(binhthuan.gov.vn) In order to ensure traffic safety and order, reduce traffic accidents and meet the travel needs of the people during the holidays of April 30 and May 1, 2020, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee to coordinate with relevant agencies and units to inspect and overcome immediately the shortcomings of the transport infrastructure which do not ensure traffic safety on National highways 1A, QL55, QL28 and QL28B before the occasion.

The Provincial Traffic Safety Committee continues to direct BOT toll stations in the province to increase manpower and channeling plans in order to facilitate the toll collection conveniently, flexibly and rapidly when the density of vehicles increases and discharging toll stations when traffic congestion is prolonged due to slow collection of fee. At the same time, receiving information and suggesting the functional authorities to handle and prevent in time the violations of traffic order and safety, reported by the people, agencies and units through the hotline.

The Department of Transport directs the passenger transport services to ensure quality and travel needs of the people during the holidays; comply with the regulations on prevention of Covid-19 under the direction of the Provincial People's Committee. Promoting the inspection, examination and strictly handling any violations of regulations on prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic in transport business activities; overloading of passengers, increasing ticket prices in contravention of regulations; the driver does not have a driving license or driving license that is not suitable for the type of vehicle. Strengthening the guidance and management of traffic, and taking timely measures to deal with unsafe traffic incidents on those routes under its management. Coordinating to regulate traffic, relieve congestions, and rescue in accident situation. Maintaining hotlines regularly to receive and handle promptly information reflecting the situation of violations of order in transporting passengers and goods in the province.

The Provincial Public Security directs the Provincial Traffic Police Division and local police to continue maintaining the Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control in combination with patrol, control, and handling traffic order violations, in which focusing on patrol and control on national highways, urban routes, and those roads with high risk of traffic accidents; handling resolutely violations of speeding lane encroachment, reckless overtaking, violations of alcohol and drug contents, overloading vehicles and illegally racing.

The Provincial Border Guard Command directs the Border Guard Posts to combine the control and prevention of Covid-19 epidemic with strengthening the surveillance to ensure inland waterway traffic safety before, during and after the holidays of 4/30 and 1/5/2020.

The provincial media agencies continue to promote the propagation and dissemination of laws on traffic order and safety in order to raise people's awareness when participating in traffic; in which, focusing on propagating regulations such as: Do not drive after drinking alcohol or using drugs; Do not drive over speed; Do not use the phone while driving; wearing a standard helmet when riding motorcycles, mopeds and electric bicycles; the measures to prevent accidents relating in motorbikes and mopeds.

People's Committees of districts, towns and cities direct their functional agencies and units to enhance traffic order and safety and prevent traffic congestion at complicated traffic points in their localities; dangerous intersections between roads and railways. Organizing the inspection and supervision of passenger transport activities at cross-river passenger ports, ports from shore to island and vice versa. Resolutely solving the situation of buying and selling, market encroaching on roadbeds, pavements; especially, on main roads, central roads, areas with complicated traffic order, etc….

Nguyễn Phương