After entering 2022, the news of cross-border car manufacturing such as SONY and BlackBerry has caused heated discussions in the automotive industry. Although cross-border car manufacturing is a very hot topic, who can successfully complete mass production and gain market recognition in the follow-up is a matter of later. In contrast, on December 27, 2021, the Ministry of Public Security officially announced the revised "Measures for the Administration of Scoring of Road Traffic Safety Violations" that has attracted the attention of many car owners. It is worth mentioning that the new traffic regulations will be implemented from April 1, 2022.
144km/h, no points deducted!
From the current traffic regulations, the maximum speed limit of our domestic highway is only 120km/h, compared with other countries in the world, China's maximum speed limit is not high. However, it should be noted that compared with foreign countries, China has the characteristics of high car ownership and relatively congested roads, so strict speeding penalties can better protect the travel safety of the people. However, in the upcoming new traffic regulations, the original speeding penalty has been further relaxed.
Specifically, in the past, 0-20% of speeding was deducted 3 points, and now speeding below 20% will not be scored. This regulation applies to both highways, urban expressways, and ordinary roads. In addition, in the past, 20%-50% of speeding was deducted 6 points, and the upcoming new traffic regulations mentioned that 20%-50% of speeding should maintain 6 points, and speeding 20%-50% on ordinary roads should be reduced to 3 points.
As for the case of speeding by more than 50%, adjustments have also been made in the new traffic regulations. Previously, whether it was a high-speed or ordinary road, more than 50% of the speeding was deducted 12 points. In the new traffic regulations, speeding above 50% on highways and urban expressways is maintained for 12 points, and speeding above 50% on ordinary roads is reduced to 6 points.
From the perspective of the new regulations of the adjustment, we can find that the reasons for the speeding adjustment in the new regulations are mainly concentrated on ordinary roads, because in the current traffic regulations, the speed limit of 40km/h on the road, sometimes because there are fewer vehicles, the driver inadvertently accelerates to more than 50km/h, resulting in a deduction of points, and even because of 50% of the speeding, there is a deduction of 12 points and the revocation of the driver's license. In this context, the introduction of the new regulations is undoubtedly to fix this loophole, and there is also a certain fault tolerance rate for some car owners.
Relax the punishment, and pay more attention to safety!
Although the introduction of the new regulations can improve the fault tolerance rate of some car owners, to some extent, it has also brought stricter requirements to the automotive industry, such as how to ensure that the vehicle is at a high speed of 144km/h to ensure the daily travel safety of car owners.
As we all know, in the process of vehicle impact, speed, model, and time are the three major factors affecting safety. Among them, the speed of the car often plays a key role, the degree of impact, damage, etc. are directly proportional to the speed of the car, the faster the speed, the stronger the impact force, the greater the damage caused. In this regard, after the introduction of the new regulations, the cylinder brother has communicated with some industry experts, and experts have said: "The maximum speed of the car refers to the best speed that the vehicle can achieve on a good level of road, but this does not mean that the car is the most suitable at the maximum speed." Therefore, under normal circumstances, the driving speed of the car is 20km/h lower than the top speed. It is worth mentioning that at this speed, the performance of all aspects of the vehicle is also relatively stable.
In other words, in the context of a relatively large increase in driving speed, the number and severity of traffic accidents will increase accordingly. In this regard, many readers have also asked the cylinder brother whether the safety of the driver and occupants on the road can be guaranteed under the premise that the driving speed can be improved. After comprehensive consideration of all parties such as authoritative tests and product materials, the cylinder brother believes that it is very difficult to ensure safety in the case of about 144km/h, which can be seen from the collision standard test.
Vehicle collision as a common accident of road traffic, in order to ensure the safety of users, most agencies will set up some tests for vehicles according to this situation, so as to assess whether the safety standards of the vehicle are up to standard. However, for some manufacturers, the crash test is undoubtedly equivalent to the open-book examination, which directly explains the test content, so many car companies will strengthen for a certain aspect. Remember that in 2016, the US authoritative testing agency IIHS suddenly conducted an "interim test" to change the 25% bias collision of the main driver to a 25% bias collision of the co-pilot. Just when everyone thought the collision result was the same, an accident occurred, and the score changed from "GOOD" to "POOR". The main reason for this situation is that the left anti-collision beam of the American version of RAV4 has specially added an "energy absorption structure", while the anti-collision on the right side does not.
