Traveling more than 1800 kilometers, follow the truck driver for a long time

Figure (1): Trucks of Xingrong Supply Chain Co., Ltd. in Shanxi Linfen Economic and Technological Development Zone are ready to go.

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Figure (2): Driver Wang Yongping drives a truck in the Linfen section of the Beijing-Kunming Expressway.

Figure (3): Wang Yongping reinforcing cargo.

Photographed by Qiao Dong, a reporter of this newspaper

Source of chart content: Opinions on Strengthening the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Truck Drivers issued by 16 departments including the Ministry of Transport in October 2021

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"Go!" Kicking and kicking tires, patting the car door, and turning around the white Dongfeng semi-trailer tractor, Wang Yongping completed the routine inspection before leaving the car and beckoned the reporter to get on the car.

The reporter raised his hand to look at the watch, and the time was 3 pm on December 18, 2021. The truck, which has the license plate of "Jin LD8577", drove out of The Xingrong Logistics Park in Linfen, Shanxi, and set off for its destination, Foshan, Guangdong.

"A truckload of dyes, plus the weight of the truck, the whole vehicle is less than 50 tons, which meets the load limit requirements." Wang Yongping, 43, works for the fleet of Xingrong Supply Chain Co., Ltd. in Linfen Economic and Technological Development Zone, specializing in the transportation of goods from Shanxi to Guangdong.

For a long time, the majority of truck drivers have taken the car as their home and the road as a companion, running in the front line of logistics and transportation. On November 3, 2021, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference on strengthening the protection of the rights and interests of truck drivers, and in 2020, 17.28 million truck drivers in the whole industry completed 74% of the total social freight volume and 31% of the turnover, making important contributions to supporting economic and social development, ensuring and improving people's livelihood.

In November 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the National Commendation Conference for Model Workers and Advanced Workers that it is necessary to adapt to the rapid development of new technologies, new formats and new models, and adopt a variety of means to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of employment groups such as couriers, online contractors, and truck drivers.

Focusing on the "worries" such as parking and rest difficulties reflected by the majority of truck drivers, "worries" such as urban traffic difficulties, and irregular road law enforcement, in October 2021, the Ministry of Transport and other 16 departments jointly issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Truck Drivers", adhering to the combination of far and near, treating both symptoms and root causes, coordinated linkage, and comprehensive management, focusing on promoting strict and fair and civilized law enforcement, smoothing the channels for truck drivers to complain and report, simplifying the procedures for truck drivers to handle certificates, Optimize and adjust the policy of prohibiting and restricting the movement of trucks, improve the parking and rest conditions of truck drivers, and other 9 aspects, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of truck drivers.

After 46 hours, the reporter followed Wang Yongping to drive more than 1,800 kilometers to Foshan on the coast of the South China Sea. Eating and living together along the way, feeling the hard work of truck drivers taking the car as their home and the road as a companion, and the joint efforts of multiple departments to strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of truck drivers, so that they can truly feel the care and care.

Safer to travel

Real-time tips for road traffic information, strict supervision of overloading, real-time monitoring and early warning of fatigue driving, safe driving, etc

At 6:00 p.m. on December 18, 2021, when the truck was passing along the Jiluo Expressway through the Xiaolangdi Scenic Area of the Yellow River in Henan, a tip from other drivers of the company's freight fleet was heard on the walkie-talkie in the car: "A truck rolled over while passing through the Huahu Interchange Hub of daguang Expressway and Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway in Huangshi, Hubei Province, please detour in advance." ”

"Switch to the Xuguang Expressway and avoid the accident section." Wang Yongping then adjusted the driving route, "The company equipped our fleet drivers with Bluetooth intercom headsets, which can obtain road information in real time and ensure smooth travel." ”

"A few years ago, some truck overload problems were more prominent, I had a traffic accident because of overloading, and then I didn't dare to overload anymore." In recent years, Wang Yongping has personally felt that the freight travel specification is more standardized, "the freight vehicle must be weighed before departure, the load data is directly transmitted to the traffic management department, and the overrun station of the provincial and county border national highways and the overrun point at the entrance of the highway need to be weighed again, and the overloaded vehicles cannot be on the highway." ”

After a while, it was dark, and the opposite headlights formed a faint band of light above the highway barrier. "In front of it is the Luoyang Mengjin service area, let's rest for a while." Wang Yongping pointed to the Beidou monitor installed in the car, "More than 4 hours is fatigue driving, and after a while it will call the police." ”

