Original title: What kind of rain cloth was fined for the truck cover

Recently, a video of "a truck covered with tarpaulin was stopped by the traffic police on the highway and fined" caused heated discussion. The incident occurred in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province on May 20, and the party concerned was fined 500 yuan by the traffic police for "changing the appearance of the car". On May 21, the Shenzhen traffic police issued a circular stating that after review, the truck had no relevant violations and the punishment had been revoked. The next step will be to strengthen training to improve the law enforcement level and ability of the police.

When the truck was in the rain during delivery, it was covered with a tarpaulin, just like people who would take umbrellas when they went out in rainy days. It was a normal operation. How could they be deemed to have changed their appearance and be punished?

From the video, it can be seen that the width and height of the truck are within a reasonable range, and there is almost no impact on vehicle recognition after the tarpaulin is covered. However, the traffic police involved claimed that "you cover it, but the picture of your driving license on the vehicle was not covered with a tarpaulin". Implicitly, the picture is inconsistent with the real object. The question is, when trucks are always empty without a rain cloth, does that mean that you need to prepare two driving permits? When did law enforcement become so casual?

In this regard, some netizens teased: "My ID card has long hair, but now it has been cut short, do you want to pay a fine?" The metaphor may not be so appropriate, but it also revealed that everyone questioned the "bone in the egg" law enforcement.

At present, the punishment has been revoked, which is necessary. But we still need to ask, what is the root cause of this arbitrary law enforcement? Is it the low level of law enforcement personnel, mechanical law enforcement, or the impulse behind "punishment for punishment"? According to the law, law enforcement personnel have certain discretion in administrative punishment. However, if there is no illegal act, but a ticket is issued, such "law enforcement" clearly has the spirit of illegal governance.

For some time, in the field of transportation, irregular law enforcement has occurred from time to time. Arbitrary law enforcement, excessive law enforcement, mechanical law enforcement and other issues caused heated debate. Not long ago, a law enforcement officer in Yunnan deliberately threw himself on the hood of a vehicle to stop the "porcelain enforcement", which also led the public to question the legitimacy of its purpose and means of law enforcement.

Administrative law enforcement, including traffic law enforcement, is closely related to people's lives, involving a wide range of areas and having a wide range of influence. These law enforcement chaos in the field of people's livelihood undoubtedly increased the burden on the masses, damaged the dignity and authority of the law, and increased the public's sense of insecurity. In this regard, we must standardize from multiple perspectives and levels, strengthen supervision, and let the people feel fairness and justice in every law enforcement.

In February this year, the Guiding Opinions on Further Regulating and Supervising the Setting and Implementation of Fines issued by the State Council clearly pointed out that the implementation of fines should be strictly standardized, emphasizing the three "musts", that is, top fine or high fine should not be arbitrarily imposed, the threshold for identifying violations should not be arbitrarily lowered, and the scope of violations should not be arbitrarily expanded.

For this reason, on the one hand, we should strengthen the supervision over the discretion of administrative fines, curb the arbitrariness of discretion, and bring administrative law enforcement into the orbit of the rule of law and close the "cage" of the system; On the other hand, we should further promote the concept of inclusive and prudent law enforcement, strengthen the rule of law thinking, improve the ability and level of law enforcement personnel, and make compliance with the law become a habit, engraved in the mind, and implemented. Only when law enforcement has both strength and temperature, can people's sense of rule of law be constantly enhanced and the society's belief in the rule of law be cultivated. （ Zhu Zheping ）