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TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1988
THESE FIGURES WERE
REVEALED BY THE ACTING
POLICE REGIONAL OFFICIATED
COMMANDER OF HONG KONG ISLAND, MR WONG TSAN-KWONG, WHEN HE AT THE OPENING
THE PEDESTRIAN ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMME THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING.
CEREMONY OF
TWO
EDUCATION
QUARTERS
MR WONG SAID THE FIGURE FOR THE FIRST REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 6.4 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987.
ΤΟ
PRIMARY FACTOR OF HE POINTED OUT THAT JAYWALKING WAS STILL A
WAS FOR THIS REASON TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS AND IT THAT THE PEDESTRIAN ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMME WAS ORGANISED REMIND PEDESTRIANS TO OBSERVE THE ROAD SAFETY CODES WHEN CROSSING ROADS.
THE
SEVEN
THE SCHOOL DEPLOYED AT
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WAN CHAI, CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICTS TO PEDESTRIANS, IN PARTICULAR JAYWAKERS.'
DURING THE TWO-DAY CAMPAIGN PERIOD (JULY 19 AND 20),
ROAD SAFETY PATROLS WILL, UNDER POLICE
BLACK SPOTS IN EASTERN, DISTRIBUTE A LEAFLET ΤΟ
MEMBERS OF GUIDANCE,
BE
THE LEAFLET CONTAINS ADVICE ON ROAD COMMON PEDESTRIAN IRREGULARITIES.
SAFETY AND FEATURES
SIX
(A)
USING THE ROAD OTHER PEOPLE;
NEGLIGENTLY TO
ENDANGER
THE
SAFETY OF
(B)
CROSSING WITHIN A ZEBRA
CONTROLLED AREA
WITHOUT MAKING
USE OF THE ZEBRA CROSSING:
(1
METRES
CROSSING WITHIN 15
OF A LIGHT WITHOUT OBSERVING THE LIGHT SIGNAL INSTRUCTION;
SIGNAL
CROSSING
(D)
CROSSING WITHIN 15 METRES OF A FOOTBRIDGE OR A SUBWAY WITHOUT USING THE FACILITIES;
PEDESTRIAN
(E)
CLIMBING OVER/THROUGH A ROAD RESERVATION ONTO A CARRIAGEWAY; AND
BE FENCE
A
CENTRAL
(F)
OVERSTAYING ON A CROSSING FACILITY.
JOINTLY ORGANISED
BY
TRAFFIC HONG KONG ISLAND OF THE POLICE
EDUCATION PROGRAMME IS HELD.
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MORE THAN
THE ROAD SAFETY
AND ASSOCIATION IT 18 THE FIFTH TIME
PEDESTRIAN 20,000
OFFENDERS
THE THE
HAVE BEEN EXHORTED IN THE PREVIOUS EXERCISES SINCE 1985.
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