A traffic accident pushed the "old man's music", which was already in an embarrassing position, to the forefront again.
According to Henan TV station "**Dao" and many other ** reports, on December 18, a 22-year-old female teacher in Nanyang, Henan Province, was unfortunately knocked down and killed by an "old man's music" on the way to buy vegetablesThe party responsible for the accident is an elderly man in his 70s, and the road traffic accident certificate shows that Li violated three regulations and bears full responsibility for the accident.
The report further pointed out that Xiaochan's parents said that after the accident, they did not see the perpetrator Li, but with the help of the traffic police department, they met the family of the old man Li, and there was no progress in the on-site negotiation, and there was no news after that, and Li's family did not come to apologize.
An accident buried the life of a flower, which made people regret it at the same time, but also made people pay more attention to the existence of the "wonderful" motor vehicle variety of "old man music". In fact, in view of its serious safety risks, as well as the existence of a "regulatory vacuum" and other factors, many places across the country have recently lit up red lights for it. And if "Old Man Music" can completely exit, it will also mark the end of an era.
Why is "Old Man Music" so popular?
Existence is reasonable, although "old man music" has great problems in terms of compliance and has been criticized by words, but the reason why it is favored by the market is that it must meet the needs of a considerable number of groups, which starts with what "old man music" is.
The so-called "old man's music" is actually a common name, and its official name is "micro low-speed electric vehicle", which is often seen on the street.
3. Four-wheeled vehicles, if you still can't understand them, you can refer to the popular "three jumpers" in the vast urban and rural areas, which can be regarded as a kind of "old man's music".
Having said that, the current "old man's music" is much more powerful than the three jumpers: the central control screen, leather seats, automatic lifting glass, air conditioning and other configurations are all available. Even the problem of battery life can be solved, and with the addition of a range extender, it can be used for both oil and electricity, which looks not inferior to a light electric vehicle!
"Old Man Le" not only has a luxurious interior, but even the exterior can catch up with a luxury car. According to a number of ** reports, some old man Le brands have launched products that look like classic models of Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Bentley and other brandsSpend less than Wuling Hongguang's money, you can "like to mention" Rolls-Royce!
Having said that, the reason why these low-speed electric vehicles are called "old man music" is that the use scenarios are too "suitable for the elderly": picking up and dropping off children to and from school, shopping for daily necessities, and visiting relatives and friends......All of the above is either conducive to the elderly to exert their residual heat, or is the normal material and spiritual life needs of the elderly.
And more importantly,You don't need a driver's license to hit the road!This is a blessing from heaven for the elderly who can't get a driver's license and find it difficult to ride an electric bicycle. And many young people have seen the convenience of "old man music" and have joined the user family. For example, the "Bao Ma" group is often a heavy user of old man's music.
The reason why "old man music" is so popular is inseparable from the support of industrial policies. Shandong province is the birthplace of low-speed electric vehicles in China, and the first city to allow old men to legally use the road was Liaocheng, Shandong Province, in 2008.
According to the data of Shandong Automobile Industry Association, the Laotoule market has maintained a rapid growth of more than 50% for several consecutive years since 2013, forming an industrial scale with an annual output of 1 million vehicles, an economic boost of 100 billion yuan, and about 1 million upstream and downstream employees. According to the Prospective Industry Research Institute, as of 2020, the number of "old man music" has exceeded 10 million, of which 3 million are in Shandong province.
The strong demand has given birth to a number of "old manle" brands. Among them, Reading Motors, which was founded in 2008, is the "big brother" of the industry. According to reports from Zhongxin Jingwei and China News Weekly, from 2016 to 2018, Reading Automobile won the sales championship of low-speed electric vehicles for three consecutive years, with sales of 150,000, 210,000 and 28 respectively70,000 vehicles, with a market share of more than 30 at one time, becoming the "old man Le Yige" in China.
It seems that the promotion of "old man's music" is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people, so why it will come to the end of the road, the key lies in four words: An!Full!Hidden!Suffer!
Old man, potential safety hazards cannot be ignored
As mentioned earlier,The reason why the old man is popular with the masses of the people is largely because of its unique "advantage": there is no need to take a driver's license, and it is free from the supervision of normal motor vehicle driversIt is precisely this point that makes a large part of the drivers of "Old Man Le" lack the minimum knowledge of road traffic safety, and then become "road killers"!
