Our country is developing quite fast thanks to the prosperity of the economy and social life, but the transport sector does not seem to meet the requirements of the times. The current situation of traffic accidents has reached the red alert level and is classified as "high rank" in Southeast Asia. Therefore, this problem is the top concern of the whole society. How to ensure traffic safety? That is a big question, requires everyone's effort.
Traffic in Vietnam is now considered the worst area because terrible traffic accidents often occur. People can't help but shudder at the scary information about human damage and accidents caused by traffic accidents every day, every month, every year. Each day, an average of 35 people die, each year more than ten thousand people die from traffic accidents. What a terrible number! The war has ended for decades but we have fallen into an equally tragic, mourning disaster. Perhaps a traffic accident is also an enemy we must always face. Traffic accidents not only spread misery, broke the happiness of the family, but also caused great material and spiritual damage to the whole society. In addition, serious traffic insecurity has adversely affected the recognition and assessment of Vietnam's development situation and made it difficult for foreign investors to invest in our country. . Many visitors when asked about things that have not been in Vietnam, they all respond in the same way that the most worrisome thing is that traffic safety is too poor. They were very afraid to walk across the street because cars were rushing, despite red lights. Whether the country of Vietnam is beautiful, friendly Vietnamese people can create feelings for visitors so they want to come back? According to the statistics of the tourism industry, more than 70% of visitors do not want to return for many reasons, but one of the significant reasons is that the traffic situation is not safe. Clearly, traffic insecurity directly affects economic development, especially for tourism. How does Vietnam become a destination for international friends? The answer partly belongs to traffic safety.
The cause of traffic insecurity is very much. First of all, the people's awareness and attitude to obey traffic rules is too poor. When traveling on the road, everyone thinks only of themselves without thinking of others. So it happened that the situation of refusing to yield to each other at the crossroads should cause an hourly traffic jam; the phenomenon of fast ejection, sprawling, etc. causes accidents for yourself and for people on the road to happen regularly. Another important reason is that the quality of bridges and roads is not safe, old bridges, weak bridges, low load demand is too much, while the traffic of people and vehicles is too large. The arterial roads connecting the regions are both small, small and in a state of constant repair and upgrading ...
Another reason is the corruption of many people who are responsible for traffic monitoring. Because of their self-interest, they are willing to ignore the violators such as using out-of-date transportation, over-riding passengers and goods, over-speeding, etc. They have deliberately abetting the negative and inevitably the traffic accident is increasing. Moreover, some officials of the transport sector have not yet fulfilled their responsibilities to the people and the country, and even a heavy violation of the past PMU 18 case is a typical example.
In order to ensure traffic safety, appropriate and synchronous measures are required. First of all, it is necessary to strengthen the propaganda and education of citizens on traffic law, improve the level of knowledge and sense of self-discipline to obey the law. Remind, force people to wear helmets when riding a motorbike. In addition, there must be appropriate sanctions for those who intentionally violate the law. On the other hand, it is necessary to clean up the traffic police force, severely punish those who depend on their rights and act in contravention of State regulations. The important factor of strategic importance is to improve the quality of roads and bridges to ensure smooth circulation and reduce accidents. This contributes greatly to the process of industrialization, modernization and integration with the world of our country.
Traffic safety is now a matter of great concern by the Party and the State because it greatly affects the career of building a strong and prosperous country. Each citizen must voluntarily strictly obey the traffic law to contribute to the society becoming civilized and modern.