China News Service, January 15. According to the official Weibo news of the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, since the start of the Spring Festival travel in 2023, the traffic flow in various places, especially the traffic of main roads, has increased significantly, and the hidden dangers of traffic safety have also increased.
Recently, road traffic accidents in Ningxia, Yunnan, Fujian, Anhui, Chongqing, Shaanxi and other places that killed more than 3 people happened one after another.
At about 7:40 on January 9, an SUV collided with a heavy semi-trailer on the South Ring Road, Hongsibao District, Wuzhong, Ningxia, because the driver occupied the opposite lane and forcibly overtook another vehicle, killing all 5 people on the SUV .
At about 21:25 on January 10, a pickup truck hit a guardrail and fell into the river bank on a turning road in Yongping County, Dali, Yunnan Province due to speeding and improper handling of the driver's situation, causing all 4 people on board to die. die.
At about 0:15 on January 11, a car drove off the road and crashed into Hanoi on a turning road in Jianning County, Sanming, Fujian Province due to the driver's improper handling of the situation at night, killing all 3 people in the car .
At about 23:42 on January 12, when a heavy-duty warehouse truck was driving along the Shanghai-Shaanxi Expressway to Lu'an, Anhui, the driver did not slow down the speed in foggy weather and did not maintain the necessary safe distance from the vehicle in front. It collided with a car in front, a heavy semi-trailer and a highway maintenance worker in the emergency lane, resulting in 4 deaths and 4 injuries.
At about 8:44 on January 13, when a bus was traveling along the Zhangnan Expressway to the exit of the Horn Tunnel in Pengshui, Chongqing, it rolled over due to speeding and improper operation by the driver, causing 3 people on the bus Died on the spot, one person died after rescue failed, and another 17 people are still in the hospital for treatment and observation.
At about 5 o'clock on January 14, when a van was driving along the ten-day high speed to the territory of Ankang, Shaanxi, due to the driver's fatigue driving, it rear-ended a heavy semi-trailer in front, killing 4 people and injuring 2 people on the van.
After investigation, the van had been driving for about 30 hours before the incident.
It is currently the peak time for returning home before the festival, and the traffic flow is heavy.
The Ministry of Public Security reminds drivers that safety is the shortest way home, and you must pay attention to traffic safety when driving.
Understand traffic conditions and weather forecasts in advance, plan travel routes and travel time reasonably, avoid congested roads and bad weather periods such as fog and snow as much as possible, and pay attention to reducing speed and keeping a good distance between cars in bad weather.
You must carefully evaluate your own health status, and if you feel unwell, you must suspend driving.
When driving, you must concentrate, do not speed, do not drive distracted, and prevent your driving safety from being affected by answering and calling mobile phones and picking up objects.
In the case of congested slow-moving sections, queue up in order to pass, and do not rush through the traffic jams, so as to avoid aggravating congestion due to disordered order and increased scratches.
All passengers must fasten their seat belts throughout the journey, and the continuous driving time should not exceed 4 hours, and the rest time at each stop should be no less than 20 minutes. If you feel tired and sleepy while driving, you should stop and rest in time.
When gathering with relatives and friends during the Spring Festival, you must always remember "Don't drink while driving, don't drive while drinking", and don't drink and drive.
Drivers of commercial vehicles such as buses and large trucks and transportation companies should not only focus on efficiency and ignore safety, and must not drive over speed, overload, overcrowd, or fatigue, so as to strictly prevent accidents that cause mass death and mass injury.