Motorists in China are unhappy with changed traffic light rules
04 Jan 2013|4,980 views
Under the new rule, you are only allowed to 'beat the lights' if your vehicle is already over the line when the light has changed to yellow from green, orelse, you must stop completely.
Li Qing, an official from the Ministry of Public Security's Traffic Administration Police has admitted that a nationwide campaign is needed for the enforcement of the new guidelines, where motorists have to stop at both yellow and red. He also mentioned that the new rules are aimed at increasing the safety of pedestrians.
In certain cities in China, traffic lights have a count down system that displays the remaining seconds before the colour changes. But this system is not present is many intersections in capital city, Beijing. It is believed that bad driving habits and poorly maintained vehicles are the main reasons to the high number of road accidents in China.
Drivers in China are unhappy over revised traffic rules, where the penalty for traffic light violations have doubled to six points - in a 12 point system - on top of introducing a new rule where crossing the yellow lights is equivalent to crossing a red one.
Under the new rule, you are only allowed to 'beat the lights' if your vehicle is already over the line when the light has changed to yellow from green, orelse, you must stop completely.
Li Qing, an official from the Ministry of Public Security's Traffic Administration Police has admitted that a nationwide campaign is needed for the enforcement of the new guidelines, where motorists have to stop at both yellow and red. He also mentioned that the new rules are aimed at increasing the safety of pedestrians.
In certain cities in China, traffic lights have a count down system that displays the remaining seconds before the colour changes. But this system is not present is many intersections in capital city, Beijing. It is believed that bad driving habits and poorly maintained vehicles are the main reasons to the high number of road accidents in China.
Under the new rule, you are only allowed to 'beat the lights' if your vehicle is already over the line when the light has changed to yellow from green, orelse, you must stop completely.
Li Qing, an official from the Ministry of Public Security's Traffic Administration Police has admitted that a nationwide campaign is needed for the enforcement of the new guidelines, where motorists have to stop at both yellow and red. He also mentioned that the new rules are aimed at increasing the safety of pedestrians.
In certain cities in China, traffic lights have a count down system that displays the remaining seconds before the colour changes. But this system is not present is many intersections in capital city, Beijing. It is believed that bad driving habits and poorly maintained vehicles are the main reasons to the high number of road accidents in China.
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