When the car stopped in the Mengjin service area to rest, Wang Yongping, who has been in the industry for 21 years, opened the conversation box: "In the first few years of running freight, the car was cold in winter and hot in summer, and the sponge cushion was hard like a stone at the end of the day. Now the car has air conditioning and a simple hot water installation. ”

"Not only are driving conditions much better now than in the past, but driving records are also more comprehensive." Wang Yongping showed reporters one by one that monitoring equipment was installed on the right side of the vehicle cockpit dashboard, and a 5G digital vehicle video surveillance active safety early warning system was also installed on both sides of the front, rear and body. "In the spring of 2016, I was running into a car on a freight trip and couldn't tell who was responsible. Now with a more comprehensive driving record, similar problems can be easily solved. ”

Vehicle safety monitoring is also being followed up. After resting, we drove away from the Mengjin service area, and it wasn't long before we heard the truck "gasping for breath" and the roar of the engine muffled and muffled. Wang Yongping, who was experienced and experienced, quickly realized: "It may be that the turbocharged engine of the truck is leaking." ”

After driving at a low speed for a period of time, the truck stopped in the roadside parking area, the reporter set up a warning sign 150 meters away from the vehicle, Wang Yongping opened the front cover of the truck, holding a flashlight to check the relevant parts. "Sure enough, it was a problem with the turbocharged engine. A bolt was dropped, causing the turbocharged engine to fail to exhaust, and the 480-horsepower engine lost 80 horsepower in vain, becoming a small horse-drawn cart. He took out the repair kit in the car and quickly took care of the fault.

During the repair of the car, Wang Yongping received a call from the Highway Traffic Police Corps of the Henan Provincial Public Security Department: "We have detected that the exhaust emissions of your vehicle are too high and you are driving at a low speed for a long time, please drive away from the highway as soon as possible." If you need rescue, please call the '12328' Transportation Service Supervision Number..."

Wang Yongping told reporters that the Beidou GPS dual-mode vehicle terminal in the car can analyze the engine operation data in real time, assess the driving status of the vehicle, and feedback the monitored fault information to the background of the traffic management department in real time. "Now the law enforcement on the road is more intense and warmer." He said.

At the press conference held by the Information Office of the State Council on November 3, 2021 to strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of truck drivers, Cai Tuanjie, director of the Department of Transport Services and press spokesman of the Ministry of Transport, introduced that adhering to the principle of "life first, safety first" and implementing the people-centered development thinking, the transportation department actively worked with relevant departments to pay close attention to the main problems exposed by truck accidents, and targeted measures to improve the emergency handling capabilities and vehicle safety performance of freight drivers. Strengthen measures such as monitoring the dynamic driving behavior of truck drivers, and comprehensively improve the level of safety development.

According to the press conference information, in recent years, the relevant departments have increased the centralized rectification and correction of serious traffic violations such as overloading, illegal modification, and fatigue driving, and the illegal acts of trucks have been curbed to a certain extent. In 2020, the number of traffic fatalities caused by truck accidents decreased by nearly 1,000 year-on-year.

Parking is more convenient

There are more truck parking spaces in the highway service area, and the construction of the "driver's home" continues to advance, focusing on allowing truck drivers to "stop with land", "rest assured" and "stop comfortably"

At 11:00 p.m. on December 18, the vehicle drove into the service area of Pingding Shanxi Expressway in Henan Province. Trucks are parked in an orderly manner according to the guidance line of the large vehicle parking spaces marked on the ground.

"It's time to rest." Wang Yongping maintains good professional habits, "rest at 11 o'clock at night, sports car at 8 o'clock in the morning, to ensure adequate sleep time." ”

"In the past, at night, the service area was not open, and it was common to park and rest." Perennial in the freight process, these years of changes Wang Yongping in the eyes, "this road, many places to build, expand parking spaces, large service area can park hundreds of trucks, some service areas also delineated parking guidance line, parking order is much better than in the past." ”

The difficulty of parking and resting was once a problem that truck drivers reported more concentrated. The "Opinions on Strengthening the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Truck Drivers" proposes to "improve the parking and rest conditions of truck drivers", requiring "moderately increasing the number of truck parking spaces" and "accelerating the construction of 'driver's homes' to facilitate truck drivers to park, rest, eat, wash, shower, toilet, etc."

