After the WSA investigated the Pingshan Lane level crossing accident, it put forward a number of improvement suggestions to the company, and the Ministry of Communications cooperated in amending the management rules of the automobile transportation industry.

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[Reporter Zheng Weiqi/Taipei Report] In order to strengthen the authority of the highway supervision agency to check the independent safety management and examination of the freight industry, the Ministry of Communications today announced the revision of Article 104-1 of the "Automobile Transportation Industry Management Regulations". Self-inspection, and provide information to cooperate with the competent authority to check, if not implemented, a fine of 90,000 to 90,000 yuan can be imposed according to the "Highway Code".

In addition, Article 14 of the Transportation Management Regulations has also been amended this time, specifying that the rental of trailers in the automobile transportation industry does not need to be reported to the competent authority for approval, which improves the convenience of the operators.

On April 10 the year before last at the level crossing in Pingshan Lane, Nanzi District, Kaohsiung City, part of the body of a semi-coupled vehicle got stuck in the level crossing. The sound of the alarm and the flashing of the first and second warning lights on the side of the road reminded the train driver that there was an obstacle on the level crossing, and the brakes were used to deal with it. As a result, they were hit by a local train and derailed. Fortunately, only 6 people were slightly injured.

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The National Transportation Safety Investigation Committee later listed the accident as a major railway accident for investigation, and found that the Continental Environmental Protection Automobile Cargo Transport Co., Ltd., to which the accident vehicle belonged, had its "safety and defense propaganda materials" that when a vehicle breaks down or cannot move on a railway level crossing, Press the manual emergency alarm button and other emergency response as the content; however, when the Highway Administration of the Ministry of Communications conducted a safety assessment of the company, it was found that the company had not conducted driving safety education and training, nor did it follow the "Automobile Freight Industry Auto Route Freight Industry Automobile Container Freight Industry Safety Assessment Operation Key Points Regulations” to fill in the self-inspection form and so on every month.

Therefore, after the investigation by the National Transportation Safety Committee, it proposed improvement suggestions to the company, requesting that the auto freight industry implement the items in the company's monthly self-inspection checklist, including driving safety education and training for drivers, etc.; improve the safety management of the freight industry In the voluntary checklist, regarding the frequency of driving safety education and training, and supervise the industry to implement it.

Lin Yuping, Chief of the Operations Section of the Road Administration Department of the Ministry of Communications, said that the revision of the transportation management rules is to meet the requirements of the National Transportation Safety Committee, mainly to legalize the current safety assessment operations of highway supervision agencies, strengthen the mechanism for highway supervision agencies to check the automobile freight industry, and implement driving safety. Maintenance, the follow-up will formulate the self-inspection form as soon as possible for the reference of the industry; after this amendment, the self-inspection requirements will have a legal level, and if the industry does not cooperate, they can be fined according to the Highway Law.

In addition, in the past, the automobile transportation industry had to rent cars from peers. In order to avoid the difficulty of clarifying the responsibility after an accident, it was necessary to report to the competent authority for approval before implementation. Lin Yuping said that considering the current industry's demand for renting unpowered trailers, if an accident occurs, responsibility is also They are all handled by the towing vehicle in front, so the regulations on renting trailers are relaxed according to the law amendment, and no need to report to the competent authority for approval from December 8.

After the WSA investigated the Pingshan Lane level crossing accident, it put forward a number of improvement suggestions to the company, and the Ministry of Communications cooperated in amending the management rules of the automobile transportation industry.

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