Yan'an Extra Traffic Accident: Long-distance sleeper bus may withdraw from the market

At 2:40 am Beijing time on the 26th, a traffic accident occurred between a double-decker sleeper and a tanker with a large methanol tanker near the Duanhuaping Service Area in Ansai County, Yancheng City, Shaanxi Province. At present, 36 people have been killed and 3 injured.

"36 people were killed and 3 were injured." The consequences of this accident are undoubtedly heavy. It can be said that the accident once again showed the safety hazards of long-distance buses: one is that the vehicle escape channel is very narrow, and in the event of a fire, it is difficult to get out of the way. At the same time, some bedding on the sleeper is prone to burning; The lack of monitoring in the middle of the process includes whether or not the person gets into the car with inflammable and explosive products, and whether the driver is overloaded, tired of driving, and speeding. If one of these acts happens, it can produce terrible consequences.

These hidden dangers are not not realized by the state. As early as July of this year, the General Office of the State Council promulgated the "Opinions of the State Council on Strengthening Road Traffic Safety." The “Opinions” expressly stipulates that we must strictly control long-distance passenger-transmission lines and nighttime operating hours of more than 1,000 kilometers, and create conditions to actively implement long-distance passenger vehicles from 2 to 5 o'clock in the morning to stop operations or implement connection transport. In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued last year’s “Notice on Further Improving the Safety and Technical Performance of Large and Medium-sized Passenger and Cargo, and Strengthening Management and Registration of Vehicles”, clarifying that since March 1, 2012, related companies Suspend production and sales of sleeper bus products, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has suspended the declaration of new products for sleeper buses; all public security police and patrol departments have suspended the registration of registration of passenger cars for sleepers since March 1, 2012.

Based on these kinds of opinions and policies and the normal scrap time of sleeper buses, Xiao Bian guessed that before the accident, the country had the intention of allowing sleeper buses on the passenger transport market to exit the market during the period of five to six years. Xiao Bian believes that the occurrence of a major traffic accident in Yanan will undoubtedly accelerate this step.