Before departure, Xiao Weimin, deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Transportation Development Center, introduced to reporters that in view of the problem of parking difficulties in the highway service area, in recent years, Shanxi has continued to tap potential, scientifically adjust the proportion of passenger and freight spaces, change and expand parking spaces, effectively increase the supply of truck parking spaces, and actively promote the construction of a number of functional, economical, comfortable and convenient "driver's homes". "Not only to ensure that the truck is 'parked on the ground', but also to let the truck driver 'stop with confidence' and 'comfortable stop'." Xiao Weimin said.

On the afternoon of December 18, when passing through the West Service Area of Xiangfen, Shanxi, the reporter walked into the "Driver's Home" here. In the public area of more than 100 square meters, there are water drawdown rooms and two separate bathing rooms, and beds, washing machines and so on. "We provide a free service so that the driver can come here to sleep well, drink hot water, take a hot bath." Xu Shunxi, head of the "driver's home" in the service area, said.

The "Driver's Home" brings the warmth of home to the majority of truck drivers. Eating and living in the car all year round, Wang Yongping's headache in the past is that it is inconvenient to take a bath and wash, "Don't look at this little 'driver's home', it can help us solve big problems." ”

According to the press conference on November 3, nearly 230,000 truck parking spaces have been set up in the highway service area and parking area across the country. At the same time, the Ministry of Transport has listed the construction of "driver's homes" as a practical matter for people's livelihood for four consecutive years, and together with the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, has promoted the construction of more than 700 "driver's homes" across the country, providing truck drivers with rest, showers, laundry, hot water and other services.

On the night of December 18, the reporter and Wang Yongping stayed overnight in the Pingding Shanxi Expressway service area, and the "dormitory" was the back of the cockpit of the truck - the bunk bed like a sleeper car of a train. Wang Yongping wanted the reporter to sleep on a slightly more spacious lower bunk. "You have to get up early and have a sports car, and it's more important to rest well." Seeing that the reporter refused, he helped to sort out the bedding on the upper bunk, "The car is very safe, sleep steadily!" ”

Inside the car, the temperature is as usual. Wang Yongping sighed that in the past, it was not easy to sleep peacefully. One night many years ago, Wang Yongping stayed overnight in a parking lot in a service area, and in the middle of the night he felt something was wrong: a motorcycle was circling around the truck, and in a daze he heard the fuel tank cover "rattling" open, looked up at the rearview mirror, and saw that the extraction hose had been stuffed into the tank of the truck. He immediately rolled over to the front cab and quickly turned on the truck's headlights, which drove away the oil thieves.

"In the past, we couldn't sleep soundly at night, afraid that someone would steal oil and steal goods. The fuel tank of general trucks can be loaded with up to 800 liters of diesel fuel, worth more than 5,000 yuan. Wang Yongping said, "Now, parking monitoring is installed around the service area, and there are special personnel responsible for patrolling." ”

According to the press conference on November 3, many places are exploring to ensure the safety of car and cargo parking in the service area and let truck drivers park with confidence. For example, the transportation department of Gansu Province has launched a "worry-free car and cargo" public liability insurance for truck drivers, and the insurance company will compensate the insurance company once the truck driver is stolen in the service area of the network toll highway in Gansu. "On the basis of summarizing gansu's experience, we will guide the local government to promote it in an orderly manner in combination with local realities, and provide more and safer service guarantees for truck drivers." Cai Tuanjie said.

It's easier

Vehicle cross-provincial off-site inspection, "three inspections in one" reform has been effective, service supervision telephone to ensure that "can be through", "ask can not fall" and "do well"

At 8:00 a.m. on December 19, the new day's itinerary began.

After passing through wugang, walking through Biyang, passing through Funiu Mountain, and entering the territory of Suizhou in Hubei Province from Henan, the shrubs on both sides of the road changed from yellow to green, and people's mood was also much lighter. Passing through the Junchuan service area in Suizhou, Wang Yongping recalled the lantern festival he and his driver friend spent here in early 2020.

"On the third day of the first lunar month of that year, Hubei was fighting the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and I transported donated materials from Linfen to Wuhan. After more than a month, I joined the volunteer service team of trucks organized by the local organization in Hubei and traveled all over Hubei to transport anti-epidemic materials. Wang Yongping said, "The Lantern Festival was spent in this service area." That night, I took out my hometown specialties with several driver friends from different provinces and shared the tasting together. ”

"After being away for a long time, what if you catch up with the annual inspection of the vehicle?" The reporter asked.

