Chapter 443: Traffic Order
Li An is an important minister of the Tang Dynasty court and the inventor of the car, so to formulate the traffic order of the Tang Dynasty, Li An must participate, and this so-called Tang version of the traffic rules is also strongly proposed by Li An, of course, it must be formulated by Li An. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
As a person who has lived in later generations, he is naturally very familiar with traffic rules, so Ang Lee can formulate a set of practical traffic rules without thinking much to regulate the daily travel of the people of Datang.
However, many nobles in the Tang Dynasty do not seem to approve of this rule, and even, the officials who are responsible for formulating traffic rules together with Li An have also put forward different opinions, after all, the Tang people do not have the habit of abiding by traffic rules, and it is indeed difficult to accept so many requests at once.
For example, Ang Lee proposed that people who have drunk alcohol are not allowed to drive, because drunkenness will cause slower reactions, which can lead to mistakes and car accidents.
This is a very reasonable rule, but it has been opposed by many officials, and the reason is very simple, it is a common thing for Tang Erlang to drink, especially for rich children who can afford to buy a car, and there are many drinking places, and you can't drive after drinking a little wine, which is somewhat cruel, besides, the vast majority of people, even if they drink a little alcohol, will not cause a traffic accident, only a very small number of people drink too much will cause an accident, in short, it is difficult for Datang people to accept such a regulation, and it is difficult for them to understand, Drinking alcohol can make you react more slowly.
In order to let the officials understand the impact of drinking alcohol on people's spirits, Li An took a lot of words, cited a large number of examples, and even took the officials to the scene of the car accident and let the officials smell how strong the alcohol in the perpetrator's mouth was.
After some statistics, many officials believe that what Ang Lee said is reasonable, and that more than ninety percent of all car accidents are caused by the person driving the car drinking alcohol, which is enough to prove that drinking alcohol will slow down people's reactions.
After some discussion, the officials in charge of setting the traffic rules agreed with Ang Lee's rule and felt that it was necessary to implement the rule that you should not drink alcohol and drive.
After all, with the current technology of the Tang Empire, there is no alcohol testing instrument, and it seems that it is not easy to determine whether the law enforcer smells it with his nose, besides, how to meet a scoundrel who insists that he did not drink alcohol, the taste in his mouth is innate, or that he did not brush his teeth, in short, as long as the background is hard, there are 10,000 reasons to shirk.
And about this, Li An feels that it is not difficult to be sure, as long as he smells a strong smell of alcohol in his mouth, it can prove that he is drinking, if the person is a scoundrel and says that he has this taste in his mouth, he can investigate his social relations and ask his relatives and friends, whether this person's mouth is usually full of alcohol, or he can be arrested and imprisoned for a few days to see if there is still a smell of alcohol in his mouth.
In short, if you want to punish these violators, there are many ways you can use it, and you are not afraid that you will not be able to cure them.
In addition, in order to allow people to pay attention to safety, but also to increase the price of human life, in the era of Datang, the lives of ordinary people are worthless, if the children of rich families drive and kill an ordinary person, just pay a little money to get it, so that many people with high status will treat ordinary people unscrupulously.
Increase the cost of compensation, with a high compensation price, so that many nobles who can kill people casually with a small amount of money dispelled such thoughts, if they can't afford to pay, then they can only face prison.
Of course, once this policy is formulated, it will also face a big problem, that is, the problem of touching porcelain, once people are rich, it is easy to be arrogant, and if people are poor, they will be brutal, as the old saying goes, poor mountains and bad waters are more troublesome people, this is definitely not to belittle the poor people, but, there are some ordinary people, when encountering difficulties, it is easy to play cards out of common sense, and many are also forced by life.
If it is a poor family, the poor can't survive, only one person needs to hit the car of the rich child, with a life, can bring a rich life to the family, this situation is possible, and this situation, must be avoided, after all, even if the rich family is rich, can not be cheated for no reason, this is not fair.
