The supervision, however, is not always there.
It would be unfair to allege that highway authorities are sluggish in their jobs, but they are definitely not strict enough in their supervision. They seem to be more earnest in tasks that consume less effort but provide more joy, such as ticketing drivers who speed and fining drivers of overloaded trucks. For tasks that call for more meticulous efforts, such as checking the buffer bar at the rear of a truck, they would happily be ready to overlook them.
A buffer bar is a critical equipment installed at the rear end of a truck that can block a car from crashing into the bottom of a truck when a collision occurs. It is a requirement for trucks to install the bar. But it seems neither drivers nor highway patrol take it seriously. It is the police's responsibility to make sure that all trucks are equipped with the bar, but one can find a lot of trucks without the lifesaving measure.
Even in those with the bar, the quality of the iron bar is worrisome. China Central Television (CCTV) made an investigation not long ago about highway accidents involving the buffer bar. Many of the bars were found to be merely a thin iron belt slackly welded onto the rear chassis with two twig-like iron sticks. Such a bar is definitely not strong enough to stop a car rushing in from behind. The truck owners bought the materials from waste collectors to save money.
Uncovering these baloney buffer bars needs careful examination on the part of the police. They will do so if they keep in mind the value of lives that have been lost in crashes caused by improper buffer bars. But they don't seem to be too concerned.
【The hollow sirens of law enforcement】相关文章:
★ 尊重个体的生命,浇灌晚开的花蕾 ——对小学英语学困生的思考和对策
最新
2020-09-15
2020-08-28
2020-08-21
2020-08-19
2020-08-14
2020-08-12