Launching ceremony of Traffic Safety Year, persistently handling alcohol concentration violations

On the morning of January 9, in Hanoi, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee Tran Luu Quang launched the 2024 Traffic Safety Year Launch Ceremony.

At the launching ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang emphasized that the Traffic Safety Year 2024 with the theme "Rule of law to build a culture of safe traffic" aims at three goals: raising awareness of self-compliance with the law and building a culture of safe traffic; annually curbing and reducing traffic accidents in terms of the number of cases, deaths and injuries; overcoming traffic congestion on main traffic routes and in large cities.

The Deputy Prime Minister requested that cadres, party members, civil servants, public employees; parents, teachers and lecturers set an example of "respecting the law", creating motivation to raise awareness of voluntarily complying with traffic safety laws, and gradually building a culture of safe traffic for society.

The authorities will resolutely and persistently handle violations of traffic safety and order, especially violations of alcohol concentration, speeding, illegal overtaking; overloading; vehicles that do not ensure technical safety; not wearing helmets when riding motorbikes, etc.

Authorities speed up the progress of investment projects, upgrading and repairing traffic infrastructure; strengthen management, inspection and ensure technical safety for means of transport...

According to Mr. Khuat Viet Hung, Vice Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee, in 2023, traffic accidents will be controlled and reduced compared to 2022. In particular, the number of deaths due to traffic accidents will decrease significantly (down 1,922 people, equivalent to 14.18%). In society, a culture of "if you drink alcohol, do not drive" will gradually form.

However, the traffic order and safety situation remains complicated, the number of cases, deaths and injuries due to traffic accidents remains high; there are also some particularly serious traffic accidents, causing death and injury to many people, causing public outrage.

Speaking in response, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Duong Duc Tuan requested departments, branches, People's Committees of districts, towns to thoroughly grasp the direction of the Government and the City People's Committee on ensuring traffic order and safety, reducing accidents and congestion, serving people's travel needs, especially during the upcoming Lunar New Year.

Functional units have increased inspection and handling of violations related to alcohol concentration, speeding, wrong lane driving, etc.; paid attention to ensuring safety for the Spring Festival; organized traffic reasonably, and returned clear roads for people to travel safely, etc.

Chairmen of People's Committees of districts, towns and relevant units focus on directing and implementing resolutely and effectively the work of ensuring traffic order and safety, continuing to control and reduce traffic accidents by 5% or more compared to 2023 in all 3 criteria.