At two o'clock in the afternoon of the 11th, on the coach field of the Oriental Fashion Driving School, the driver Mr. Sun was driving a pickup truck, dragging an orange-yellow motorhome, and trying to practice dumping. Obviously, he who has been driving ordinary small cars for many years has not mastered the reversing essentials of "traction trailer" at this time, the first time he reversed, the direction was not in place, the second time, the wheel was not timely, the third time, he simply forgot that the "tow trailer" needed to first "reverse direction" to hit the wheel, hang up the reverse gear, just turn the steering wheel, it was wrong.
"It's not easy. But it is not easy to learn. When Mr. Sun got out of the car, he told reporters that he had to slow down a little. The imaginary caravan life is still far away from him. From April 1 this year, the newly revised "Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driving Licenses" (Decree No. 162 of the Ministry of Public Security) was officially implemented, and the new light tractor trailer quasi-driving type (C6) was added, which is a blessing for RV enthusiasts and motorcycle friends.
A2 The old driver can legally drive the trailer, we at least have to learn first
Beijing citizens learn the C6 driver's license, mainly for leisure and entertainment. Chi Yutong, head of the marketing department of the Oriental Fashion Driving School, said that there are about 300 citizens who have signed up for additional driving and learning, some of whom are in order to catch up with a fashion, but more are really in demand, such as preparing to buy a trailer-mounted caravan, or motorcycle riders, hoping to legally drag their motorcycles at home for a long trip as soon as possible.
According to the new "Regulations", can the C6 driver's license be applied for directly? Who can apply for an increase in C6? Is the A2 driver's license without practice, and it is no problem to go directly to the road?
Shen Yuhui, a police officer of the Law Enforcement supervision Squadron of the Beijing Municipal Vehicle Management Institute, said that the C6 driver's license cannot be directly applied for, and can only obtain a quasi-driving driving license above the small car (C1) or small automatic car (C2), and the score cycle and the latest scoring cycle before the application have not recorded 12 points, apply for additional driving.
In other words, in addition to already holding an A2 driver's license, drivers holding A1, A3, B1, B2, C1, and C2 driver's licenses can obtain C6 by driving additionally. However, C6 cannot be increased by holding only C3, C4, C5 or only with a D, E, F driver's license.
"Those who originally held an A2 driver's license to be downgraded do not need an examination and can directly apply to the Vehicle Management Office to endorse the C6 quasi-driving qualification." Shen Yuhui said. On April 1 this year, the recipient of the first C6 driver's license in Beijing, Mr. Cui, a Beijing citizen who obtained a driver's license in the 1990s, took the initiative to downgrade the A2 driver's license in his hand in 2019, and after the release of the new "Regulations", he directly applied to the Vehicle Management Office for renewal, and only then was he lucky enough to become the "first person to receive a C6 driver's license" in Beijing.
The reporter learned that the A2 driver's license is a tractor, and at the same time, it can also drive heavy, medium-sized full-trailer, semi-trailer car trains, and can also drive B1, B2, C1, C2, C3, C4, M permitted models. With the addition of the C6 driver's license, drivers with A2 can drive a light trailer directly without additional driving. But the reporter found a problem: the reporter, like Mr. Cui before, held an A2 driver's license, but none of them had been trained in trailers.
Shen Yuhui explained that drivers who held B books for large trucks before 2004 were uniformly identified as A2 after the reform of the motor vehicle driver's license in that year. This part of the driver, if they do not have experience in driving a tractor, is indeed not suitable for directly driving a light traction trailer on the road. On April 1, in the office hall of the Beijing Municipal Vehicle Management Office, Mr. Cui told reporters with a C6 driver's license that although he could apply directly, he still went to the driving school to learn first. "I didn't drive a trailer before, and the difference between driving an ordinary car is very big, if you don't go to the driving school to practice well, directly grope on the road, don't say that you are dangerous, you will also bring danger to other drivers and pedestrians around you - for your own safety and the safety of others, you still have to find a professional coach and practice well."
To apply for a C6 driver's license, there are also age requirements, you need to be over 20 years old and under 60 years old. However, for those over 60 years old and under 70 years old, who do have the need to drive a light traction trailer, they can also apply for additional driving after passing the ability tests such as memory, judgment, and reaction. After reaching the age of 70, the C6 driver's license will be cancelled.
"Pouring the Library" Is the Hardest thing to think about practicing
According to the new "Regulations", to obtain a C6 driver's license, it is necessary to test the common sense of safe and civilized driving in subjects TWO and three (commonly known as "subject four"), and the test score is 100 points, and those who achieve 90 points are qualified. The subject 2 examination items include pile examination, curved driving, and right angle turning. Focus on assessing the driver's perception, judgment and operation of the body position and moving trajectory to ensure the safe driving ability of the light traction trailer.
If you want to learn the towing technology, what is the difficulty? Industry expert Shen Yuhui gave a detailed explanation.
"The rear of the car is dragged and hung a car, it is called 'train', the total length of the train is already a bit like a bus, especially when turning, the driver must consider the problem of 'inner wheel difference', must turn out a sufficient angle, if you turn like a car usually, the body of the front car has passed, and the part of the trailer behind it will definitely roll to the side of the road or other vehicles." Shen Yuhui said.
