"Your **** brand car did not slow down in advance in accordance with the law in front of the zebra crossing at the intersection of Baijiawang Village, Zhang'an Street, Jiaojiang District, S327 Provincial Highway, and there is a safety hazard." On the morning of October 28, Mr. Feng of Henan Province received a reminder text message from Taizhou Public Security while driving.
"Warm tips" instead of "illegal punishment"
Taizhou's "Zebra Crossing Front Motor Vehicle Deceleration Prompt" system was launched
It is understood that just recently, the "Zebra Crossing Front Motor Vehicle Deceleration Prompt" system independently designed and developed by the Taizhou Public Security Traffic Police Department began to be tested online, aiming to blow this civilized and safe wind throughout the city's suburban junction and national and provincial highways.
In recent years, "zebra crossing courtesy" has become a beautiful urban landscape in Zhejiang. The data shows that in 2018, Taizhou city investigated and dealt with 120,000 vehicles that were not comity at the zebra crossing, 114,000 vehicles in 2019, and reduced to 104,000 vehicles by 2020.
"After several years of unremitting efforts and the continuous improvement of the civilized and safe quality of the general public, the driving habit of 'giving way to pedestrians in front of the zebra crossing' has taken root in Taizhou." Xu Changyou, captain of the order brigade of the Taizhou Municipal Public Security Bureau Traffic Police Bureau, said that in the suburban junction and the national and provincial road sections where vehicles are densely packed in the field, the measure of "giving way to pedestrians in front of the zebra crossing" has been somewhat difficult to promote.
How to make the "deceleration before the zebra crossing" civilized and safe wind covers the urban and suburban junction and the national and provincial highways, so that the masses can cross the road with peace of mind, which has become the heart of the Taizhou public security traffic police department.
"Slowing down and giving way before the zebra crossing is prescribed by law; but blindly 'scoring fines' may cause congestion at intersections and induce vehicle rear-end accidents." Moreover, there are many large cars on the national and provincial roads, and once there is a situation where 'small cars stop to give way to pedestrians, and large cars roar from behind', the consequences are unimaginable. Xu Changyou said that they hope that through the flexible way of warm tips, the passing vehicles will first develop the habit of slowing down in front of the zebra crossing, creating conditions for "courtesy to pedestrians".
To this end, the Taizhou Public Security Traffic Police Department and the technology company jointly developed the "Zebra Crossing Motor Vehicle Deceleration Prompt" system. Rely on this system to monitor the road vehicles in real time, capture the vehicles that have not slowed down before the zebra crossing through big data analysis, and send prompt SMS in real time.
Warm tips are divided into three types: safety warnings for vehicles with a speed of more than 40 km / h; safety reminders for vehicles with a speed of more than 25 km / h; and praise for vehicles with a speed of less than 25 km / h.
"25 km/ h is the safe passage speed we have assessed. In this case, the vehicle can do timely parking courtesy to pedestrians. Xu Changyou said that they hope to sound the alarm bell for passing vehicles through warm reminders, so as not to cause tragedy.
Xu Changyou said that according to the law, vehicles that do not slow down before the zebra crossing are fined 200 yuan and 3 points; vehicles that do not give way to pedestrians before the zebra crossing are fined 100 yuan and 3 points. "Fines are a means, not an end. We explore the possibility of flexible enforcement and will promote it throughout the city if the Zebra Crossing Motor Vehicle Deceleration Alert System test is successful. ”
Source: Taizhou public security traffic police release