In the Tang Empire, where there is no monitoring, how to prove whether the car actively hit the pedestrian or the pedestrian took the initiative to die, is a very difficult thing, and even Li An, who is well-informed and has lived two lives, is a little difficult.
However, Li An believes that this situation must be very rare, even if it is a poor people, under normal circumstances, they will not take the initiative to send their relatives to death to seek a good life.
Moreover, after Li An's industrialization reform, the Tang Empire has become very wealthy, and the social security facilities are still very in place, with temples and Taoist temples almost every few dozen miles.
Rich people want to live a long life, they will spend money to go to the temple to make a wish, and after the temple has money, they can buy some of the most basic food and give alms to the poor people, so that a good cycle is formed.
Therefore, as long as the poor can eat, there will not be much of a problem, basically there will not be too much phenomenon of touching porcelain, after all, people are all fatal, not forced by life, no one will risk their lives to touch porcelain, to die.
There are many, many issues that need to be paid attention to regarding the formulation of traffic rules, and these require Ang Lee to have responsible discussions with other officials, so as not to make policies that are not in place and cause bad effects.
As for the problem mentioned by some officials that they can't drive or go home after drinking, Li An feels that this is not a problem at all, as far as the current situation is concerned, all the people who own cars are all very wealthy and have a very high status, and it is impossible for them to go out alone, and there will definitely be people to follow.
According to the rules of Datang, when the master drinks and eats meat, the subordinate can often only watch, so the subordinate will definitely not have the opportunity to drink, and letting the subordinate drive can solve this problem, which is very simple.
After nearly half a month of discussion, the Datang version of the traffic rules was finally released, and among them, a lot of effort was poured into Ang Lee, it can be said that most of this Datang version of the traffic rules is the credit of Ang Lee.
After the rules are formulated, the first thing to do is to implement them, if no one follows the rules, then the rules are equivalent to not being formulated, and they will become meaningless rules.
As expected by Ang Lee, when the rules were just promulgated, many people who held their own identities disdained this and were unwilling to abide by it at all, the car was most comfortable to drive in the middle of the highway, and there was no face when pulling over, as for the problem of drinking and not driving, they didn't take it seriously, Lao Tzu's status is so high, who dares to stop the car to check me.
But these arrogant guys miscalculated this time, because the traffic rules were formulated by Li An, and Li An already knew that there would be many people who were unwilling to abide by them, so they had already made sufficient preparations.
First of all, it is to organize a large scale of inspection team, in this team, there are not only tough soldiers, but also eunuchs in the palace, as well as small people in the market, in short, all kinds of people are all together, no matter what kind of powerful person you are, there is always one that you can't deal with.
After the inspection team took up their posts, in a very short period of time, they caught dozens of rich people who violated the rules, some of them were drunk and still drove, some were driving in the middle of the road and did not keep to the right, and some were so fast that they were rampaging in the capital, as if the roads were all their homes.
For these illegal drivers, the inspection team unceremoniously arrested all of them into prison, no matter what kind of backstage they moved out, the inspection team members all ignored, this team was formed by Li An, some of the team members are still eunuchs around the emperor, they are all obeying the emperor's will, no one can help them.
Among these arrested, there are many big officials in the capital, and there are even more rich families, and they are still very arrogant at the beginning, scolding and scolding the inspectors, and then they are aggrieved, feeling that they have not bumped into anyone, but have made a small mistake, as for being treated so seriously? It's a big deal to send some money to bribe, at least, you can't arrest these noble people in prison because of such a trivial matter!
In the era of the Tang Dynasty, the cell is not a good place, it can be said to be dirty and smelly, normal people can't stay for a minute, the children of the nobility usually have fine clothes and food, and they can endure the dirty air and humid environment in the cell, and this treatment will take half a month, which is almost fatal.