Every morning and evening rush hour, on the urban motorway, all kinds of "old man" without seat belts, airbags and other protective measures shuttle among them, which brings huge safety hazards to the traffic and also brings many problems to the urban traffic management, and the resulting traffic accidents are not uncommon. The female teacher mentioned at the beginning of this article unfortunately fell victim to it.
According to the news from the south, data released by the public security traffic management department in 2019 showed that from 2013 to 2018, there were 830,000 traffic accidents caused by old scooters. which caused 180,000 deaths, 1860,000 people were injured. According to the news, in Beijing alone, there will be illegal electric vehicles in 2022.
There were 131 traffic accidents involving three- and four-wheeled vehicles, with more than 100 deaths. According to the statistics of the Beijing Municipal Traffic Management Department, in 2023, Beijing will violate the electric regulations.
3. Eighty-five percent of fatal traffic accidents involving four-wheelers have never been trained to drive.
It can be seen from here that once an accident occurs in the "old man's music", the proportion of ** is still very high!In addition to the poor safety awareness of the drivers, the quality of the "old man" itself needs to be improved is also a factor that cannot be ignored. The lack of unified quality standards has made the quality of "old man music" chaotic.
According to the south, there are many enterprises that produce "old-age scooters", that is, "old-age scooters" have no production qualifications at all, but they cover a shell on the basis of the electric vehicles that were originally to be eliminated, and they are sold to the outside world as "old-age scooters". In addition, most of the illegal electric three- and four-wheeled vehicles, the center of gravity of the body is high, and it is easy to drift and tilt during driving, which is very easy to cause traffic accidents.
And more importantly,Because the quality of the "old man" itself is often defective, in the event of an accident, it is often the party that suffers serious damage, which leads to the other party often having to bear greater compensation even if the responsibility is low or even not liable. It is precisely because of this that many motor vehicle drivers often grit their teeth with hatred when they mention "old man music".
In fact, the regulatory authorities have noticed that it has not been a day or two since the chaos of the "old man's music", and they have also introduced a series of measures to regulate it. However, in the face of complex situations, simple norms are often difficult to achieve good results, and need to be channeled on the basis of mandatory measures.
To rectify the old man's music, it is advisable to block and sparse the combination
In 2018, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other six ministries and commissions issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Management of Low-speed Electric Vehicles", requiring all localities to stop approving or filing low-speed electric vehicle investment projects, stop building low-speed electric vehicle enterprises, expanding production plants and other infrastructure projects in accordance with the general idea of "upgrading a batch, standardizing a batch, and eliminating a batch".
And the old man Le "first brother" Reading Automobile started the road of transformation at that time, and later with 14500 million yuan acquired Mustang Motors, obtained the production qualification of new energy vehicles, traditional fuel passenger cars, and buses, and tried to transform into a conventional automobile manufacturer, but the road to transformation was not very smoothOn May 5, the announcement of the Changle County People's Court showed that the former "old man" leader Reading Automobile Group had filed for bankruptcy with it.
Behind Reading, the regulator's policy on "old man's music" is becoming more and more stringent. According to Nanfang *** and others, at the beginning of 2019, all provinces and municipalities across the country successively introduced relevant policies to give a 2 to 5 year exit transition period for low-speed four-wheeled vehicles in the market, and at the same time strictly prohibit new production capacity.
The five-year limit is here: in July 2021, Beijing introduced a new regulation: from January 1, 2024, illegal electric vehicles.
3. Four-wheeled vehicles are not allowed to drive on the road, and are not allowed to be parked in public places such as roads, squares, and parking lots. If you drive or park on the road in violation of regulations, the law enforcement department will investigate and deal with it in accordance with the law. At the same time, many places across the country have also begun to strictly control the "old man's music" in different ways this year.
In this way, the life of "Old Man Le" seems to have entered the countdown. But once there is no "old man's music", it seems that the travel of a considerable number of groups will be affected a lot.
Take Beijing, for exampleOutside Beijing's Sixth Ring Road, due to the unspeakable development of public transportation, once the "old man's music" is lost, the travel problems of the elderly are further highlighted. Due to the relative dispersion of supermarkets, the elderly need to walk or take other means of transportation to get there, which increases the inconvenience and difficulty of travel. This difficulty is bound to be exacerbated if the health of the elderly is not ideal.
From this point of view, in order to truly solve the problem of "old man music", it is also necessary to introduce good alternatives, and at the same time strengthen the training of road safety regulations for drivers, so as to achieve the combination of blocking and dredging. And what should be done is a test of the wisdom of managers.
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