According to the news, on June 20th at 1:50 pm, Shenhai Expressway in the Xiapu section of Ningde city, Fujian Province, a double-decker sleeper bus from Wuxi to Xiamen with 45 passengers crashed into a valley of more than 30 meters. 17 people died and 3 were seriously injured. The sleeper buses that were suspended from production, sales, and registration are again in trouble. This raises the question again whether the sleeper buses continue to survive or gradually disappear.
"Dead" in extensive management According to the provisions of document No. 632 issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Public Security, since March 1st this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has suspended the declaration of new products for sleeper buses before the announcement of the revised safety technical standards for sleeper buses. Suspension of production and sales of products, public security organs, and traffic management departments suspended the registration of registration of passenger cars.
There is a group of data on the Internet: Currently, there are more than 30,000 sleeper buses in operation in the country. According to the 6-year depreciation process, there will be more than 5,000 sleeper buses that need to be updated every year. If the public security department’s traffic management department has been Suspend registration of the sleeper bus, and the sleeping bus will be "dead" within five years.
The consequences of "death" are also obvious. Nearly 200 million passengers per year will be dispersed to railways and passenger cars. The National Day, Spring Festival and other holidays will be even more prominent. It may be that there are a large number of people who ride motorcycles to go home for the New Year.
“How can unreliable sleeper buses be safer than long-distance bus rides?†Bus coach expert Min Zhenqing asked many people opposed to “the management department’s implementation of “one size fits all†on the grounds of safety for sleeper buses.†The voice of the heart.
Another chance for the sleeper bus driver was related to the foreshadowing of the two ministries and commissions laying in the documents for suspending the sleeper bus. It is not difficult to see in the documents issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Public Security that if the safety technical standards for sleeper buses have been revised and approved by the relevant ministries and commissions, then it may be “fortunate to have survivedâ€. Of course, this also requires the efforts and appeals of bus manufacturers, passenger transport companies, and industry associations to carry out first-line research as soon as possible to improve the safety of the sleeper bus product structure and operation process.
"Life and death is unpredictable" The company's choice of a new car for the "life and death" of a sleeper bus is very much related to the policy of the management department. In the event that the policy is not yet clear, smart car manufacturers will not be overwhelmed. They soon came up with a compromise—a half-cartridge truck. The reporter learned that Suzhou Jinlong and Ankai buses have already put this type of vehicle on the market, and they have received attention from many passenger transport companies.
Taking the semi-layaway bus launched by Ankai Bus as an example, the reporter saw that the tilt angle of the seat back of this passenger car can reach 140°, and leg support is also provided to improve the leg support so that long-distance travelers “want to sit and sit. "Lie to lie down"; at the same time, it is more regular and clean than the previous sleeper bus, which can avoid the embarrassment and smell caused by "get off the shoes when you get on the bus." Most importantly, the number of seats in the semi-lying passenger bus is about 40, which is basically equivalent to the number of sleeper buses, which means that its fares will probably be the same as those of the previous sleeper buses.
A person in charge of a passenger transport company told reporters after reading a semi-lying passenger car: “This type of car can meet our long-distance passenger demand and is not subject to current policy restrictions. Consider using it instead of a restricted sleeper. bus."
The introduction of the new model by the enterprise seems to provide a solution to the "life and death question" of the sleeper bus from a market perspective.
Regarding the recent sleeper bus accident in Fujian, Wang Kaifeng, deputy general manager of Ankai Co., Ltd. and deputy secretary of the Party Committee, said in an interview with this reporter yesterday that the accident was not just a sleeper bus, but the management department should not be involved in an accident. Stopping a certain type of vehicle should be managed to improve the safety of the operation of this product. "I think that as the competent department should study and think about solving the safety problem of sleeper buses instead of stopping it. Our country has a vast territory and many local trains cannot be reached. If a sleeper bus is canceled, there will certainly be new alternative products. "Wang Xianfeng said.
The reporter learned that Ankai did a "two-handed preparation" on the issue of the suspension of sleeper buses: on the one hand, it introduced semi-lying passenger cars to replace the original sleeper buses; on the other hand, it continued to develop sleeper buses and did product technology. Upgrades and reserves.
“If the country does not let it be announced in the future, our initial investment loss will be very large. We hope that the relevant departments can revise the safety standards, and at the same time solve the safety problems of sleeper buses through operation and management.†Wang Pioneer said, “especially our full load. The technical application of the car body has a great advantage in the sleeper bus, which can prevent the group of casualties caused by the roll. We are confident that we can introduce better and safer new products."
However, the slow action of the competent authorities seems to indicate some determination. According to industry sources, proposals for revising the safety standards for sleeper buses have been submitted by the trade association to the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, but as of press time, there has been no reply. "Whether or not a sleeper bus safety technology standard can be revised is unknown, but the management department's idea of ​​managing a sleeper bus is very determined," a source told reporters.
How to manage? From the current point of view, the management department has not taken timely guidance and introduced new technical standards and operating standards for sleeper buses as soon as possible, so as to provide better and safer services for people. Currently, the “one size fits all†approach and will soon eliminate sleeper buses. —— This is the tool of choice for Chinese travelers with low-income groups.
The chance of “birth†lies in the demand and high safety standards of sleeper buses that were created in the 1980s and are accompanied by people’s increased demand for travel and tension in railway transport capacity. They are the products that the real market demand has spawned, and many bus companies have completed this. The original accumulation, tasted the sweetness from it.
According to industry insiders, even though the highways are more and more developed and the high-speed rail is becoming more and more popular, sleeper buses still have their unique living space: it is on its way and it is relatively cheap; it can provide peer-to-peer service to facilitate passengers. Carrying large items; preferred for many migrant workers. Passenger coach industry expert Zhen Zhenqing referred to the sleeper buses as China's "national car" and "meritorious car."
It is understood that there are currently more than 30,000 long-distance sleeper buses operating in the country, with nearly 1 million passengers and more than 5,000 passenger lines, which basically covers all counties and townships in the country. Take Dalian Delivery Group as an example. At present, there are more than 90 sleeper buses in operation, and the average attendance rate can reach over 70%; the longest line can reach Dalian from Dalian, with a total length of about 3,000 kilometers.
Zhang Daojian, deputy general manager of Dalian Jiaoyun Group, believes that the sleeper buses are different from the high-speed rail and civil aviation audiences in that they have a relatively fixed group of occupants. Most of them are migrant workers or people doing small business outside. Many of them are fellows and they even take a ride together. As a relaxation or travel. According to experts, in recent years, sleeper buses have maintained nearly 200 million passengers a year, of which 60% are low- and middle-income groups such as farmers, migrant workers, and individual practitioners.
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