Jiupai News noticed that a netizen nicknamed "Eighteen Marriage" also shared his reporting experience. He said that during the peak return period of the Spring Festival on the 21st, when he returned to Wuhan, his workplace, from Guangxi, he encountered congestion of about 6 kilometers on the Hunan section of the Quannan Expressway and the Xuguang Expressway.
Netizens share reporting experiences. Picture/Screenshot of respondent’s account
"The navigation shows that it will take an hour to pass. Being stuck on the road is already anxious and irritating, but what makes people even more anxious is that many vehicles occupy the emergency lane unscrupulously, which also triggers more car owners queuing to follow suit." She said that seeing the emergency lane turning into a "fast lane", she felt that she had to do something, so she tried to search the Hunan Expressway Traffic Police app to report.
Ms. Zhang explained that the report requires each vehicle to upload two photos that clearly show the license plate, and the system will also automatically identify and locate the specific kilometers of the highway section. "The whole process was quite cumbersome. I spent about half an hour in the congested traffic and reported more than 20 illegal vehicles in total."
She said that the system currently reports that 3 vehicles have failed to report due to unclear features or insufficient clarity in the photos, and the rest are still being processed. Afterwards, she posted her reporting experience on the Internet and received a lot of praise, and some people said, "Why bother being so truthful?" In Ms. Zhang’s view, the emergency lane is the passage of life and should not become a shortcut for speculators.
"If the law is not stopped, it is the biggest punishment for law-abiding people. Even if I spend half an hour, even if only a few cars are punished in the end, as long as more people can hesitate before occupying the emergency lane next time, today's time will not be in vain. Rules need to be maintained together, and reporting channels like 'shoot at will' just give us ordinary people the opportunity to participate in traffic management." She said.
Report interface. Picture/Screenshot of respondent’s account
[2] During the return trip from the Spring Festival, temporary opening measures for emergency lanes will be implemented on many sections of Hunan Expressway
There are strict legal regulations on the use of highway emergency vehicles. The highway emergency lane is an emergency lane used by special vehicles such as police cars, ambulances, and rescue vehicles when performing emergency tasks. Public vehicles are not allowed to drive or park in the emergency lane except in emergencies.
Article 82 (4) of the "Implementation Regulations of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" stipulates that motor vehicles driving on expressways shall not drive or park in the emergency lane except in emergencies.
Item (3) of Article 9 of the "Measures for the Administration of Points for Violations of Road Traffic Safety Violations" stipulates that driving a motor vehicle to illegally park on a highway or urban expressway will be demerited with 9 points; Article 10 (11) stipulates that driving a motor vehicle while illegally occupying the emergency lane on a highway or urban expressway will be deducted 6 points.
The police reminded that illegal occupation of the emergency lane can easily cause accidents. Some drivers park their cars in the emergency lane at will, which can easily cause vehicles going in the same direction to be unaware of the situation ahead, leading to accidents. It also creates a negative demonstration. Driving out of sequence and occupying the emergency lane will often produce a negative demonstration effect and undermine social morality. In addition, it will aggravate traffic congestion and delay emergency rescue.
Jiupai News reporter noted that the transportation department will also open some emergency lanes based on real-time traffic conditions and adopt flexible diversion measures. According to the Xiaoxiang Morning News, as of 16:30 on February 23, many highways in Hunan Province were experiencing slowdowns, and some road sections and toll stations were subject to temporary controls. In addition, in order to ease the peak traffic flow on the return trip during the Spring Festival and ensure the traffic efficiency of the main expressway, temporary opening measures for emergency lanes were implemented on multiple sections of the Hunan Expressway on the 23rd.
