Is traffic control a road closure?

traffic control refers to the control measures for the passage of vehicles and people in some or all traffic sections for some safety reasons. Generally speaking, restrictions on traffic behavior are mainly temporary provisions in the case of assembly and procession, large-scale sports meeting, road and bridge construction, disaster relief and emergency rescue, and the implementation of important security tasks. Traffic control is a specific regulation with the nature of guidance, prohibition, restriction or indication formulated by the traffic management department of the public security organ according to laws and regulations on the passage of vehicles and pedestrians on the road and other traffic-related activities. After the implementation of traffic control, citizens should abide by the control notice and actively cooperate with the traffic police department.

The following measures are generally taken to implement traffic control:

1. Close the site and related areas;

2. Set up warning lines and delimit warning areas;

3. Control the commanding heights of the site;

4. control regional traffic control;

5. Check the identity documents of the on-site personnel and interrogate the suspects;

6. Assemblies, processions and demonstrations are prohibited;

7. Order the onlookers to leave the scene immediately, and dissolve the gathered crowd immediately;

8. Use necessary non-lethal police equipment such as batons, tear gas canisters and water cannons to forcibly disperse those who refuse to leave the scene despite warnings and orders;

9. Persons who have not left after being forcibly dispersed may be forcibly taken away from the scene or immediately detained;

1. The suspects and their belongings at the scene can be searched and inspected, and the illegally carried weapons, controlled knives, slogans, leaflets and other items can be confiscated.

Legal basis

Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 39 The traffic administrative department of the public security organ may take measures such as diverting, restricting and prohibiting traffic for motor vehicles, non-motor vehicles and pedestrians according to the specific conditions of roads and traffic flow. In case of large-scale mass activities, large-scale construction, etc., it is necessary to take measures to restrict traffic, or make decisions directly related to public road traffic activities, which should be announced to the public in advance.