Behaviors such as calling and playing with mobile phones while driving will face higher penalties. On April 1, the Ministry of Public Security's newly formulated "Measures for the Administration of Scoring of Road Traffic Safety Violations" was officially implemented. Driving a motor vehicle and making calls to or answering handheld telephones and other acts that hinder safe driving, the penalty score is raised from 2 points to 3 points.
The reporter's investigation on the street found that there are many drivers who answer the phone and play mobile phones by car.
At the intersection of Shuangqiao Road, a ride-hailing driver plays with his mobile phone before stopping the line.
▎ On the move
10 minutes 6 people play mobile phone
In the afternoon, the sun is shining, the breeze is gentle, and the East Fourth Ring Road North Road is full of traffic. Driving from the North East Fourth Ring Road to the south, many vehicles need to slow down and turn into the auxiliary road when entering the East 7 Gate of Chaoyang Park. However, it was at such a complex intersection where the main road and auxiliary roads intersected, and the reporter found that many drivers answered the phone while driving.
From a distance, a small white car driving slowly on the side road is not unusual, but when you look at it, the driver in the car holds the steering wheel in his left hand and plays with his right hand. To his right, a bus was lighting up and preparing to stop. Another small blue car, while slowing down from the main road into the auxiliary road, the driver's left hand took off the steering wheel and held the mobile phone to speak, and the right hand held the steering wheel, looking good and wandering.
Just a few minutes later, a small silver car also entered the auxiliary road from the main road of the East Fourth Ring North Road to the south, and the driver held the steering wheel in his left hand and suspended his right hand to operate the mobile phone hanging on the mobile phone holder, so the speed of the car was reduced. The rear vehicle saw the car in front of it suddenly slow down and avoided changing lanes in advance.
The reporter observed for 10 minutes at the overpass next to the east 7 gates of Chaoyang Park and found that at least 6 drivers were operating mobile phones during the driving process of the vehicle. Some of them put their mobile phones on the steering wheel and talk while driving, some directly operate the mobile phone with one hand in the air, and even more hold the steering wheel with one hand and tilt their bodies with the other hand to reach the mobile phone on the bracket.
A similar scene also appeared inside the Guangqu Gate of the East Second Ring Road. At the end of the work hours, Guangqumen Inner Street, there are endless traffic in the east-west direction. The reporter photographed the overpass in this section of the road, from east to west, from time to time there are drivers playing with mobile phones while driving.
A silver Buick commercial vehicle, the driver holds the steering wheel in his left hand and operates the mobile phone in his right hand; after a while, another driver is also playing with his mobile phone while driving. However, the driver directly placed the mobile phone on the steering wheel in front of his chest. At the intersection, a driver also tilted his head and used his right hand to operate the mobile phone for more than 10 seconds, even if the vehicle in front of him had already left, the driver did not start the follow-up in time.
The reporter squatted on the Guangqumennei Street for about 15 minutes and found at least 5 drivers operating mobile phones while driving. Among them, some drivers are slow to operate the mobile phone or slightly offset in direction, which causes the rear vehicle to honk the warning.
On the inner street of Guangqumen, a driver playing with his mobile phone was urged by the rear car.
▎ Wait for the red light
As soon as the car stops, "looking" for the phone
Operating a mobile phone while driving seems to have become the "standard" action for many drivers. Especially before the stop line with the red light on at the intersection, during the stage of vehicle deceleration and taxiing, many drivers will "find" mobile phones or pick up other things.
The shuangqiao intersection below the Jingtong Expressway has been a heavily congested area in the past few years. Nowadays, the intersection has been upgraded, but the reporter found that many drivers play mobile phones when the intersection waits for red lights, which also affects the efficiency of vehicle traffic.
At the intersection, from west to east, a "head car" in the left turn lane just stopped, and the driver took out his mobile phone and played with his head down. At the intersection of Tongzhou Beiyuan South Road and Cuiping West Road, there are also many drivers who look at their mobile phones and make calls before stopping the line. One driver was urged by other vehicles because he looked down at his mobile phone and did not follow the car in time.
At the above two intersections, there are also drivers who are too engaged in looking at the mobile phone before the stop line, and the wheels once roll forward and urgently "step on death"; in addition to the slow movement of the car, there are also several drivers who are still holding mobile phones in their hands when the vehicle starts to cross the stop line.
The old man has been driving for more than ten years, and he admits that he will look at or use mobile phones many times during the driving process. "To be honest, there are a lot of times when I look at my phone, but I also divide the road and the situation." He once said that he mainly looked at his mobile phone when waiting for lights at intersections, slow vehicles and traffic jams.
