Keeping a safe distance on the highway is saving lives

Lê Thanh Phong |

Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc requested to review and carefully assess regulations on safe distances on expressways, ensuring traffic order and safety.

Just a short distance between two cars on the highway could create a chain collision.

But conversely, if the regulations are not applied closely to reality, penalties may create a psychology of hesitation, put unnecessary pressure on drivers and affect the flow of vehicles.

Therefore, directing the review and careful assessment of safety distance regulations on expressways is a way for the law to go into life more appropriately.

Keeping a safe distance is a basic principle when driving on the highway. Passenger cars or trailer trucks clinging too close to vehicles in front will create a particularly high risk.

The Traffic Police Department said that it has monitored images, only focusing on handling cases of intentionally not keeping distance, sticking close to vehicles in front; handling is carried out on road sections with traffic signs and distance markings in accordance with regulations.

The driver maintained a safe distance, but suddenly another vehicle rushed in, so he could not be equated with the person who actively followed.

The car in front suddenly brakes due to an incident is also completely different from the case of the car in the back intentionally running too close.

In traffic, just looking at a moment and ignoring the entire development is easy to lead to incomplete assessment.

The goal of sanctions is to deter and prevent, not to make drivers afraid to run too slowly, lose confidence or cause congestion.

Expressways need to be safe, but at the same time, efficient traffic must be ensured. In particular, passenger and cargo transportation depends greatly on the speed and stability of the vehicle flow.

Heavy fines for a dangerous act are necessary, but fines must be imposed on the right behavior, the right circumstances, and the right subjects.

The law must be strict enough so that those who intentionally violate do not dare to disregard it, but it must also be accurate enough so that those who comply correctly are not pressured or wrongly handled.

Maintaining that balance, we can both maintain discipline on the highway and maintain the safety and smooth flow of the entire traffic flow.

However, for drivers, there is no reason to underestimate the regulations on safe distance.

The Deputy Prime Minister requested a thorough review to make the regulations more and more appropriate, not to loosen the sense of compliance.

No matter how the fine is adjusted, the basic principle remains unchanged, once you are behind the wheel, you must proactively maintain a safe distance.

Because behind the passenger car driver are dozens of passengers, and in front of a tractor-trailer are many vehicles.

And behind each vehicle on the highway, there are families waiting for their loved ones to return.

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