that Tianjin Traffic Police is constantly seeking combat power from science and technology. On the other hand, at intersections where construction conditions are not available, police drones are used to prompt, correct, educate and punish traffic violations in the area.
"Compared with the traditional governance model of the traffic police on-site detection and correction, the online and offline interactive governance model has improved the ability of the traffic police on duty to detect and deal with traffic violations in a timely manner, and help traffic participants develop good behaviors." Cai Linfeng said.
Zheng Xiang, associate professor of Law School of Beijing Jiaotong University and vice president of Beijing Transportation Law Research Association, told reporters that in recent years, many places have used big data and artificial intelligence to reasonably adjust the location and duration of traffic lights according to traffic flow. Pedestrians can be set automatically. Controlling the traffic lights, giving the initiative to pedestrians, these measures all help pedestrians abide by traffic rules.
According to Ma Sheqiang, a professor at the People’s Public Security University of China, the phenomenon of pedestrians running red lights needs to be compared vertically. Compared with 10 years ago, people’s awareness of rules, safety, and civilization are gradually taking shape. Now pedestrians must travel more civilized. Traffic order has also been greatly improved.
Strengthen punishment
Raise awareness of law abiding
The reporter learned in the interview that many red light runners may not be aware of the illegality and risks of their actions, but many drivers and pedestrians who abide by traffic regulations are scornful and disgusted with red light running.
Many passers-by said in interviews: Once a traffic accident occurs, it will be too late to regret and hope that the relevant departments will carry out more effective rectification of pedestrian red-light behavior.
How to further solve the problem of pedestrians running red lights under the current situation that local governance has achieved certain results?
The experts and industry insiders interviewed offered suggestions and suggestions.
Hu Muzhi believes that the essence of pedestrian red light running is the relationship between pedestrian's right of passage and vehicle's right of passage, travel safety and traffic order, and the greatest freedom can be achieved only by observing the constraints of the rules.
"With the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of all traffic participants as the core, we will implement comprehensive policies. Through scientific legislation, improve relevant laws and regulations, increase the cost of violations, including increasing financial penalties, and including those who repeatedly fail to change the red light into the personal credit information system, etc. Only when the offenders really feel the pain can they play the deterrent effect of the law, and then effectively control the phenomenon of pedestrians running the red light." Hu Muzhi said.
He further analyzed that it is possible to refer to the current traffic regulations and implement the penalty deduction system for pedestrians who run red lights. The corresponding points will be deducted for each red light. If a certain point is deducted within a scoring period (year), then you can go to the traffic control office to learn traffic laws and regulations. Get an education.
In Wei Zhensheng’s view, compulsory measures should be implemented. After a pedestrian is captured after running a red light, in addition to playing it on the big screen, the offender’s work or study unit should also be notified. Only in this way can it play a vigilant and warning role.
Many experts generally believe that to solve the problem of pedestrians running red lights, attention should be paid to the combination of punishment and education.
In some places, in response to pedestrian red light running, the offender is required to volunteer at the intersection and persuade the next red light to run, so that the offender has a deeper understanding of the importance of traffic rules.
This move was recognized by many experts.
"Through targeted education, the offenders should be made aware of the hazards of traffic violations, what should be done and what should not be done in traffic activities, and what legal consequences will be borne if they are wrong, so that the parties can truly respect the law and abide by the law. "Ma Sheqiang said that traffic safety governance is not the responsibility of the public security traffic control department alone. It requires social governance. Only when everyone participates can a good traffic order be formed.
Xing Yi said that for many years, Tianjin has always regarded the "seven advances" propaganda of traffic safety as an important starting point to promote the improvement of traffic order, and has received extensive support from the whole society.
Especially in the aspect of school admissions, while disseminating legal knowledge to teachers and students, students also relay the knowledge they have learned to family members, thus achieving the effect of legal propaganda and accident prevention that 1 plus 1 is greater than 2.
“Only when pedestrians change their views on the issue of running red lights from an ideological level, and people’s overall traffic awareness is improved, can the problem of pedestrians running red lights be fundamentally resolved. This may be a relatively long process.” Wei Zhensheng said, this requires Continue to strengthen publicity and enrich the forms of publicity, so that the awareness of traffic rules and safety can really enter the mind.