Washing cars on the street has washed the cars, soiled the road, and even damaged the sidewalk. Pedestrians passing by the car wash shop often encounter the phenomenon of stepping on their feet and splashing with sewage. Recently, after receiving multiple complaints, our reporter conducted an investigation on car wash shops in the three towns and found that the car wash industry in Jiangcheng has a prominent phenomenon that needs to be regulated.

　　Occupy the road and wash cars everywhere

　　 The reporter counted less than 20% of those with business licenses

　　 In the past few days, reporters found that car wash shops can always be found in streets or alleys. Some places even get together to operate. According to industry insiders, there are more than 4,000 large and small car wash shops in the central city of Wuhan. With the continuous increase of motor vehicles, car wash spots have blossomed everywhere.

　　 At the waist embankment section of Hanyang Avenue, there are six or seven car wash shops along the nearly 400-meter-long street, of which only one has an independent indoor wash shop. On the side of the levee section of Zhongshan Road in Wuchang, less than 200 meters long, there are 14 car wash shops of various sizes, none of which are wash workshops. In the area of ​​Chama Road in Hankou, dozens of car wash shops simply put the "pavement" on the sidewalk or even the motor vehicle lane.

　　 The reporter did a little statistics and found that only 20% of these car wash shops on the street had a business license, and most of the others were operated without a license.

The conditions of most street car wash shops are very simple, with a water pipe, a few bottles of detergent, and a few rags, and the space outside the shop seems to extend indefinitely-that is, the sidewalk in front of the shop, which can be occupied by vehicles to be washed and washed during peak hours. .

Most car wash shops are less than 20 square meters, and they can’t accommodate a small car after they are filled with car wash supplies; some car wash shops don’t even have a sign, just simply place a wooden board on the street that says "Car Wash" .

　　 But the business of these car wash shops is good. On the morning of the 7th, the reporter stopped at a car washing shop on Chama Road in Hankou for 30 minutes. On average, one car was cleaned every 10 minutes. The shopkeeper told reporters that it rained for several days a while ago, and as soon as the sky cleared, more people had to wash the car.

　　 Low prices to meet market demand

　　 Small business is too small, once the car is injured, it is difficult to make a claim

At the Hanyang embankment, a car owner said in an interview with reporters that the main reason for washing cars in street car wash shops is for convenience. There are many such shops. Once the car is parked, people will come to wash the car naturally, and the price is cheap. As long as 10 yuan is more cost-effective.

　　 The reporter observed that the owner of the car was driving a Jetta. After the car stopped, someone immediately poured water on the car with a washbasin, then sprinkled it with washing powder, wiped it with a rag, rinsed with a high-pressure water gun, and finally wiped it dry with a rag. In less than 10 minutes, a car was washed.

　　 Not far from here is a car wash shop with a washing workshop. Workers working in the shop told reporters that most of the nearby car wash shops do not have a business license. Some shopkeepers come from the countryside, some are laid-off, and most are small businesses. Most of the people working in the shop are relatives of the family. The biggest expense is rent. "Regular car washes use special towels or sponges. You need to use at least two to three yuan for each car wash. Car wash liquid should also be special. Don't underestimate the car wash, it's not easy!" said the worker, "Some car owners are cheap. When I go there to wash the car, I don’t know that these shops only use detergent and a rag to wash the car, which can easily damage the car paint. There are often car owners, but that kind of shop will definitely not be able to compensate."

　　How many car washes on the street disturb the people

　　 Citizens complain: Occupying sewage noise

The cleaned cars lined up on the sidewalk, and the high-pressure water gun sprayed the water column "roughly"; the muddy water washed down from the car flowed to the roadside ditch, raising the bottom of the ditch, and the car washing sewage was difficult to quickly flow into the sewer, and overflowed On the motorway... "The dirty water is flying towards the faces of pedestrians. It's too unhygienic. It's really annoying!" a middle-aged woman who just passed by complained as she ran. This is what the reporter saw at the entrance of the Wuchang Dike on the morning of March 6.

　　 The reporter's visit found that, regardless of whether they have a business license or an independent indoor washing workshop, almost all car wash shops make full use of the sidewalks. Occupying the road is almost a "hidden rule" in the car washing industry.

　　 On the sidewalk in front of a car club on Qinyuan Road, Wuchang, there are several cars parked. Workers are waxing the vehicles and scrubbing the internal facilities. In the next washing workshop, a high-pressure water gun is washing a car. Due to the high terrain in the store, the sewage from the car wash flows to the sidewalk in front of the store. Mr. You (a pseudonym) of the club told reporters that under normal circumstances, they wash cars in the store. "As an operator, we don't want to wash outside. However, the shop is so big, sometimes there are too many cars, and drivers don't want to wait in line, so they can only wash outside." He said.