In recent days, Gia Lai Traffic Police have continuously handled drivers overtaking vehicles on mountain passes with curves, slopes and continuous yellow lines.
Many cases are handled because they see solid lines, curves, see slopes, but still encroach on the opposite lane to overtake. That is a gamble with safety.
Encountering a slow-moving car in front may make the driver behind impatient, but on a mountain pass, impatience is not a reason to overtake.
Curves are out of sight, the road surface is steep, and vehicles going against traffic may appear unexpectedly. Just a few seconds of miscalculating the distance and the two vehicles fall into a head-on situation.
There are cases of trucks encroaching on the opposite side of the road to overtake on Chu Se Pass.
These acts are dangerous in that the violator not only puts themselves at risk, but also drags others into risk with them.
Especially with passenger cars, behind the wheel are dozens of lives.
Therefore, passenger car drivers must understand that every time they hold the steering wheel, they are carrying responsibility for many people.
Gia Lai has handled violations through reflections in images and videos from people. This is a noteworthy sign.
Safe traffic does not only rely on patrol teams present at every bend. Dashcams and people's reflections are becoming "magic eyes" to supplement functional forces.
The verification, inviting drivers to work, making records and fining shows an important thing, violations on the road are not something that can be ignored without seeing the police.
Drivers need to change their thinking, there are "divine eyes" everywhere.
Pass roads are not places to compete for every meter of road. If you can't overtake, wait, being a few minutes late won't kill anyone; a wrong overtaking is possible.
Especially, for routes with large passenger traffic, transport businesses cannot stand outside this story.
Safety cannot only be placed on the driver's shoulders, the car company needs to control the speed, driving time, driver's behavior and have a monitoring mechanism to promptly detect dangerous behaviors.
Serious traffic accidents occurring on mountain passes always leave serious consequences due to the special terrain, vehicles can lose control, overturn, plunge into ravines or have chain collisions.
The sleeper bus accident occurred in the early morning of August 31st on the Tay Pleiku bypass, killing 4 people, injuring many others, and the driver's prosecution and temporary detention is a painful reminder that steering errors can be punished with human lives.
Don't rush for a few minutes to turn a normal bus trip into someone's last trip.
