Nowadays, driving through Huaihai Middle Road, the on-board map software will issue voice prompts and related warning signs, and reflective warning strips are also posted on the branches of the sycamore trees on both sides to remind vehicles to pay attention to rubbing, and these changes have benefited from the Huangpu Procuratorate's active response to the suggestions of the Huangpu District People's Congress Deputies, strengthening scientific and technological empowerment, speaking out for the public interest, and achieving a win-win situation.
In February last year, at the eighth meeting of the Huangpu District People's Congress, some district people's congress deputies put forward the "Proposal on Strengthening the Protection of Sidewalk Trees on Huaihai Middle Road", reflecting the serious tilt of the branches of the sidewalk branches along the Middle Huaihai Road to the road, endangering public safety and the maintenance of sidewalk trees.
According to preliminary statistics, from June to November 2020 alone, there have been 3 serious bicycle accidents, with serious damage to the vehicle, and caused different degrees of damage such as broken branches, damaged poles, and falling street lamps. Through on-site visits, the public interest litigation procurator of the Huangpu District Procuratorate found that the sycamore branches at No. 466 and No. 472 Middle Huaihai Road were the most seriously inclined to the road. A shop clerk along the street said that there are often medium and large vehicles that bump into tree branches to cause accidents, and once a truck hit a branch and knocked off the street lights at night, but fortunately no one passed by. Poor line of sight at night, higher probability of vehicles colliding with sidewalk trees and greater damage caused by accidents.
In June last year, the Huangpu District Procuratorate issued a procuratorial recommendation to the District Green Appearance Bureau, which is responsible for the maintenance and management of street trees, in accordance with the law, recommending that it perform its supervision duties over street trees that have not been properly maintained along The Middle Huaihai Road, eliminate hidden dangers to public safety, and safeguard the public interest. The District Green Appearance Bureau communicated with the procuratorial organs as soon as it received the procuratorial suggestions, saying that the plane trees planted along the road were older, the pruning of the first-level forks would produce the risk of dumping, and the transplanted trees could not ensure the survival of the trees, and they would paste reflective warnings on the branches to remind the vehicles, and continue to pay attention to the growth of the trees, and carry out wound repair and branching work in time.
The problem of street tree maintenance has been properly solved, but the safety hazards of vehicle traffic have not been completely eliminated. In September last year, the procuratorate organized relevant administrative departments to invite Internet map software operators represented by Baidu, Tencent, autoNavi, etc. to hold a hearing to discuss solutions that could improve or better solve the problem. After the meeting, the procuratorial organs issued procuratorial suggestions to the above-mentioned map merchants, suggesting that as an Internet map merchant with high-precision map qualifications and hundreds of millions of users, in view of the point of the street tree in this case, add navigation voice reminder content to the relevant road sections, etc., and actively realize the concept of corporate social responsibility and public welfare. At present, a number of map merchant replies have been configured in the software with voice prompts and related warning signs, and will continue to pay attention to the update of traffic signs on relevant road sections, so as to update the map voice broadcast in a timely manner.
Author: Shan Yingwen Wu Shanshan
Edit: Zhou Chen