Hong Kong police launch five-day operation against jaywalking and other offences
Move is aimed at reducing traffic accidents involving pedestrians, especially senior citizens and students
Police began a five-day city-wide operation against jaywalking and other traffic offences on Friday.
Common pedestrian offences include disobeying light signals, crossing within 15 metres of a pedestrian crossing without using said facility and climbing over a kerbside fence to a carriageway, a police spokesman said.
Officers will issue summons against offenders during the operation.
The move is meant to reduce traffic accidents involving pedestrians, especially senior citizens and young students, according to the spokesman.
Officers from the regional road safety teams distributed publicity leaflets across the city before the operation to urge members of the public to comply with traffic regulations, he said.
Police statistics showed the number of pedestrian casualties dropped by 120, or 4.11 per cent, to 2,797 in the first 10 months of this year from the same period last year. The number of fatalities dropped by five, or 7.24 per cent, to 64 .