"Modern people are like this, mobile phones have become a big part of life. As soon as I have a message, I think about replying, let alone calling. Ms. Fan, the driver, admitted that when the vehicle waited at the intersection stop line, she would also take out her mobile phone at the first time, "I feel idle." ”
Some traffic police have done a test, at a driving speed of 60 kilometers per hour, the driver in the driving process as long as distracted for one second, the vehicle is equal to "blind driving" 16.7 meters, distracted 3 seconds out of 50.1 meters, which does not include the time and safety distance required for emergency braking. There are also research data showing that the probability of accidents when driving to look at mobile phones is 23 times that of ordinary driving, and the probability of accidents when driving on the phone is 2.8 times that of ordinary driving.
East Fourth Ring North Road turned into a side road, and a driver called.
▎ Ride-hailing
Driving corners are still "interacting"
Compared with ordinary citizens playing with mobile phones while driving, groups such as online ride-hailing drivers use mobile phones more often in driving. Even if there are passengers sitting in the car, there are drivers who "can't stay idle".
"Hey, where is it?" In front of the west-to-east stop line of Jianguo Road in the Shuangqiao area, a ride-hailing driver had just stopped his car and picked up his mobile phone to speak. In the air conditioning outlet of his car, there is also a mobile phone hanging. In about a minute of waiting for the change at the traffic light, the driver spent more time talking and sending voice messages with his mobile phone, except for occasionally fiddling with the mobile phone interface. What is even more exaggerated is that when the green light for turning left is on, the driver even answers the phone while driving one hand to turn the corner, and the "interaction" does not stop.
Also at the intersection, with a "click" handbrake pulled up, a taxi driver from a certain company also took out his mobile phone and sent a voice to the phone. This kind of voice interaction lasted several times.
Ride-hailing or taxi drivers driving and playing with mobile phones often brings shocked encounters to passengers. "Once, after getting on the bus, the master spoke WeChat voice, used his hometown dialect, and chatted happily in the hometown group." Mr. Gao, an office worker, said that he saw that the vehicles were about to squeeze into the side lane, "The vehicles in the rear beeped and honked, and almost had an accident." "Last weekend, when Ms. Lu and her children were riding in an online ride-hailing car, the driver picked up the WeChat voice that suddenly popped up, causing them to prepare to turn in the section where they shouldn't have turned." I immediately said that we were familiar with this route, and it was not right! ”
"The use of mobile phones by online ride-hailing vehicles and taxis during the driving process is indeed more frequent, and it is also more dangerous to public safety." Shen Lijun, president of the Urban Zhixing Information Technology Research Institute, said. However, in reality, on the one hand, it is more difficult to collect evidence using mobile phones while driving; on the other hand, offline law enforcement is also more difficult, and sometimes there will be problems of ridicule and insufficient evidence, "unless there are passengers recording or video to prove." ”
The reporter learned that in recent years, the hardware for shooting driving and answering calls and playing mobile phones in Beijing has become increasingly perfect, not only the cameras are more advanced, but the number of related road sections and cameras has also been greatly improved. Under normal circumstances, the driver uses the car Bluetooth and other equipment to answer the phone, and the hands do not leave the steering wheel, and will not be punished by the probe shooting. Other cases that are photographed or reported by passengers will face penalties.
▎ Recommended
Explore precise means Law enforcement should be more stringent
"Playing with mobile phones, answering phone calls and other behaviors while driving is a serious danger to safe driving. Because drivers need to fulfill the obligation to drive safely and cautiously when driving. Huang Haibo, director of the Traffic Management and Transportation Law Professional Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association, said. He revealed that in reality, it is more common to be punished for playing mobile phones and other obstacles to safe driving.
For groups such as online car-hailing and taxi drivers, "grabbing orders" in driving is strictly not allowed. "At present, in addition to the occasional high-definition camera, there are still difficulties in law enforcement." Huang Haibo said that considering various practical factors, the education of drivers and drivers is more important than governance. "The angle of law enforcement will continue to be strict, but it will be difficult to completely eliminate it." How to solve the contradiction between online car-hailing and taxi watching mobile phones to take orders and grab jobs tests the wisdom of enterprises and law enforcement departments. He believes that more importantly, from the beginning of driving school to the daily work, it is necessary to do a good job of educating every driver on the safety of driving.
"In the future, the law enforcement perspective may rely more on scientific and technological means to obtain evidence, including upgrading camera technology to make shooting more accurate and law enforcement more accurate." Compared with playing with mobile phones in an instant, the indirect consequences caused by looking at mobile phones, such as accidents such as reversing, scraping, rear-end collisions, etc., are relatively easy to define. Once it is determined that the cause of the consequence is playing with a mobile phone, it may be advisable to increase the penalty. Shen Lijun suggested that in the future, we should continue to explore more effective regulatory means.
Source Beijing Evening News
Reporter Li Songlin wen and photographed
Process Editor Wu Yue