Cheng Yuan: Carpooling should be a car culture that is strongly advocated

In recent years, during the Spring Festival, "a ticket is hard to find", so that "carpooling home too big year" has become a trend.

In developed Western countries, especially in the United States, “carpooling” is a highly respected car culture because it maximizes the use of social resources and has a very positive effect on alleviating traffic congestion, saving energy, and protecting the environment. significance. For the individual participants, apart from helping each other and ignoring the urgency, there is also the economic effect of reducing expenditures. It can be said that it is a good thing to benefit the nation and benefit others.

However, in China, this good thing that should be promoted and encouraged has been linked to “black car” and “illegal operation”. It was banned in the previous years and was severely cracked down.

Everyone knows that a single car sits alone and sits on two people, three people, or even four people. It occupies as many road resources, consumes energy and causes emissions pollution. In fact, it is almost the same. The expenses incurred are shared by one person and four people. It is obviously very different. The social effect is clearly there. As a kind of automobile culture, carpooling should not only be promoted during this special time of Spring Festival. It should also be vigorously promoted in cities in the meantime. It can not only solve the difficult problem of returning home for the New Year, but also ease traffic congestion in the city, and save society. Resources, why not?

In many Western countries, it is highly recommended that many people share a car, thereby saving resources and reducing congestion. The main traffic lane in Los Angeles is called "Pool" by the innermost lane. Chinese means "pool". It is similar to the "bus lane" in China. It is a fast lane, only for vehicles that ride more than two people. Driving, if a single driving car enters this lane, it will be severely punished.

In these countries, it is considered a kind of social morality to combine many people in a car. By "car sharing," the maximum utilization of road resources is achieved. Apart from environmental protection, energy saving, and reduction of congestion, there is also "helping others". Meaning in it. In the United States, if a passerby is waving his thumbs on the side of the road, the first car that passes by will stop and ask if there is any difficulty that needs help. If you are in the way, you will certainly be carrying you. Therefore, the general "backpackers" go out, do not worry that there is no "chance".

According to our current social atmosphere, if there is a stranger blocking a car along the road, no one may be willing to stop and no one dares to stop, because you may be robbed or provoked endless. Therefore, the so-called "carpooling" in China is generally limited to friends or acquaintances, or it is introduced by reliable people, so it has greater security. Especially during the Spring Festival, when it is difficult to get a ticket, "carpooling" has more positive significance.

Of course, there will be some disputes occasionally caused by carpooling, mainly due to the responsibility of taking responsibility after a traffic accident. In general, this probability is minimal. Of course, it is best to have an agreement in advance. It is better to sign an agreement. In case something goes wrong, it should be handled according to the agreement. But in any case, we must not waste food, prohibit and crack down on "carpooling," and hinder this good thing that benefits both society and individuals.

Here we have to talk about the so-called "black car" problem. Why does "black car" exist for a long time? Why are you struggling with no effect? First of all, there is social demand. The formal transportation facilities are inadequate. People have to use illegal means of transportation to travel. In addition, under the current rental management system, the leasing industry has become a field in which a few interest groups have obtained huge profits. The taxi driver was forced to work overtime illegally, driving illegally while driving, while the rental company received a huge profit. Due to unexploitation of rental companies, they were forced to take risks and engage in illegal operations of so-called “black cars”. In a certain sense, the root of the "black car" comes from an unreasonable taxi management system. The most effective way to eliminate illegal operations is to change the existing rental management system and hand over the operating right to the taxi driver. The taxis in many developed countries are operated by individuals. The taxation department collects taxes and the traffic control department punishes illegally. The effect is very good. Why do we have to set up a rental management agency and become a tool for rent-seeking by some people? (The author is Cheng Yuan, director of China Economic Net Automotive Channel)