In the autumn season of Meng, driving in Zhao Yao Village, Lingao Town, Baishui County, the willow green cicadas sing, a beautiful pastoral scenery. Pale pink moonflowers are welcome, yellow traffic safety signs prompt drivers to slow down, red and white safety tip piles can be seen at intersections, and black and yellow speed bumps lie horizontally at crosses and T-shaped mouths.
"The 'traffic lights' have also gone to the countryside." Villager Yang Wucang said that two months ago, the Lingao town government installed these signs in the village, and the villagers' safety awareness suddenly improved, and the speed of cycling also slowed down. He also said that after going in and out of the village every day and watching it for a long time, these safety tips will be remembered in his mind.
This change in Zhao Yao Village is a microcosm of the Baishui County Traffic Safety Committee's efforts to eliminate hidden dangers at level crossings.
One national highway, two highways, and county, township, and rural roads in Baishui County connect the 8 towns (offices) and 194 administrative villages in the county, bringing convenience to agricultural and rural production, but also hiding huge potential safety hazards. The reporter saw during the interview that there were many villages along the white water section of the 342 National Highway, and the number of level crossings also increased. Some sections of the road are not even less than 100 meters away, and there is an intersection. Yang Longjun, commander of the Accident and Prevention Squadron of the Traffic Management Brigade of the Baishui County Public Security Bureau, introduced that after the analysis of accident cases in the early stage, the poor line of sight at the level crossing was one of the main causes of traffic accidents.
Whoever wants to flow far will dredge its source. In order to seek a drop point in the accident, the management of traffic safety hazards at level crossings is a major task of the Baishui County Traffic Safety Committee this year. Chen Yongfeng, deputy county magistrate of Baishui County, director of the Traffic Safety Commission, and director of the Public Security Bureau, said that road traffic safety is the top priority of safe production, connecting thousands of households and related to the well-being of the people. We must always adhere to the concept of people first and life first, strengthen source governance, system governance, and comprehensive governance, and strive to create a good road traffic safety environment. In accordance with the principles of "who is in charge, who is responsible", "who approves, who is responsible", and "the management industry must manage safety, the management business must manage safety, the management of production and operation must manage safety" and "one post and double responsibility", orderly promote the governance of national and provincial roads, roads around campuses, and urban road level crossings, and strive to build a social governance pattern of co-management and co-governance, co-construction and sharing, so that the masses can feel more happiness, sense of gain, and sense of security.
"One heart" up and down, shoulder the responsibility
The whole county should make concerted efforts, each shouldering its own responsibilities, performing its own duties, and eliminating the hidden dangers of road traffic safety from the source. This is the theme of the special meeting on the management of hidden dangers at the level crossing of the Baishui County Traffic safety committee on May 17. The meeting also made detailed arrangements for the specific work of each town office and each functional department, and the town office and the transportation and traffic management departments jointly carried out carpet investigation of various safety hazards, sorted out the list of problems, pinpointed the crux of the problem, and put the governance in place within the time limit in accordance with the standards. The management of hidden road hazards in urban areas is the responsibility of the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, the management of road hazards outside urban areas is the responsibility of the Transportation Bureau, and the management of hidden dangers on rural roads is the responsibility of the township and town governments.
"We implemented the spirit of the meeting on the same day, arranged special personnel to check the hidden danger points, took two days to check all the level crossings in the town, counted out 42 hidden danger points, and took measures to prevent the installation of speed bumps, warning piles and signs at the intersection, and all of them have been treated." Dukang Town Mayor Liu Xiaofeng told reporters that the 342 National Highway Baishui section is 42.614 kilometers long, Dukang Town occupies 14 kilometers, and passes through Dayang Village, the village is dominated by left-behind children and the elderly, hidden dangers, the town government will check hidden danger points from time to time, and constantly improve the transportation infrastructure.
Since May 18, the traffic management brigade of the Baishui County Public Security Bureau has conducted a comprehensive investigation town by town (office). From the list of hidden dangers of the brigade, it can be seen that the safety hazards of the Feng Lei Village Fukang Gas Station in chengguan town street office are prominent, and the list of hidden dangers is listed in detail, and the road surface is uneven, the signs and markings are missing, the signal lights are missing, and the vegetation is too high. At the same time, it also clarified that the Baishui County Transportation Bureau was the responsible unit, and gave governance opinions such as repairing potholes, marking road lines, and building obstructions. Since the beginning of this year, similar to such a detailed list of hidden dangers, the brigade has counted a total of 189.
The Baishui County Transportation Bureau also rectified it at the first time in accordance with the opinions of the Traffic Safety Committee and the suggestions of the traffic management brigade. Zhang Zhifeng, deputy director of the bureau, said that this year, the bureau invested 100,000 yuan to install 2 traffic lights on the 342 National Highway and Feng Leidingkou, 342 National Highway and Baiyi Road T-junction. At the same time, the joint traffic management department urged the highway construction party to install 3 traffic lights on the north and east leads.