However, no matter how hard these errant nobles' children are, or their families come to spend money to eliminate disasters, it is all useless, and all those who make mistakes must be locked up for half a month before they can be released, even if it is a visit by relatives, there is a strict time limit.
The reason why such strict punishment measures are formulated is to set an example for chickens and monkeys, vigorously regulate the traffic rules of Datang, and avoid more car accidents in the future, and it is only half a month in prison, and it will not take the lives of these rich children.
The deterrent effect of the prison is huge, after many nobles were put in prison, the matter of traffic rules soon spread in the capital, and everyone dared not violate the traffic rules anymore, after all, everyone has realized that the traffic rules formulated by Li An are not recognizable, no matter how hard the background is, they cannot avoid being severely punished.
No one dares to violate the traffic rules anymore, and the traffic order in the capital has suddenly improved a lot, the probability of car accidents has been reduced several times, and the tragedy has been greatly reduced, and this is all due to the traffic rules formulated by Li An.
In the past, officials who had reservations about the traffic rules formulated by Ang Lee, after seeing the data that car accidents had been greatly reduced, began to recognize Ang Lee, and felt that the rules formulated by Ang Lee were reasonable, as long as they could reduce the occurrence of car accidents, no matter what they did, it was worth it, and besides, this did not cause a boiling of public resentment, and it was a complete success.
After the traffic was in order, the circulation efficiency of various materials and personnel was greatly increased, which was of great benefit to the economic development of the Tang Empire, and all of this was due to Ang Lee.
Of course, not all vehicles have to obey traffic rules, such as some special vehicles, there is no need to obey traffic rules.
Vehicles that transmit important information at border gates do not need to obey traffic rules, but they need to be equipped with alarm devices to remind passers-by to avoid traffic accidents.
When the imperial court needs to transport important materials, it will also occupy most of the lanes, thus violating traffic rules, and the emperor must take the middle of the road to reflect the royal style, so naturally the emperor's car can not be allowed to pull aside.
However, whether it is the emperor's travel or the special vehicles used by the imperial court, they are relatively few, and they will not disrupt the traffic rules too much, and naturally there is no need to worry about affecting the traffic.
There are many post stations in Datang, each post station is equipped with a sufficient number of horses, in case of transmitting information, after the train was successfully laid, all the post stations along the rail line were canceled, after all, the transmission speed of horses is not as fast as the train, so it is natural to cancel.
Some lines without trains still use horses to transmit information, but in areas within thousands of miles of the capital, horses have been gradually replaced by cars, which are very suitable for high-speed cars to transmit information, so that the speed of transmitting information will be much faster.
But Ang Lee felt that it was too extravagant to use a car to transmit information, and the car could not run fast, so he should invent a faster and more suitable locomotive for transmitting intelligence, which was crucial to improving the efficiency of intelligence transmission, and the most suitable locomotive was undoubtedly the motorcycle of later generations, the motorcycle was smaller and lighter, the burden was relatively light, and the speed was very fast, which was much more economical than the car.
And the technical difficulty of developing motorcycles is very small, after all, the cars have been made, are motorcycles still a problem?
After some hard research, the first motorcycle was baked and placed in front of Ang Lee.
"Li Shilang, will this thing be very dangerous, after all, there are only two wheels, can it really be opened?."
The craftsman in charge of the development looked at the motorcycle in front of him and felt a little drumming in his heart.
"Isn't a bicycle also two wheels, since the bicycle can be ridden, this guy must have no problem."
Another craftsman hurriedly said.
Li An didn't say much, stepped forward and grabbed the handlebars of the motorcycle, and said, "Get out of the way, let the official slip around first." ”
For motorcycles, Ang Lee is the most familiar with it, in his previous life, Ang Lee didn't drive this thing less, so naturally he didn't need to learn it, he could drive it directly.
"Filthy ......"
With a sound of exhaust, the motorcycle moved forward, and as Ang Lee accelerated, the motorcycle got faster and faster, much faster than the car.