Maximum overload of 134%. Several tank truck company executives are detained on suspicion of dangerous operations.

What safety management vulnerabilities are reflected by enterprises repeatedly violating regulations yet ignoring rectification?

Heavy trucks are known as the “number one killer on the road,” as they not only seriously damage road and bridge facilities but also reduce vehicle braking performance and shift the center of gravity, making them prone to blowouts, rollovers, and other serious traffic accidents, posing a significant threat to public safety. Recently, the Traffic Management Team of the Pudong Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, in conjunction with the Municipal Transportation Commission’s Law Enforcement Corps, uncovered several cases of overloaded tanker trucks. Due to the repeated non-compliance of the responsible parties, they were criminally detained according to the law.

On the night of March 13, three heavy tanker trucks loaded with mud quietly left a construction site, attempting to evade regulation by transporting illegally. Pudong police had already grasped the travel patterns of this batch of vehicles through prior analysis and intercepted them at an intersection. On-site weight checks revealed that the total weights of the three trucks were 117 tons, 111 tons, and 104 tons, with overload rates of 134%, 121%, and 113% respectively, qualifying them as typical “hundred-ton kings” with severe overload violations, constituting a significant accident hazard. The police immediately controlled the involved vehicles and drivers in accordance with the law and secured relevant evidence of the violations.

Further investigation confirmed that the transport enterprise owning the involved vehicles had previously been administratively punished by transportation law enforcement agencies for serious overload violations, and was ordered to fulfill its corporate safety production responsibilities and eliminate major safety hazards. However, the enterprise, in pursuit of economic benefits, ignored rectification requirements and public safety, continuing to encourage drivers to take risks and engage in overloaded transportation, indicating a clear subjective intent to violate the law. Police have criminally detained the responsible parties of the enterprise according to Article 134-1 of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China regarding “dangerous operations,” and the case is under further processing.

It has been reported that this case marks the first instance in Shanghai where criminal coercive measures have been applied to the responsible parties of relevant transport enterprises for the crime of dangerous operations.

The police remind: Serious overload behavior not only damages road infrastructure and significantly shortens the lifespan of highways but also puts vehicles in an overload operating state, drastically reducing safety performance such as braking and steering. Once accidents occur, the consequences are often severe. Freight enterprises should strictly implement safety production responsibilities, abandon a mindset of luck, and conduct transportation operations in accordance with the law; drivers must adhere to safety baselines and refuse to engage in overload violations. The police will continue to strengthen the investigation and handling of prominent illegal behaviors such as overloaded trucks through source control and strict checks on the roads, regularly carrying out special rectification actions.

(Reporter: Yu Xiang, from the Central Radio and Television Station)

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