Shenzhen drivers must now yield to pedestrians or face 500RMB fine | Shanghaiist
Editor’s comment: From personal experience as expatriate living in China, in my opinion this is a huge development and a sorely needed attempt to promote a civilized society.
As of January 1st, new provisions in Shenzhen’s “Traffic Safety Management Regulations” have come into effect, which state that pedestrians have the right of way in crosswalks and all motorists who fail to yield face a 500RMB fine.
In this newly enacted legislation that requires an omniscient and omnipresent police force, Shenzhen lawmakers have apparently solved the age-old riddle “if a motorist doesn’t yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk and no police are around to see it, is society still considered civilized?”
According to the “Road Traffic Safety Law” regulations, motorists must slow when approaching a crosswalk, and stop if there are pedestrians in the crosswalk. If they fail to do either, they will be stopped and fined 500RMB (any driver trying to escape will be arrested).
Shenzhen plans to enforce these new provisions in a hardcore crack down starting on Monday, January 9th, with special patrol groups, law enforcement vehicles pulling surveillance trailers, existing intersection traffic cameras, as well as other mobile forms of on-the-spot inspection.
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