It is understood that the Baishui County Education Bureau has also installed speed bumps, warning piles and safety signs at the entrances of 12 schools under the guidance of the Traffic Safety Committee. The Baishui County Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau has installed speed bumps and warning lights at 9 intersections, including the East Ring Road and Juyuan Road T-shaped Entrance, Shengli Community and Cangjie Road T-shaped Mouth, prompting passing vehicles to pay attention to slow down and avoid pedestrians when entering the intersection.
Cooperate in "a game of chess" and manage safety
Since the beginning of this year, Baishui County has been guided by the hidden dangers of level crossings, given full play to the role of the Traffic Safety Committee as a bridge link, organically combined traffic safety work with functional departments, and deployed and promoted with safe production work, forming a pattern of joint grasping and co-management.
The intersection of Menlin Road and Beima Village in Lingao Town is in a downward trend, surrounded by one earthen mound and three orchards. According to Xu Wenlong, a villager in Beima Village, in the past, the intersection was quadrangular, and the surrounding obstacles were dense, resulting in blind spots in the perspective, and traffic accidents often occurred. At the end of June, the town government cut off part of the mound at a 45-degree angle, and after consulting with farmers, removed some crops on the other side, laid two speed bumps at the intersection, and installed a concession sign. "Now this intersection is figure-eight, and when you ride through here, your vision is suddenly wide." Xu Wenlong said.
"In rural areas, especially at the level crossings of the village section, the houses in the four corners, the farmers piling up debris and crops can form a certain range of visual blind spots, and a little inattention will cause traffic accidents." In order to reduce the occurrence of accidents, it is necessary to expand the visual distance of the level intersection and adopt safety tips and warnings at the entrance and exit. Liu Xudong, mayor of Lingao Town, said.
The slope of the Wanghe River in Xigu Town is large, there are many sharp turns, and there have been fatal traffic accidents. In view of this, the joint accident prevention and treatment squadron of the town government analyzed the causes of the accident and concluded that it was caused by the fast speed of the car and the parties not wearing safety helmets. Nowadays, the police of the Xigu Squadron have strengthened the investigation and handling of traffic violations here, and grasped the work of "reducing the amount and controlling the large". At 16:00 on August 16, at the mouth of Panjia Village in Xigu Town, a villager driving a three-wheeled motorcycle reduced his speed when leaving the village. Pan Bin, the driver, said: "Two speed bumps with a distance of 2 meters have been set up at the entrance of the village, and the speed of the car cannot be fast at all. ”
Liu Huan, deputy mayor of the town, introduced: "In general, the traffic safety awareness of the rural masses is relatively weak, so we scientifically standardize and reasonably set up road traffic sign markings, and slow down vehicles and pedestrians through material defense." ”
Facts have proved that traffic safety publicity and education plays a decisive role in the prevention of road traffic accidents. Grassroots squadrons carry out traffic safety publicity activities no less than 3 times a month, they go to villages and households, and explain to the masses how to avoid danger at level crossings by telling cases, watching videos, and performing programs. Ma Wangfeng, commander of the brigade, said that the people's police propaganda cannot simply explain traffic safety knowledge, but should go deep into the level crossings where accidents are frequent to carry out traffic safety propaganda and adopt the method of using cases to explain the case and the alarm bell to sound for a long time to warn the villagers and drivers. The forms of propaganda must be diversified and intuitive, so as to enhance the masses' awareness of abiding by the rules and the law, and effectively change the bad traffic habit of "going their own way" when crossing roads and exiting intersections, so as to form a good road traffic environment in which everyone participates in civilized traffic and shares everyone.
According to reports, for those obstacles that block the line of sight of traffic participants and affect traffic safety, such as billboards, haystacks, trees, etc., the towns (offices) that should be demolished have been demolished, and those that should be bulldozed have been bulldozed. At the same time, the Baishui County Market Supervision and Administration Bureau banned illegal phenomena such as occupying intersection stalls and parking on the road, effectively purifying the traffic environment at the level crossing and alleviating traffic congestion.
Around Baishui County, the traffic lights of highway leads have been "posted", rural road safety warning signs have been hung high, and the speed bumps around the campus have achieved full coverage. In the past two months, the management of hidden dangers at the level crossing in Baishui County has achieved initial results. According to statistics, the total number of traffic accidents in July fell by 163% year-on-year, injury accidents fell by 100%, and financial loss accidents fell by 225%.
Chen Yongfeng told reporters that in the next step, the Baishui County Traffic Safety Committee will continue to carry out road safety facilities inspection, governance, and promotion activities, gradually solve the problems of lack of road safety facilities in the county, weak intervention in facilities, and prominent accident hazards, and promote the great improvement of road facilities and road safety through full coverage, full chain, and multi-level strong foundation consolidation. At the same time, the responsibility for traffic safety is decomposed and implemented at all levels and departments, so that co-management and co-governance become the main theme of road hidden danger management, and sing a song of peace, harmony and happiness.
(Source: Weinan Daily Civilized Traffic Weekly No. 111 Reporter Wang Xiaomin)