Germans advise on traffic lights
A team of local and foreign scientists at the Vietnamese-German
Transport Research Centre at the Vietnamese–German University is
developing new road traffic signals that will help improve traffic flow
and safety on the country's roads.
A team of local and foreign scientists at the Vietnamese-German
Transport Research Centre at the Vietnamese–German University is
developing new road traffic signals that will help improve traffic flow
and safety on the country's roads.
They will be based on the latest German guidelines for traffic signals, though with variations to suit local conditions, the team told a seminar held Sept. 29 in HCM City .
Do Quoc Cuong of the University of Transport and Communications' Road and Traffic Engineering, said the congestion and accidents that often occurr at intersections are due to poor road safety signals.
The current signal system causes a chaotic build-up of buses, cars, motorbikes, and bicycles at red lights, he said.
"The signals are based on 1950s standards and have not been updated," he said, suggesting that different kinds of vehicles should be separated into different zones at red lights to improve traffic safety and speed up the flow.
He also suggested establishing new forms of intersections.
In HCM City , there are 628 signals, 524 of them using a countdown system.
Le Thu Huyen, head of the University of Transport and Communications' Consulting Centre for Transport Development, said violating traffic regulations, such as jumping red, is common in Vietnam .
Human behaviour causes almost all traffic accidents, including fatalities, she added.
Dr Khuat Viet Hung, head of the Vietnamese – German Transport Research Centre, said the research, being done by the Vietnamese - German University, University of Transport and Communications, and Germany's Darmstadt University of Technology, will be finished in a year's time and the result submitted to the Ministry of Transport.
A new national standard for road traffic signals will be piloted in Hanoi and HCM City before nationwide application./.
They will be based on the latest German guidelines for traffic signals, though with variations to suit local conditions, the team told a seminar held Sept. 29 in HCM City .
Do Quoc Cuong of the University of Transport and Communications' Road and Traffic Engineering, said the congestion and accidents that often occurr at intersections are due to poor road safety signals.
The current signal system causes a chaotic build-up of buses, cars, motorbikes, and bicycles at red lights, he said.
"The signals are based on 1950s standards and have not been updated," he said, suggesting that different kinds of vehicles should be separated into different zones at red lights to improve traffic safety and speed up the flow.
He also suggested establishing new forms of intersections.
In HCM City , there are 628 signals, 524 of them using a countdown system.
Le Thu Huyen, head of the University of Transport and Communications' Consulting Centre for Transport Development, said violating traffic regulations, such as jumping red, is common in Vietnam .
Human behaviour causes almost all traffic accidents, including fatalities, she added.
Dr Khuat Viet Hung, head of the Vietnamese – German Transport Research Centre, said the research, being done by the Vietnamese - German University, University of Transport and Communications, and Germany's Darmstadt University of Technology, will be finished in a year's time and the result submitted to the Ministry of Transport.
A new national standard for road traffic signals will be piloted in Hanoi and HCM City before nationwide application./.
You should also see
InfographicQuang An listed among the coolest streets in the world
Quang An Street in Tay Ho district, Hanoi, has been listed among the 30 coolest streets in the world by the British travel magazine Time Out.
See more
Society
Dien Bien Phu Victory echoes, 70 years on
Seventy years ago, Vietnam won the Dien Bien Phu battle, forcing the French government to sign the Geneva Agreement in July 1954 and marking the end of the French military presence in the whole Indochina.
Politics
Prime Minister pays tribute to legendary founders of Vietnam
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 18 attended a ceremony to offer incense to Vietnam’s forefathers Hung Kings at Hung Temple in Phu Tho province on the occasion of the Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day, which falls on the 10th day of the third lunar month every year.
Society
Overseas Vietnamese in Laos, France, Irsarel commemorate Hung Kings
The General Association of Vietnamese in Laos and the Vietnamese Association in Vientiane on April 18 held a ceremony to observe the commemorative anniversary of the Hung Kings, the legendary nation founders.
Society
Activities held nationwide to commemorate Hung Kings
Localities across Vietnam held activities in commemoration of the Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the country, on April 18 or the 10th of the third lunar month.
Videos
Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day - Vietnam’s long-held tradition
Many Vietnamese have learned by heart a “six-eight” iambic couplet verse stating that no matter how far Vietnamese people travel, they always remember the Hung Kings’ Commemoration Day. This important holiday falls on the tenth day of the third lunar month in remembrance of Vietnam’s Hung Kings.
