Beijing tightens jaywalking punishments
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On Monday morning, two people who violated traffic rules at a busy crossing on Ping'an Street in Xicheng District were fined 20 yuan each. [File photo] |
On Monday morning, Xinhua reporters witnessed two people who had violated traffic rules at a busy crossing on Ping'an Street in Xicheng District being fined 20 yuan each.
A nationwide campaign to discourage pedestrians from running red lights commenced in April, said sources with the Ministry of Public Security.
For about one month before the introduction of the tightened rules, Beijing traffic police have educated people caught running red lights, said Wang Anguo, deputy director with the Xicheng branch of the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau.
Statistics from the bureau showed that fines were applied in 20,000 cases of traffic rule violations by pedestrians or non-motorized vehicle drivers in the Chinese capital in April, a month-on-month rise by 48 percent.
The bureau has also checked the city's transport facilities, especially traffic lights at road crossings, to ensure pedestrians' safety when they cross the road.
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