China News Service, Beijing, February 17 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) During the Spring Festival holiday, public security and traffic control departments across the country mobilized all police officers and went all out to protect people's safe travel and create a good road traffic environment for celebrating a stable and peaceful New Year. The reporter learned from the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security on the 17th that as of 19:00 on February 17, the national road traffic safety situation was generally stable and orderly, and no major road traffic accidents had been reported.
In order to ensure road traffic safety during the Spring Festival holiday, the majority of traffic police auxiliary police officers stayed at their posts. Based on the characteristics of traffic violations and accident patterns during the holidays, they closely focused on key road sections with concentrated traffic flow and prominent hidden dangers and risks, and paid close attention to source investigation, key rectification, and strict road management. The three key points are to adhere to the combination of fixed-point duty and mobile inspections, and strictly investigate serious traffic violations such as drunk driving and "three excesses and one fatigue". During the long holiday, an average of 181,000 police officers and 62,000 police vehicles were dispatched nationwide every day, more than 4,000 traffic police law enforcement stations were activated, and more than 20,000 temporary duty points were set up.
The Spring Festival holiday is long, people are traveling intensively by car, and highway traffic flow continues to run at a high level. Judging from the traffic volume of 700 important passage nodes on 73 highways monitored by the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, it has increased by about 20% compared with the same period during the Spring Festival last year. Public security and traffic control departments in various places have studied and determined road sections prone to congestion in advance, formulated organizational and diversion plans one by one, strengthened departmental and regional police coordination, strengthened coordination with transportation, fire rescue, medical emergency and other departments as well as highway maintenance, obstacle clearance and other units, and strengthened key periods , patrol, control and provide command and guidance on key road sections and important nodes, and make every effort to clear congestion and ensure smooth flow.
It is expected that by the Lantern Festival, the return traffic flow of self-driving vehicles from various places will continue to remain high. In addition, affected by the cold wave weather, most areas across the country will usher in a new round of rainfall, snow, and cooling, which will adversely affect the return traffic during the Spring Festival.
The Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security reminds drivers that when traveling by car, they must pay close attention to weather changes and road traffic conditions, plan and arrange their itineraries reasonably, and adjust their travel plans as much as possible in case of severe weather such as low temperature, rain, snow, ice, heavy fog, sand and dust; and abide by the law. When driving, do not speed, overload passengers, drive while fatigued, and it is strictly prohibited to drive under the influence of alcohol; be polite and courteous, pay attention and slow down at intersections, and when encountering slow-moving vehicles, traffic jams, etc., queue up and pass in an orderly manner, and do not fight for the right of way. Do not occupy the emergency lane; in the event of a traffic accident, remember to "pull over, evacuate, and call the police immediately" to prevent secondary accidents; when taking passenger vehicles, be sure to choose legal and compliant vehicles, refuse to take overcrowded vehicles and "hacked transport", and stay safe throughout the entire journey fasten your seatbelt. (over)