Sometimes "a sudden idea" not only fails to solve the problem, but also causes greater trouble. According to the "Hunan Expressway Traffic Police" report, at about 10:00 on April 17, when Zou drove to the 815km mark of the Xuguang Expressway (north to south), the car's battery was exhausted and unable to drive.
Without taking any safety precautions, he parked the car directly in the emergency lane, pried open the roadside monitoring equipment box and tried to use the power supply inside to charge the vehicle.
After the police from the Zhengxiang Brigade of the Highway 3 Detachment (Hengyang District) of the Traffic Control Corps of the Hunan Provincial Public Security Department discovered the incident through video inspection, they immediately rushed to the scene to stop it.
Upon inquiry, Zou drove from Changsha to Hengyang that day and forgot to charge the vehicle while resting at the last service area. When he arrived here, the car's power was exhausted and it could not drive. Zou saw a distribution box on the side of the road and went to the doctor in a hurry. After trying it, he found that the distribution box could not be connected to power.
It is reported that the power supply of monitoring equipment is a low-voltage dedicated line with insufficient power and no charging protection mechanism. Forcible connection can easily lead to line overload, short circuit and fire. Especially on rainy days, it is easy to cause leakage and electric shock accidents. Charging new energy vehicles requires special equipment and stable power supply, and private connection to public facilities poses great safety risks.
In addition, warning signs are not set up as required when parking in the emergency lane, and people are operating in the lane, which can easily lead to rear-end collisions. There have been tragic cases of people getting out of the vehicle and being hit and killed after the new energy vehicle ran out of power.
It is illegal to connect to public power facilities without permission, and it also violates the provisions of the Road Traffic Safety Law on the use of emergency lanes and fault warnings. In the end, the man was punished by the police in accordance with the law.