Shen Yuhui gave a detailed explanation to reporters: "In a sense, the difficulty of C6 is more difficult than the driving of heavy trailers involved in the A2 driver's license. This is due to the different locations of the articulation points of the heavy and light tractors, the articulation points of the heavy semi-trailers are more advanced, and in actual driving, the operation when turning is easier to grasp than the C6 light traction trailer behind the articulation point.
On the training ground of the driving school, the reporter observed that compared with paying attention to the "inner wheel difference" when turning, it is obviously more difficult for the old drivers who come to increase driving. The twists and turns of the warehouse, the snake-shaped position, and the various pressure lines are all common scenes. The on-site coach told reporters that the drivers who came to increase the driving were all old drivers, and the original driving habits were deeply rooted, if it was a complete new learning technology, it was not necessarily difficult, but it was somewhat difficult to let the old driver change the original technology. Moreover, the trainees left the coaching field, immediately resumed their own cars, and returned to the original rhythm. I also have to remind the old drivers who are ready to learn C6, enter the parking lot and fall into the parking space, really have to think about what kind of car they are driving at this time, which side they need to play the wheel, think clearly and then operate. ”
The coach said that the single machine reversing - that is, the ordinary vehicle reversing - is the same direction to hit the wheel, to the left reverse is to hit the wheel to the left, to the right to reverse the wheel to the right, the trailer is reversed, the reverse is the opposite, began to hit the reverse wheel. For old drivers, the sense of direction is more likely to be chaotic. "When reversing, the sense of direction is slightly chaotic, when reversing, this error will be magnified, and in extreme times, the front car and trailer will even 'pout' over!" The coach gave the reporter a right angle with both hands, "The two cars crashed into themselves!" No one can move. If you don't look for help, then don't go. ”
In order to better teach, the Oriental Fashion Driving School has done several rounds of seminars, mainly based on the training basis of the A2 driver's license, and has been partially upgraded from teaching and site planning. Chi Yutong said: "C6 training, and small cars are completely different, but it is also different from large cars, we have a total of more than 80 days to improve all the teaching preparations. ”
"Caravan economy" has not really taken shape yet The "whole chain" still needs to be worked on
At noon on April 9, the weather was not very good, in a caravan base in Miyun, there were still many RV life enthusiasts gathered, setting up barbecues, chasing with children's games, and drinking with small bottles of beer... A faction of harmony, not at all the appearance of the epidemic cloud outside Beijing. After the reporter's inquiry, many drivers said that the car was rented, "just to enjoy the RV life for a short time."
"Buying a car? I can't stop. Mr. Guan, a motorhome enthusiast, loosened his hand from the bamboo stick full of lamb and chatted with reporters. Low usage, no place to stop, restrictions everywhere... Many problems make it difficult for him, a person who has a "free sensual life" hidden in his heart, to find his favorite life from the caravan. "Where is there so much freedom? You see those bloggers on Douyin and Little Red Book, that is a team, can be realized, what rained, knocked on the door in the middle of the night, how to get warmth from the caravan in the wind and frost and rain and snow outside the car... It's all scripted, right? I don't have the ability to do that! ”
Even so, Mr. Guan said, he also hopes to be able to walk around freely one day, within reach of all of China's roads. "When the epidemic is over, I plan to rent a car and try to turn as far away as possible during my children's summer vacation." Regarding the C6, Mr. Guan said that he was cautiously optimistic. "When I didn't have the C6, my imaginary RV life was a single machine, and I didn't think much about dragging." But now that I have the opportunity to think about it, Mr. Guan finds it quite tempting: "The front car can be used daily, tow the caravan to find a suburban parking lot to park, put daily necessities on it, and when it comes to the holiday after the end of the epidemic, it is also a good choice to drag it directly." This is much more realistic than buying a motorhome with a large car chassis. ”
In the new "Regulations" of the Ministry of Public Security, it is clearly mentioned that the purpose of adding the C6 quasi-driving type is to "better meet the needs of the masses for self-driving travel and promote the development of new tourism formats". Liao Hongbin, president of the Beijing Caravan Camping Self-driving Tourism Association and vice president of the Self-driving Tour and Camping Caravan Branch of the China Tourist Vehicle and Boat Association, said that considering the mainland's artificial base and economic development level, more people will aspire to and directly participate in the caravan life in the future.
"The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region covered by Beijing's caravan market has been in a stage of gradual growth since the emergence of the epidemic background, and has not suddenly begun to grow rapidly like Europe and the United States in the same period." Liao Hongbin said that at present, the growth rate of the number of RVs in the United States and Europe has hit a record high, of which the proportion of trailer-mounted RVs has reached 90% and 80% respectively. Compared with these countries and regions, China's RV market still has great room for development. "The number of caravans in the mainland is now about 200,000, which seems to be a lot, but in the economy of the same size, Europe is almost 6 million, and the world's largest economy, the United States, is about 10 million or so."
Liao Hongbin said that from a larger perspective, the addition of the "C6 driver's license" is a product of social development and economic progress, and at the same time can also promote the development of the entire "caravan economy" industrial chain. "This is a matter of pulling the whole body!"
According to Liao Hongbin, before the Ministry of Public Security confirmed the quasi-driving type of the C6 driver's license, riders always had various problems when they dragged their cars on the road. The confirmation of the issuance of the C6 driver's license completely solves the hidden dangers in the law. More importantly, a C6 driver's license has the potential to promote the entire industrial and service industry chain enterprises to obtain sufficient business opportunities, thereby promoting employment, increasing taxes, and allowing citizens with interest in this area to get happiness and happiness from the caravan economy.
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