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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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