Expats on e-bikes the target of police crackdown
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Expats riding e-bikes and drivers who change lanes without signaling were the focus of a traffic crackdown over the weekend.
A citywide traffic law enforcement campaign targeted non-motor vehicle users and pedestrians.
Shanghai traffic police and police concentrated their efforts at major intersections, especially accident blackspots.
As well as jaywalkers, they targeted e-bikes without licence plates, illegally modified bikes, and riders who ignored red lights, used wrong lanes and who rode bikes in areas they were not allowed.
In the Bund area, police from Huangpu District caught four expats illegally carrying pillion passengers. Police officers Zhu Weiting said riders were stopped at the intersections of Jiangxi Road M. and Hankou Road, Nanjing Road E. and Jiangxi Road M. and Yan’an Road E. and Sichuan Road M.
“E-bike offenses by foreigners include not having a plate, riding in a lane with traffic from the other direction and ignoring red lights,” Zhu said.
Meanwhile, traffic police have been using street cameras to identify drivers who change lanes without turning on indicator signals.
Since January, the first camera with this function, which is located on Xinzha Road near Chengdu Road N. in Jing’an District, has caught over 500 such offenses.
Motorists are liable to a fine of 100 yuan (US$15), with one point deducted from their driving licence.
While the offense is quite common, it could lead to accidents, police said.
Police added that they have received more than 250,000 video reports from motorists about the offense in the past three years since they enabled online reports of traffic offenses.
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