The New Taipei Police will carry out large-scale enforcement of pedestrian rights from February to April.

(Provided by New Taipei City Traffic Police Brigade)

[Reporter He Yuhua/New Taipei Report] According to statistics from the Traffic Brigade of the New Taipei City Police Department, 3,194 cases of non-stop pedestrian violations have been reported this year, and 2,463 cases of pedestrian violations have been reported. , In places where pedestrian accidents are prone to occur, strengthen service bans.

New Taipei City Government Police Chief Liao Hsun-Cheng pointed out that Taiwan’s traffic was criticized by foreign media as a “pedestrian hell” a while ago because of traffic accidents in which vehicles kept yielding to pedestrians. According to statistics, there have been more than 8,000 traffic accidents involving pedestrians in New Taipei City in the past three years, resulting in More than 70 people died, and the right of way of pedestrians needs to be paid attention to urgently.

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From February to April this year, the New Taipei Police will carry out the "Pedestrian Right of Way Law Enforcement" to analyze the places within the jurisdiction where pedestrian accidents are likely to occur, such as the intersection of the first section of Xinbei Avenue and Zhonghua Road in Sanchong District, the intersection of Zhongzheng Road and Dehe Road in Yonghe District, Zhonghe At the intersection of Jingping Road and Jing'an Road in the district, and at the intersection of Guanqian West Road and Nanmen Street in Banqiao District, etc., the arrangement of duties will be strengthened to crack down on violations of pedestrians' non-stop traffic;

According to statistics from the Traffic Brigade of the Municipal Police Bureau, so far this year, 3,194 violations have been reported by vehicles and 2,463 violations have been reported by pedestrians. In addition to the police stopping and reporting on the spot and immediately educating violators, technology is also installed at accident-prone intersections. Law enforcement equipment, 6 of which can automatically detect non-stop pedestrian violations, use AI artificial intelligence for image analysis, and determine that it is within one lane width (about 3 meters) from the direction of pedestrians and the front suspension has entered the crosswalk. Standards, all-weather prevention and control of illegal behaviors that endanger pedestrians.

The New Taipei Police will carry out large-scale enforcement of pedestrian rights from February to April, and strengthen the crackdown on non-stop vehicles to give way to pedestrians.

(Provided by New Taipei City Traffic Police Brigade)