The Beijing City Police launched the "Pedestrian Right of Way Law Enforcement" (Reporter Liu Qinghou reprinted the photo)

[Reporter Liu Qinghou/Taipei Report] In view of foreign media reporting that Taiwan's traffic is dangerous, like a "pedestrian hell", the Taipei City Police Department will start the "Pedestrian Right of Way Law Enforcement" project from now until June. Be sure to obey the traffic rules to reduce traffic accidents and ensure the safety of pedestrians.

The North City Police Department stated that in order to improve the safety of the pedestrian traffic environment, the city government has established a "Pedestrian Safety Task Force" to strengthen the measures for "vehicles not stopping to give way to pedestrians", "pedestrian violations", "vehicles driving on sidewalks", and "illegal parking on sidewalks". law enforcement.

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According to statistics from the Beijing City Police Traffic Brigade, from January to March 22 this year, there were 10 traffic accidents involving pedestrians and 10 people in Beishi City, an increase of 5 cases compared with 5 cases in the same period last year.

According to the analysis, all pedestrian fatalities this year were elderly people (ranging from 70 to 91 years old). The causes of the accidents included vehicles not paying attention to the situation in front of the vehicle, vehicles overtaking crosswalks, pedestrians running red lights, and pedestrians crossing roads illegally.

The police said that according to the Road Traffic Management Punishment Regulations, if a vehicle passes a pedestrian crossing without suspending to allow pedestrians to pass first, it can be fined 1,200 to 3,600 yuan; a pedestrian can be fined 500 yuan for crossing the road illegally; A fine of 600 yuan to 1,800 yuan is imposed; a fine of 300 yuan to 1,200 yuan can be imposed for temporary parking on the sidewalk.

In addition, the Ministry of Communications has announced that it will amend the "Unified Penalty Standards and Handling Rules for Violations of Road Traffic Management Incidents". If a car passes a crosswalk without suspending pedestrians to pass first, it will be fined 2,000 yuan for small cars and 2,800 yuan for large cars. Increased to a maximum penalty of 3,600 yuan according to the statutory penalty.