Maintaining traffic civilization is not only the responsibility of traffic police, assistant management and civilized guides, but also depends on the participation of the whole society. Courtesy zebra crossing is not only a requirement of traffic laws, but also a kind of social morality, and our traffic police are the "gatekeepers" of civilized courtesy at intersections.
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"The traffic order of various traffic participants has improved significantly, and an atmosphere of mutual courtesy is also taking shape," Zhang Dechun, police chief of the Second Police District of the Qianmen Brigade of the Dongcheng Traffic Detachment, gave this evaluation for the traffic civilization in Beijing today. He admitted that before the "courtesy zebra crossing" activity was not carried out, many drivers had a great temper and often continuously honked their horns to urge pedestrians through intersections, and now such a phenomenon is difficult to see again.
In Zhang Dechun's view, maintaining traffic civilization is not only the responsibility of traffic police, assistant managers and public civilization guides, but also depends on the participation of the whole society, and the responsibility of the traffic police is to be a "gatekeeper" of civilized courtesy at intersections.
Scene: The little boy crosses the road alone, and the traffic police come forward to help
▲ On November 9, at the intersection of Chongwenmen Road in Beijing, Zhang Dechun, the sheriff of the Second Police District of the Qianmen Brigade of the Dongcheng Traffic Detachment, was advising non-motorized vehicles to go backwards. Intern Cham beyond the photo
At 10 a.m. on November 9, the north-south traffic lights at the Chongwenmen intersection had just turned red, and a young boy who looked less than 10 years old did not care about the motor vehicle that was about to pass, and jumped across the road. Seeing this scene, Zhang Dechun, the sergeant of the Second Police District of the Qianmen Brigade of the Dongcheng Traffic Detachment, hurriedly waved to the passing motor vehicles to slow down and give way, ran to the little boy, and took his hand to quickly reach the safe area.
"Kids, what about your parents?" How do you cross the street alone?" In order to avoid making the child afraid, Zhang Dechun did not criticize the education of adults as harshly, but leaned down to ask patiently, but the little boy always could not tell where his parents were. In order to avoid accidents, Zhang Dechun tightly held the little boy's hand and did not let him run at will. A few minutes later, the little boy's parents passed through the intersection and came to the police with great shame. After inquiry, it was learned that the family specially brought their children to Beijing to see a doctor, and the children naughtily broke free of the parents' restraints and ran across the road alone. After Zhang Dechun learned about the situation, he repeatedly urged parents to pay attention to the care of their children and pay attention to traffic safety.
"Now that the weather is getting colder, some cyclists choose to cut corners in order to save time." In the morning's duty, Zhang Dechun and his colleagues also "buckled" five or six retrograde cyclists at the Chongwenmen intersection, and their "excuses" were more convenient for retrograde, of which the most worrying thing for him was the takeaway brother.
"They have time requirements for food delivery, often disregard traffic laws in order to take more orders or rush to deliver food, and among all non-motorized cyclists, takeaway delivery workers are the most illegal." Zhang Dechun told reporters that for illegal cyclists traffic police will be real-name registration, if the takeaway, courier personnel repeatedly violate the rules, will also feedback to the company to which they belong.
Reminder: There are pedestrians on the zebra crossing Motor vehicles should stop and give way
As one of the focuses of the "courtesy zebra crossing" work, Zhang Dechun told reporters that for the specific way of motor vehicle courtesy zebra crossing, many drivers still have certain misunderstandings, thinking that as long as they can slow down in front of the zebra crossing and avoid pedestrians and non-motorized vehicles, but according to the requirements of the "Beijing Municipal < Road Traffic Safety Law > Measures", when there are pedestrians passing on the zebra crossing, they should consciously achieve "parking and giving way".
At this time, a motor vehicle that did not give way to pedestrians was detained by Zhang Dechun, and the male driver defended that he had slowed down to avoid when he saw pedestrians passing. "According to the requirements of the road traffic law: when a motor vehicle passes through a crosswalk and encounters a pedestrian passing, it should stop and give way, so it does not mean that you can slow down." Zhang Dechun said that in order to avoid accidents caused by mutual ignorance of each other's intentions, drivers can signal pedestrians and non-motorized vehicles through some gestures and actions to "I have stopped and can now pass."
Dialogue: Courtesy zebra crossing is a social virtue
Beijing News: Since the launch of the courtesy zebra crossing activity, how has the intersection changed?
Zhang Dechun: The Chongwenmen intersection is obviously "safe", and the probability of accidents is significantly reduced. Since last year, we have made our own "Pedestrian Safety Island" at the exit of the subway station, and the traffic chaos on the zebra crossing has improved significantly.
In fact, in the past, many traffic accidents in which vehicles collided occurred on the zebra crossing, no matter which side of the responsibility, it reflected the weak traffic safety awareness of pedestrians, cyclists and drivers.
At present, the degree of civilization of motor vehicle drivers has increased significantly. In the past, few turning motor vehicles will consciously give way to pedestrians, when encountering people and cars intertwined, many drivers are very angry, often continuous honking to urge pedestrians, and now such a phenomenon is difficult to see again. However, it must be admitted that the illegal behavior of non-motorized vehicles is worrying, and the phenomenon of riding a retrograde bicycle, crossing the line to stop and run a red light, and illegally taking people by electric vehicles still exists.
Beijing News: What are your expectations for traffic participants?
Zhang Dechun: Traffic civilization is not an empty slogan, road traffic order needs to be maintained by everyone, and traveling in a disciplined manner is also the fundamental guarantee for the safety of every traffic participant. Recently, our brigade combined with the official implementation of the "Beijing Municipal Non-motor Vehicle Management Regulations", further strengthened the crackdown on non-motor vehicle violations, hoping that everyone can put an end to the retrograde behavior of electric vehicles, running lights, crossing lines, and illegally carrying people and materials.
We found that when dealing with the illegal acts of non-motorized vehicles, there are still some citizens who have resistance, and some electric vehicle riders who illegally carry people and carry goods and run red lights see that there are police obstructions in front of them, know that they are improper, and even turn around and accelerate away, which is very dangerous. It is hoped that traffic participants will not have a fluke mentality, can correctly treat the criticism education and on-site punishment of traffic police, and must not use more dangerous ways to evade punishment.
Beijing News: How will the traffic management department deal with the behavior of motor vehicles unconsciously giving way to zebra crossings?
Zhang Dechun: Although the term "courtesy zebra crossing" has been newly proposed in recent years, the relevant concepts and requirements have long been stipulated by law. In our daily law enforcement work, the use of a combination of punishment and education, the driver gestures and language prompts, if the driver still does not care about the safety of pedestrians, we will stop the vehicle involved, the driver will be fined.
According to the "Beijing MunicipalIty's Measures for the Implementation of the < Road Traffic Safety Law >", when a motor vehicle passes through a crosswalk and encounters pedestrians passing, it should stop and give way; Those who do not stop and give way shall be fined 200 yuan and deducted 3 points.
Maintaining traffic civilization is not only the responsibility of traffic police, assistant management and civilized guides, but also depends on the participation of the whole society. Courtesy zebra crossing is not only a requirement of traffic laws, but also a kind of social morality, and our traffic police are the "gatekeepers" of civilized courtesy at intersections.
Beijing News reporter Pei Jianfei
Duty Editor Hanagi Minami Gohizu
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