Wuhan Public Transport lost 16,000 safety hammers to help nail it to death

“In June 2009, in order to learn from the bus accidents in Chengdu, the Wuhan Public Transport Department spent a large sum of money to install a safety hammer on the bus. However, four years have passed and now we have to go to the bus to see how much security there is. Hammer?” The day before yesterday, Mr. Tu, the citizen, reflected this matter to this newspaper. Yesterday, the reporter was divided into multiple stations and had taken more than 30 buses with more than 20 bus routes. It was found that the lack of bus safety hammers was indeed more common.

More than half of the lost parts of the vehicle were "struck to death"

The Lumo Road bus station in Wuchang Optics Valley brings together multiple buses. Bus 788 starts from here and goes to Jiangxia Liufang. Yesterday morning, the reporter took four 788 buses and found that the safety hammers of the three vehicles were lost to varying degrees.

Other multi-channel buses are also not optimistic. Reporter at Guanshan Avenue bus station, to see a bus on the 586, the driver next to the original safety hammer seat empty; reporter in the two 789 double-decker bus, no safety hammer; in the 510 bus The only safety hammer was placed next to the driver. Driver Zhang said that due to the concentration of driving, the safety hammer is often stolen.

On Bus No. 552, all six safety hammers were tied with plastic straps. To remove them, first unfasten the upper buckles. In bus No. 590, three of the seven safety hammers of the entire vehicle were trapped in plastic shells with the slogan “Do not move”. The driver, Ms. Liu, said this is a helpless move. "Although it will take time, it is always better than being stolen." She said that since the "protective shield" was put on the safety hammer, the loss has been reduced.

Newly introduced vehicles have changed this. The 550 road was a new type of bus introduced last year. It is a fully enclosed window. In order to prevent theft, the safety hammer is equipped with an "alarm" device that emits an alarm when it is removed.

The argument lost 16,000 bus doors this year is very helpless It is understood that there are currently more than 7,000 buses in Wuhan. In 2009, in order to learn lessons from Chengdu's bus accidents, the public transportation department spent 500,000 yuan and installed about 30,000 safety hammers for more than 3,000 air-conditioned buses. However, according to the Wuhan Public Transport Group, about 16,000 were lost within a year, and the loss was not small.

The repeatedly lost safety hammer makes the bus department helpless. 605 road dispatching room staff said that each air-conditioned vehicle must be equipped with at least four safety hammers, but due to frequent loss, some are tied with plastic ropes, and some are nailed to the car, but even so, it is still not lost. Absolutely. "A safety hammer is about 13.5 yuan, and the annual replacement or replacement of the safety hammer is a huge sum of money for the group or company."

The relevant staff of the Wuhan Public Transport Group stated that they also came up with a lot of ideas for this matter, but they always treat the symptoms unchanged. The hammers that were just missing last month were all installed and disappeared a few days later.

Some of the safety horns on the rocks of his mountains were severely disposed of and the hammers were repeatedly lost. This is not a case in the country. Localities are also looking for solutions.

Zhengzhou Bus Group replaced two new types of safety hammers, one with an alarm device, which will send an alarm of up to 85 decibels once it is used; the other with a steel wire pull, which can be easily removed and can be used Shenzhen Municipality drafted the "General Technical Requirements for Public Transport Buses" that stipulates the "legislation" for safety hammers; if Changchun City steals safety hammers from passengers, it will be fined 500 yuan up to 3,000 yuan in order to handle the damage to public transport facilities.

Feng Guilin, deputy director of the Society of Hubei Society, said that the safety hammer as a public facility should be protected by law. He suggested that buses could use the car's reporting system or video system to publicize and protect all public transportation facilities including the hammer, and guide the public to use it properly.