Jia Kang focuses on tire safety

The pain of the accident caused Jia Kang, director of the Ministry of Finance's Institute of Fiscal Science, to pay special attention to the safety of automobile tires . As a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Jia Kang submitted to the current session of the CPPCC a proposal entitled “Strengthening the Safety of Vehicle Tires to Prevent and Improve People’s Livelihood”. Proposal, this is the crystallization of his research on automobile tire problems for half a year.

Jia Kang believes that it is imperative to establish an accountability mechanism that includes quality inspection, consumer rights, corporate compensation, and the judicial system, and the mechanism for the repeal of the inferior will be able to change the casualty accidents caused by low-quality tires, and its victims will discuss through judicial proceedings. There are few successful precedents.

Jia Kang suggested that the relevant government departments should issue a comprehensive standard system for the use of automobile tires, mileage, and degree of wear as soon as possible and make a clear quantification, as an authoritative basis for mandatory replacement of tires and the establishment of a liability system.

Jia Kang suffered a puncture on September 1, 2011 in the Dezhou section of the high-speed railway between Beijing and Shanghai. He lost control and rushed to the guardrail at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour. A family of three escaped and died. Afterwards, he was examined by the hospital. Jia Kang had four ribs and two spine fractures, and there were multiple visceral bruises.

On the third day after the incident, Jia Kang sent a series of micro-blogs on the bed of the “drive to disasters” and sued Kumho Tires. Kumho Tire said it will cooperate with relevant departments to investigate the cause of the accident. Since then, the relevant parties have not disclosed the final disposal of the traffic accident.

From the contents of the proposal, it can be seen that Jia Kang felt the irrationality of the current traffic regulations during the accident handling.

Jia Kang pointed out that in many cases, the driving rule that “the driver cannot drive the steering wheel and slam on the brakes after the tire puncture” is used as the basis for the “legal liability” of the driver. It is not common knowledge. He proposed to abolish this “scapegoat” type of rule and ensure that the pressure to ensure tire safety is properly transmitted to the production and supply of tires.