Dak Lak: Many towering sand trucks “plowed down” the national highway, strutting in the middle of the town center

Sand trucks “roaming” the national highway, scurrying into the town center

In recent days, people living along National Highway 29 (NH29), in the territory of M’Drak and Krong Nang districts… (Dak Lak province) are very upset at the situation of a series of sand trucks operating day and night, constantly The practice of “plowing the land” causes many road sections to be damaged, unsafe for traffic and dusty, affecting people’s lives.

A high-loaded sand truck with tops swam across the center of Buon Ho town.

Having lived for many years on National Highway 29, Mr. NVQ said that every day around 4 am, sand trucks rumble on the road, making very loud noises. According to Mr. Q., most of the vehicles are modified, loosened the barrel, often “plowing” causing the National Highway 29 to be broken, many sections are deeply submerged, many sections are peeling plastic.

“Seeing with the naked eye, we can also see the sand trucks, which are overloaded and overloaded. However, I don’t understand why the sand trucks have been passing by and not being handled for the past few months, “said Mr. Q.

PV’s Note Infonet It shows that, every day, there are many sand trucks carrying the logo of Hoang Giang bus company circulating on Highway 29, from Gia Lai – Phu Yen – Dak Lak and vice versa to transport sand. On this route, many sections of the road are peeling, damaged, and some sections are deeply submerged due to heavy cargo trucks.

At the beginning of National Highway 29, at Km110 + 300 (in Cu Prao commune, M’Drak district, Dak Lak), on March 26, 2022, PV recorded a patrol checkpoint (TTKS) of the Traffic Police Team of the District Police. M’Drak by the roadside. However, the vehicle with BKS 47R-000.97 (with Hoang Giang logo) showed signs of expanding the side of the box, loaded with sand, and “crawled” through the latch without being checked or handled.

A truck full of sand in a towering box, carelessly passed the patrol checkpoint of the M’Drak District Police Department on Highway 29.

On March 28, PV continued to record actual images of this situation, discovering a tractor truck loaded with sand with BKS 47C-106.46 (with Hoang Giang logo) turning at the beginning of National Highway 29 in Dak province. Lak. During the following journey, the car passed through many residential areas, through the center of many districts such as Krong Nang, Buon Ho town … but was not checked. Due to the fact that the sand truck carrying sand expanded into a barrel, many people on the road were afraid and had to stay away to give way to ensure their own safety.

Sand trucks “roll around” in the center of Krong Nang district.

At dusk on March 28, when the aforementioned vehicle moved to Km 1729, Ho Chi Minh road (the section through Krong Buk district, Dak Lak province), it was controlled by a patrol team (TTKS) of Krong Traffic Police Station. Buk (Traffic Police Department of Dak Lak Provincial Police) stopped the inspection and brought it to the headquarters for handling.

According to the data from Krong Buk Traffic Police Station, the BKS 47C-106.46 tractor truck has expanded into a 30cm box, overloaded by 188%; The driver of the car is Vu Van Hung (SN 1988, resident of Krong Ana district, Dak Lak) without a driver’s license.

The leader of the Krong Buk Traffic Police Station said that based on the regulations, with the above violations, the driver and the vehicle owner were fined a total of 84 million VND. Specifically, the error of transporting overloaded goods is fined 38 million dong for the car owner and 10 million dong for the driver); The mistake of expanding into a barrel was fined 15 million VND. The driver of the vehicle without a license was fined 11 million VND. The vehicle owner who hands over the vehicle to an ineligible driver is also fined 10 million VND.

An officer at Krong Buk Traffic Police Station added that recently, the unit had just handled a sand truck with Hoang Giang logo whose wall size exceeded the regulations and stripped the driver’s license of the driver.

“We resolutely deal with overloaded trucks and enlarged crates. However, the processing also encountered some difficulties. There are even cases where the vehicles allow people to monitor the working group to report to the driver to avoid, find a hiding place, wait for the working group to withdraw before continuing,” said traffic police officer at Krong Buk station.

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According to research, most sand trucks circulating on National Highway 29 have Hoang Giang logo. In order to bring sand to the collection in Krong Buk district, the vehicles have to travel about 40km on National Highway 29, through the checkpoints and traffic control stations of the police of M’Drak, Ea Kar, Krong Nang district police…. Most of the trucks showed signs of expanding the tank walls and carrying oversized and overloaded sand, but still blatantly operating, causing the NH29 route to deteriorate, causing frustration for people.

For multi-dimensional information, PV contacted the Traffic Police Team of the Ea Kar District Police Department and the M’Drak District Police Traffic Police Team to find out.

According to the explanation of Captain Pham Van Lien, Vice Captain of the Traffic Police Team of the M’Drak District Police, the National Highway 29 stretches through many districts. Over the past time, the team’s patrol and traffic control work has faced many difficulties because of the thin force, many officials infected with Covid-19 have to be isolated.

Captain Lien explained: “We have handled many cases of overloaded trucks carrying construction materials running on National Highway 29. However, many vehicles took advantage of the time when the traffic police were not patrolling and controlling them. to operate. In addition to traffic control, the team is also responsible for handling accidents in the area, so they cannot control all of them.”

A sand truck with a size of 30cm, overloaded by 188% of Hoang Giang garage has just been handled.

When PV showed a picture of an oversized and overloaded sand truck passing through the traffic control checkpoint on National Highway 29 (in the territory of Cu Prao commune, M’Drak district) but not being handled by the traffic police, Captain Lien did not deny it. received the offending vehicle, but explained that: “During the patrol and control process, there are many factors that affect whether you handle or don’t handle it. There are vehicles that have been processed twice, so it is difficult to keep a record of continuous processing. If they do it directly, it will cause difficulties for people as well as businesses.”

According to Captain Lien, in the first quarter of 2022 (from December 15, 2021 to March 14, 2022), the M’Drak District Police Traffic Police Team handled 147 trucks transporting agricultural products and minerals. violations, in which there are 2 cases where the body of the vehicle is not designed properly; 17 cases of overloading…

Highway 29 was “plowed down” after a long time of “buckling” carrying an overloaded vehicle.

Major Do Hoang Khuong – Deputy Captain of the Ea Kar District Traffic Police Team said that recently, the unit had 5/7 people infected with Covid-19, so the force was thin, so in the process of performing the task, sometimes it was not completely eliminated. for.

Also according to Major Khuong, from the beginning of 2022 until now, the traffic police force has handled 189 cases of vehicle violations (of which, there are 5 cases of height violations, 2 cases of crates, and spilled goods and materials. 21 cases). However, for the error of overloading, because the scale has been damaged since the end of 2021, so far, no cases have been handled.

Before some pictures provided by PV of the sand trucks showing signs of expansion of the barrel, signs of being oversized and overloaded, the leader of the M’Drak and Ea Kar District Traffic Police Teams said that in the coming time, they will directing forces to strictly handle violations in accordance with law.

Tran Nhan