Zhao Zhijiang. Recently, special inspections on fire safety management of electric bicycles have been deployed in many places.
On February 26, the Office of the Shandong Provincial Safety Committee and the Office of the Shandong Provincial Consumer Safety Committee jointly issued the "Emergency Notice on Focusing on the Special Inspection of Electric Bicycle Fire Safety Management in Key Places such as Residential Quarters", requiring deep learning from the lessons of electric bicycle fire accidents and earnestly doing a good job in the safety management of electric bicycles.
On February 27, the Shanghai fire department, together with the public security department and the subordinate towns, sent more than 400 inspection teams and more than 600 inspectors to investigate 347 communities, found and supervised more than 1,200 hidden dangers, and carried out surprise inspections on 43 places and 169 key supervision and reform objects of electric bicycle hidden dangers reported by citizens.
The "2.23" major fire accident in Yuhuatai District, Nanjing City was shocking, the fire caused by electric bicycles in residential buildings, resulting in 15 people killed and many injured, not only caused heavy losses to the local area, but also sent a stern warning to all places: it is urgent to improve the safety management of electric bicycles.
According to the data, the current number of electric bicycles in China is 3There are about 500 million vehicles, and on average, one in every four people owns a two-wheeled electric vehicle. Electric bicycles have brought convenience to the public, but also created problems for public management, and the fire accidents caused by electric bicycles are even more chilling. According to the statistics of the National Fire and Rescue Administration, a total of 2 electric bicycle fires will be reported nationwide in 202310,000. Experts said that the main reasons for the occurrence of electric bicycle safety accidents are "unauthorized modification and installation", "flooding of non-standard lithium batteries", "illegal charging", etc.
The "Safety Technical Specifications for Electric Bicycles" (GB17761-2018) national mandatory standard issued in 2018 clearly stipulates the design speed, vehicle quality, battery voltage, etc. of electric bicycles, but illegal modifications still exist in a large area. The reason for this is that illegally modified electric bicycles are often difficult to identify from the appearance, so some people blindly pursue "fast and furious", even at the risk of their lives.
From the perspective of maintaining public safety, it is necessary to guide consumers to establish a healthy consumption concept, stay away from non-standard products, and refuse illegal modifications. More important than consumer self-discipline is that the black industry chain of illegal modification should be cut off and those deadly ** should be eliminated.
In real life, the vast majority of illegal modifications are not done by individuals, but by merchants. There are two issues involved: the ** of modified parts, and the merchant who implements the modification. In fact, as long as these two links are managed, the phenomenon of illegal modification of electric bicycles will naturally be greatly reduced. In this regard, on the one hand, it is necessary to urge electric vehicle manufacturers to upgrade technical prevention measures, and on the other hand, it is necessary to strengthen the management of battery manufacturers from the source.
According to reports, the mandatory national standard "Safety Technical Specifications for Lithium-ion Batteries for Electric Bicycles", which was drafted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2022, has completed the drafting and solicitation of comments, and is currently in the review stage. Strict management on the basis of clear standards will help purify the market space of electric bicycles and prevent problems from "burning". For e-bike users, they should always remind themselves: there are thousands of roads, and safety comes first; Speed is just a floating cloud, safety is king.