Wang Yongping smiled and waved his hand: "I have suffered losses in this regard." ”

In February 2017, Wang Yongping ran a long-distance freight trip to Jiangxi, and when he traveled to Henan, he remembered the time of the annual vehicle review. "Turn back, hundreds of kilometers of road white run, I think or run this long run." As a result, just entered Jiangxi, I encountered the traffic police to check the car, was deducted 6 points, and was fined, that long-distance is a white run. Wang Yongping said.

In May 2018, the executive meeting of the State Council made arrangements for further reducing the logistics costs of the real economy, and clearly put forward a series of measures such as "realizing the 'three inspections in one' of annual inspection, annual inspection and exhaust emission inspection of trucks" and "implementing inter-provincial off-site inspection of freight vehicles". From September 1 of that year, the cross-provincial inspection of small cars, trucks and medium-sized passenger cars was fully implemented, and the applicant could directly inspect in the province other than the place of registration of the motor vehicle and apply for the inspection pass mark without going through the entrusted inspection procedures. At the same time, the Ministry of Transport, together with the Ministry of Public Security, the State Administration of Market Regulation, and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, has made every effort to promote the implementation of the "three inspections in one" reform.

"In the past, the vehicle exhaust emission inspection was in one place, and the vehicle annual review and annual inspection were each in one place, and it took 3 days to run down. Now it can be handled off-site, and it only needs to enter a door, the last test line, and it can be done in one morning. Wang Yongping said.

According to the press conference on November 3, 31 provinces and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have all realized the "three inspections in one" of trucks and the inter-provincial interconnection of testing data, and have uploaded more than 23 million testing information to the ministerial system, accumulatively detecting more than 11 million vehicles, accounting for 98% of the total number of operating trucks.

Driving all the way to the Service Area of Hengyang Ramp Weir in Hunan Province, the sky is dark, Wang Yongping took out the pot, connected to the car power supply, poured the rice into the pot, "Now stew, to the next service area can eat, tonight we make egg fried rice." ”

After 40 minutes, drive into the next service area. As soon as the car stopped, someone knocked on the car door and said, "In order to prevent someone from stealing oil and stealing goods, pay 20 yuan, we help to see the car." Wang Yongping waved his hand outside the car and raised the window.

"Can I report this kind of non-compliant behavior?" The reporter asked.

"4 years ago, I came across something else on the road, I made a complaint call, it was useless." Wang Yongping said.

"How about trying again?"

"Then try again." During the conversation, Wang Yongping dialed the "12328" transportation service supervision telephone, reflecting the situation.

After making the call, continue on your way. Shortly after driving away from the service area, the on-board Bluetooth phone rang, and the other party was the person in charge of the service area: "For the problems you encountered in our service area, I am very sorry, I must find out the situation, give you feedback in time, and strengthen personnel management in the future to prevent similar situations." ”

At 11 o'clock that night, we arrived at the Changning service area in Hunan Province, and the phone rang again. This time, the staff of the Traffic Safety Integrated Service Management Platform of the Traffic Police Corps of the Hunan Provincial Public Security Department called: "Are you satisfied with our handling results, and what suggestions do you have?" ”

After talking on the phone, Wang Yongping wiped his hands, took out a few eggs, put them on the edge of the frying pan and opened them, and then poured the stewed rice into the wok. With a "stinging" sound, the heat and aroma of egg fried rice rise up. "It's really different. In the past, complaints sometimes did not go back, but now they are 'always asked'. Wang Yongping said.

"In order to better listen to the voices of truck drivers and effectively solve the interests of truck drivers, we have strengthened the role of the '12328' transportation service supervision telephone, further smoothed the channels for complaints and reports, improved the supervision quality of services, and effectively safeguarded the legitimate rights and interests of the majority of truck drivers." Cai Tuanjie said at a press conference on November 3 that to ensure that the telephone "can be through", "ask can not be down", "do a good job", "12328" the overall operation is smooth. In the first three quarters of 2021, the immediate response rate of the national "12328" hotline information consultation category reached 98.7%, the time-limited completion rate reached 96.8%, the satisfaction rate of return visits reached 97.6%, and the service quality and mass satisfaction of telephone operations steadily improved.