As one of the world's most authoritative vehicle inspection agencies, IIHS has not been able to ensure the safety of products, so how to ensure the safety of the occupants of the vehicle when the automotive products are driving at a high speed of 144km/h on the road? After all, in everyday life, we can't tell each other that we must have a head-on collision or a 25%/50% bias collision when it happens.
In addition to the difficulty of ensuring the safety of the vehicle, when the driver's driving speed reaches more than 140km/h, there will be a short reaction time and a small field of vision. According to relevant data, the speed = 40km/h, the field of view = 100 °; the speed = 70km/h, the field of view = 60 °; the speed is 100km/h, and the field of view = 40 °. Assuming that the driver is driving on an ordinary road, the speed limit is 40km/h, according to the speed of 50%, then the speed of the vehicle will reach 60km/h at this time, once there is a pedestrian on the side of the road suddenly running out, the driver can not make a judgment in time and brake treatment, then it will directly crash into the pedestrian. According to the data summarized by relevant research institutions, if a pedestrian is hit at a speed of 50km/h to 70km/h, the mortality rate of pedestrians will reach 60% to 90%.
It is worth mentioning that this situation is not uncommon on today's roads, such as when we see delivery workers on the road. Perhaps many readers believe that as the autonomous driving solutions of major car companies or suppliers continue to mature, even if the speed is high, it can greatly reduce the occurrence of such events. In this regard, the cylinder brother believes that perhaps the continuous maturity of the future automatic driving program can greatly reduce the occurrence of such events, but in the face of unexpected situations, it is more dependent on the driver's own judgment. Just as the so-called "ten accidents and nine fast", in the context of the official permission to drive fast cars (144km/h), whether the highway will become an accident-prone place, we can get the answer in the accident announced by the Ministry of Public Security at the end of 2022 or 2023.
Isn't it right to drive a "slow car"?
While relaxing the penalty for speeding, the new regulations, which came into effect on 1 April 2022, also mention that "for those who drive a motor vehicle on a highway below the minimum speed, a penalty of three points will be imposed." This means that in the future, some novice drivers will be penalized if they still want to drive slowly on the highway and fail to reach the minimum speed. Compared with driving a "fast car", the topic of turtle speed driving has always been very controversial, and some car owners believe that driving at turtle speed on high speed can not only avoid traffic jams, but also safe; many car owners think that driving a "slow car" is more likely to lead to accidents.
Regarding these two views, the cylinder brother may be more inclined to the latter. I remember a few years ago, in an accident, due to a heavy dump truck driving slowly on the highway, it was finally rear-ended by the car, resulting in the death of the driver and passengers on the spot. After the accident, the traffic police said in the final accident liability determination that the truck driver was only 31.44 kph per hour on the high speed, so the car driver was mainly responsible. For this result, many car owners believe that the truck driver is the main responsible party, because driving a "slow car" on the highway seriously affects normal road traffic. There are many more cases of the same, and I will not give examples here, because this situation will be greatly reduced after the implementation of the new regulations.
summary
In general, the cylinder brother is not opposed to the relaxation of the penalty for speeding, but in the case of relaxing the penalty, it is more necessary to consider road traffic safety. As an old driver, Brother Cylinder believes that instead of "tolerating speeding", it is better to manage traffic with the principle of "slow car to the right", and through the way of splitting speed, it can be achieved that driving slow cars does not affect driving fast cars, and if you want to drive fast cars, you can also drive with peace of mind. Of course, for the driving speed of 144km/h, the cylinder brother believes that the relevant departments still need to re-examine, after all, the quality of drivers in China at this stage is uneven, in order to ensure the safe travel of the people, it is still necessary to optimize all aspects!