Subsequently, a heated discussion about the cause and responsibility of the accident was launched on the internet: some people strongly accused the members of the violent group of disobeying the rules and being wronged; Someone once again took out the label of "female driver" and cherished life away from female drivers; Even the leader's statement that "society is not tolerant of the elderly" has been criticized a lot. ...
The whole network public opinion field presents a trend of "one-sided", and the elderly runaway group has also been pushed to the forefront. By the end of 16, Weibo's topic # Drivers Beating the Line # had nearly 50 million readers and tens of thousands of netizens participated in the discussion.
In response to this incident, a number of media published relevant commentary articles, and intergenerational differences and rules became a hot topic. "China Youth Daily" pointed out that "many people think that the runaway group is self-inflicted. In fact, what is wrong is not the runaway, but the lack of awareness of rules "; People's Daily warned not to strengthen the intergenerational differences in the "runaway group car accident"; The Beijing News focuses on the limited quantity and uneven distribution of public resources.
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If the tragedy of the "runaway group car accident" can also be explained by the lack of urban fitness venues, upgrading the runaway group and then going on the road is already a stupid act of openly challenging the law.
It is understandable that you want to express your anger at your teammates or prove the lifestyle of your group. However, if you use your own life and other people's lives as a bargaining chip to intimidate the public at a critical turning point in order to gain a sense of accomplishment in winning the league, it is not only unwise, but will make the development of the situation even more abnormal.
The lesson of blood failed to arouse everyone's chronic pain. If media reports and public opinion only stay in the superficial debate of binary opposition, instead of warning the public, such pain will happen again. You know, rules can't always sound the alarm by tragedy.
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Responsibility attribution, for vigilance and restraint.
In the "out-of-control car accident" incident, the driver ran into an out-of-control motorcade due to improper operation and must bear the corresponding responsibility. But we still have to see the responsibility of the runaway group and its organizers, which is the key to warning the public.
Article 6 1 to 63 of China's Road Traffic Safety Law clearly stipulates-
"Pedestrians should walk on the sidewalk. If there is no sidewalk, they should walk on the roadside ... When crossing the road without traffic lights or crosswalks, or crossing the road without crossing facilities, they should pass after confirming safety. Pedestrians are not allowed to cross or lean on road isolation facilities, and are not allowed to pick up cars, forcibly stop cars or commit other acts that hinder road traffic safety. "
As we can see from the picture, although there is no sidewalk, there is a hard shoulder on the left side of the incident section. Instead of "pulling over", they walked angrily on the middle motorway, which hindered road traffic safety and should bear the responsibility. If the organizers of the runaway team fail to fulfill their security obligations, they should also bear corresponding responsibilities.
As an old saying goes, you should do what you want in any occasion. The use of public resources must be used for its original purpose, and the abuse and occupation beyond its limited scope is unreasonable and irregular.
It is precisely because of the unclear responsibility of the "runaway group car accident" that some members of the runaway group still point the cause of the tragedy to the improper operation of the female driver and often ignore their own problems. They didn't realize that the act of "grabbing the lane" was illegal in itself, but blurred their main responsibility, thus putting an end to the possibility of rational restraint.
The binary opposition debate about right and wrong in the accident is nothing more than a dispute over words. The responsibility of each subject, through the means of punishment and punishment, can really arouse the recognition of "legal system" and "rules" of each runaway player, so as to achieve the purpose of warning the public.
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Doesn't the law blame the public? Don't take any chances.
Although in this whirlpool of public opinion, there are endless voices condemning elderly violent gangs and criticizing female drivers, such arguments only make public opinion linger on shallow judgments. Why do escaped gangs take to the path again and again? What kind of psychology are they hiding behind this?
As early as last year, some media reported the news that the runaway group took the upward lane. This time, according to the Beijing News, a member of the mob said that they had occupied the driveway for more than ten days. What's more, five days after the accident, another runaway group was still walking in the driveway in a uniform way. These details fully show that it is not the first time that the violent group of the association has violated traffic laws. The reason why so many people dare to openly challenge the regulations is a natural manifestation of the psychology that the law does not blame the public.
"Law doesn't blame the public" is people's usual thought. The so-called "law doesn't blame the public" is people's indifferent attitude and fluky psychology to the rule consciousness, which becomes a shelter for people's anomie behavior, and relieves their inner forgiveness for mistakes by sharing the efficiency of the group. ?
On the one hand, individual rational knowledge is easily infected by group behavior. Lei Wen once put forward the theory of "group dynamics". He believes that group behavior can directly affect and restrict individual behavior, and group suggestion and group infection will make individuals fall into irrational group behavior. For example, Chinese-style crossing the road has distinct group characteristics, and there is an integration effect in quantity and quality-"Everyone has passed, and I have passed, even if I am punished, everyone will join"-it is this herding effect that makes every individual lose his rational behavior.
On the other hand, the implementation of rules lacks internalization. Our social life is full of all kinds of rules. When the rules conform to people's subjective wishes, people will naturally accept them and use them as guidelines to restrain their behavior, which is internalization. But for most people, the rules are just a written expression, and people can't personally feel the constraints of the rules, so generally speaking, people will put themselves in a "bystander" position, and their psychology of not complaining about others will be aggravated.
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It is driven by the psychology that the law does not blame the public that violent groups have taken to the upward lane many times. They hinted to themselves that even if it is illegal, it is illegal. If one punishment is imposed, the execution cost will be greatly increased and social efficiency will be affected. If law enforcement departments are afraid or even afraid of trouble when dealing with group violations, it will undoubtedly lead to the broken window effect of the law by not complaining about others. With this tried and tested luck, it is difficult to eradicate the illegal behavior of the Runaway Group.
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Balancing with "violence" will only worsen public opinion.
If the previous "runaway group car accident" reflected the social problem of public resource allocation, upgrading to the road now is a problem of knowingly committing crimes, which is essentially an offline expression of the runaway group's dissatisfaction with the online public opinion field.
The runaway team in this incident is mainly elderly people. Due to the intergenerational differences in the use of media, they can only sit still in the face of surging public opinion on the Internet, and their accumulated dissatisfaction needs to be vented, so there will be another offline party. The way of expressing opinions such as "runaway" is an thoughtless behavior because it has seized the road public resources. Balancing with "violence" will only make public opinion worse.
In a car accident, who is more reasonable has its own rules to judge, as the saying goes, "rationality is not loud." This kind of "violent" behavior of expressing opinions in an illegal way will only make the runaway group be labeled as unreasonable, and then evolve into a symbol of violence, which is easy to produce stereotypes in the whole public opinion.
Especially after the "basketball court dispute", the credibility of the elderly group has gradually declined, which is a very bad signal. The behavior of many elderly people has given public opinion a social impression of relying on the elderly to sell the elderly. Such a crisis of trust is not conducive to the construction of a harmonious society.
In the discussion of this matter, some people still attribute the crux of the problem to "the old man is getting worse." However, Zhi Zhijun believes that this incident cannot be attributed to the label of "old people", and it can even be said that the statement of "bad old people" itself is a false problem.
There is a fallacy in sociological research called "excessive generalization", and the inference that "the elderly are getting worse and worse" is nothing more than the frequent exposure of defects by the elderly. In the absence of scientific empirical research, the only reliable conclusion we can draw is-
Some old people in society have indeed exposed their defects and deficiencies in news events, but simply and rudely labeling age discrimination is by no means a solution to social problems.