Van Phong - Nha Trang, Phan Thiet - Dau Giay, Cam Lam - Vinh Hao expressways, and a serious accident in Dak Lak caused 7 vehicles to be heavily damaged.
Images of cars dented, overturned, and traffic jams stretching for kilometers are a very clear warning about the risk of traffic unsafety in the days leading up to Tet.
On the Van Phong - Nha Trang highway, a chain collision between 4 cars in the early morning of February 8th caused a passenger car driver to be trapped in the cabin. Fortunately, the passengers managed to escape safely.
However, to handle the incident, functional forces were forced to open emergency turnaround points, divert traffic, and clear the scene in the context of increasing traffic volume.
Just one accident, the entire route has been affected.
Also on the same day, on the Phan Thiet - Dau Giay expressway, a car overturned, causing prolonged traffic congestion. The day before, an accident between a tractor-trailer and a refrigerated truck on the Cam Lam - Vinh Hao expressway caused traffic from Ho Chi Minh City to Nha Trang to be jammed for more than 2km.
The numbers and place names repeated densely show that traffic accidents during the pre-Tet period are no longer isolated cases, but are becoming a constant threat.
In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year, travel demand increases sharply. Personal vehicles, passenger cars, trucks, and containers are piled up on national highways and expressways.
Time pressure, the psychology of wanting to go home early, driving through the night, plus the fact that many drivers are tired, subjective, speeding, not keeping a safe distance... make the risk of accidents, especially chain accidents, increase.
Accidents on highways are not like accidents in urban areas. Just a small collision can drag on many other vehicles, causing chain reactions.
The damage is not only the damaged vehicles, but thousands of people trapped in the middle of the road, disrupted schedules, incurred costs, fatigue, and stress.
More heartbreaking are the fatal accidents, leaving irreparable losses for the victim's family, Tet is no longer complete.
After each traffic accident, some people lose their means of livelihood, some suffer lifelong injuries, and some lose loved ones right before the New Year.
All the joy of reunion disappeared after just a few seconds of carelessness on the road.
Therefore, each traffic participant must be aware of complying with safety regulations.
Not speeding, keeping a safe distance, not driving when tired, not being subjective on the highway, that is not only complying with the law, but also protecting yourself and others.
Going home a little late is better than never being able to go home again.
