Taichung City Police Department's "Pedestrian Justice Law Enforcement Project" has been extended for two weeks to April 9 this year.

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[Reporter Xu Guozhen/Taichung Report] In order to demonstrate the determination to defend the right of pedestrians, the Taichung City Police Department launched a two-week "Pedestrian Justice Law Enforcement Project" since the middle of last month. It is obvious that the people's concept of being courteous to pedestrians still needs to be strengthened. Therefore, in addition to extending the project for 2 weeks, it also reminds passers-by that the penalties have been increased.

From March 13th to March 26th of this year, the Taichung City Police Department planned to implement the "Pedestrian Justice Law Enforcement Project". According to the statistics of the Traffic Brigade, a total of 5,479 cases were banned during the project period. According to the analysis, the hotspots of violations are mostly school districts, business districts, There are many pedestrians near the traditional market, but according to the data, it is obvious that when pedestrians pass through the intersection, the concept of pausing to give way to pedestrians still needs to be strengthened. In order to effectively prevent pedestrian accidents, the project has been extended from the 27th of last month to the 4th of this year. September 9th.

According to statistics from the National Chiao Tung University, after the extension of the project until March 30th, the top five intersections where fines were imposed were the intersection of Xueshi Road and Yingcai Road in the North District, the intersection of Taiwan Avenue and Sanmin Road in the Central District, and Zhongzheng Road and Dongbei Street in Fengyuan District. At the intersection of Zhongxing East Road and Dongrong Road in Taiping District, and the intersection of Sanmin Road and Yucai North Road in North District, the police will continue to conduct rolling reviews and adjustments, plan law enforcement duties, and continue to strengthen traffic safety publicity, hoping to effectively reduce the occurrence of pedestrian accidents.

The Municipal Police Department stated that if a car driver passes the crosswalk and does not suspend to let pedestrians pass first, enter the crosswalk with the front suspension of the car, and within 3 sleepers (about 3 meters) from the pedestrian's position, it is the standard for the ban. The ministry has amended the law, regardless of the size of the car, the maximum fine will be 3600 yuan, and the motorcycle will remain at 1200 yuan, and it has been implemented on March 31. It calls on the public to obey the traffic laws so as not to lose money.

Taichung City Police Department's "Pedestrian Justice Law Enforcement Project" has been extended for two weeks to April 9 this year.

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The Municipal Police Department urged the public to abide by traffic rules and give way to pedestrians when crossing zebra crossings.

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