On September 7, 2023, the road traffic situation across the country continued to focus on ensuring traffic safety after the National Day holiday and in the first period of the new school year. In addition to handling violations on highways and urban roads, authorities also promote the application of technology in traffic management, implement policies to support traffic accident victims and continue to overcome unsafe points on the road system.
1. Continue to maintain the peak of handling violations after the holiday
Traffic police forces across the country continue to maintain patrol and control teams on national highways, highways and urban routes. The focus of handling is overspeeding, violating alcohol, not keeping a safe distance, going in the wrong lane and using phones when driving vehicles to maintain positive results in reducing traffic accidents after the National Day holiday.
2. Hanoi has local traffic jams on the first day of the week
On the morning of September 7, many routes in Hanoi recorded an increase in vehicle density when students, students and workers returned to study and work. Some ring roads, gateways and areas near schools have local traffic jams during peak hours. Functional forces have strengthened traffic regulation to reduce traffic pressure.
3. Promote the operation of smart traffic systems on highways
The Vietnam Department of Roads continues to prepare to put into operation the intelligent traffic system (ITS) on some highways. The system will support vehicle traffic monitoring, incident detection, danger warning and improve traffic management efficiency, contributing to reducing traffic jams and limiting accidents.
4. Implement the support policy from the Fund to reduce traffic accident damage
After officially taking effect from September 1, the support policy from the Road Traffic Accident Reduction Fund continues to be widely disseminated. The fund supports victims of traffic accidents in difficult circumstances, families of victims of deaths and individuals directly involved in helping victims according to the new regulations of the Ministry of Public Security.
5. Review and overcome potential points of traffic safety risks
Road management units continue to check the sign system, road surface, bridge expansion joints, guardrails and locations where accidents often occur on national highways and expressways. Damage points are required to be repaired promptly to ensure safe traffic conditions for people during the rainy season and when vehicle traffic increases.
6. Advise people to raise awareness when participating in traffic
Authorities recommend that vehicle drivers should comply with the prescribed speed, keep a safe distance, carefully check the condition of the vehicle before departure and absolutely do not drive the vehicle after using alcohol. Parents need to guide students to strictly comply with regulations on wearing helmets, do not hand over vehicles to people who are not qualified to control in order to contribute to building a safe and civilized traffic environment.
To sum up
September 7, 2023 stands out with the continued maintenance of the peak of handling traffic violations after the holidays, local traffic jams in Hanoi on the first day of the week, the implementation of smart traffic systems on highways and the dissemination of support policies from the Road Traffic Accident Reduction Fund. Along with that, the authorities continue to review the infrastructure and propagate to raise the awareness of traffic participants to minimize accidents and ensure traffic order and safety nationwide.