Benefits are more secure

Continue to strengthen the supervision of freight Internet platforms, improve the degree of organization of the logistics and transportation industry, and promote truck drivers to participate in social insurance

On the morning of December 20th, from the Xiarong Expressway to the Erguang Expressway, we entered the territory of Lianzhou City, Qingyuan, Guangdong From Lanshan County, Yongzhou, Hunan. Along the way, the mountains stretch out, the valleys are sometimes clouded, and the greenery on both sides of the highway is denser.

"Do you have a truck of goods to be transported to Shanxi, and how do you calculate the freight?" While resting in the service area, Wang Yongping swiped the mobile phone screen and began to look for return freight orders on the freight Internet platform. If there is a suitable price, please call and inquire.

The reporter communicated with some truck drivers in the service area and learned that many of them used the freight Internet platform to find freight orders. Relevant research data from the Department of Transportation of Shanxi Province shows that 76.49% of truck drivers in Shanxi have used the freight Internet platform, of which 47.97% are often used, and 19.35% are mainly used to find the source of return goods.

"When I first ran freight, I used a public telephone to find the source of goods, opened the phone book, and asked door to door. Now open the mobile phone application, enter the place of departure, destination, and the surrounding push information will come. Wang Yongping said that it is more convenient to find goods than in the past, but there are also troubles, "Some platforms induce cargo owners to unreasonablely reduce prices and drivers to compete at low prices." ”

"According to incomplete statistics, 70% of freight drivers now use freight platforms to achieve goods-related services." Cai Tuanjie said at a press conference on November 3 that while the freight platform promotes the intensive integration of logistics resources and drives logistics cost reduction and efficiency, there are also problems of price-cutting competition, damaging the legitimate rights and interests of drivers, and disrupting the market order of fair competition in the industry.

In this regard, the Ministry of Transport, together with relevant departments, interviewed typical freight platform enterprises in the name of the inter-ministerial joint meeting on the coordinated supervision of new forms of transportation, requiring them not to induce cargo owners to unreasonablely reduce prices, and not to induce drivers to compete at low prices and overtime work. "In the next step, we will adhere to the equal emphasis on regulatory norms and promote development, better coordinate development and security, clarify rules, draw a clear bottom line, strengthen supervision, standardize order, and promote the healthy, standardized and orderly development of The Internet road freight platform." Cai Tuanjie said.

"Where did it go?" What to eat? Have you found your return order? "Along the way, Ji Xingrong, chairman of Xingrong Supply Chain Co., Ltd., and Wang Yongping talked on the phone several times." He is our big brother, from travel safety to vehicle maintenance, there is no less advice on weekdays. Wang Yongping said bluntly that he was very warm-hearted, "According to the relevant requirements of Linfen City, the company also wants to purchase social insurance for the drivers of our fleet." In the past, there were many vehicles attached to the company, and the driver's pension insurance was paid by himself. ”

"The city has also set up a logistics (alliance) association, and our company is one of the lead units. Some time ago, there was a peer who did not want to return the freight, and the association sent a letter to coordinate and help him get back the hard money. Wang Yongping said.

"In the past, there were many loose vehicles and few professional transport fleets, resulting in fierce competition at low prices in the freight industry." Wang Renhao, director of the Freight Logistics Department of the Shanxi Provincial Transportation Development Center, said, "We are exploring ways to improve the degree of organization of the logistics and transportation industry, improve the bargaining power of truck drivers, and ensure the freight income of drivers." ”

Multiple initiatives are being taken together, and change is happening. "The return order was found on the freight platform, and a truckload of furniture was transported back to Linfen, with a freight of 11,000 yuan." Wang Yongping happily settled accounts with reporters: this freight long-distance one-way more than 1,800 kilometers, freight costs 13,700 yuan, on the road fuel costs about 5,000 yuan, tolls 4,000 yuan, deducting meals, tire wear and other costs, can earn about 3,500 yuan. Return orders used to be mostly capital protection work, and this time they could earn about 1,000 yuan.

At 1 p.m. on December 20, the truck arrived at the end point - Guixingwei Industrial Zone, Shiling Village, Nanhai District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province. "The monthly income is 5,000 to 8,000 yuan, and tens of thousands of yuan in good times." The road environment and supporting services along the way are also much better than in the past, although it is hard to run a long distance, but the money is earned steadily and comfortably! Reversing into the warehouse, Wang Yongping stretched out his waist long and smiled.

Typography: Wang Zheping

Source: People's Daily - People's Daily