Crackdown on drivers parking on entrance of elevated roads
Print Edition
SHANGHAI’S traffic police have started cracking down on drivers who park their cars at the entrances of the elevated highways during morning and evening rush hours.
These drivers do not have Shanghai car plates. Non-Shanghai plate cars are not allowed on most elevated roads between 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm on workdays. Most of the parked cars wait out for the restrictions to end before getting on the highways.
Police launched a crackdown yesterday, blaming them for road congestion on some of the elevated roads in the inner city.
More than 10 drivers were fined 200 yuan (US$31) and 6 drivers’ credits deducted from their licenses for illegally parking on the emergency lanes on G60 Hukun Highway.
They were waiting to enter the Humin Elevated Road yesterday morning.
Some of the drivers tried to drive away from the emergency lane when they spotted the police at about 9:45am but they were immediately intercepted.
Most of them claimed they had just driven into Shanghai and were unaware of the ban. They claimed they found out about the traffic restrictions on the elevated roads only when they had made their way up, and could not reverse on the highway.
But the police fined them for blocking emergency lanes.
Some of the penalized drivers told the police to add more signs before the entrance of the elevated roads to warn them about the ban on cars with non-Shanghai plates, but the police said there were enough signs to warn them about the time restrictions.
“From Xinqiao Tollgate to the ramp down the highway before Humin Elevated Road there are at least six signs clearly warning drivers about the restrictions,” said Ma Ronghua, an officer from Minhang Traffic Police.
Many drivers along G60 and the Humin Elevated Road said the problem was unlikely to just go away.
“Every day in the morning and in the evening there is a long line of cars with non-Shanghai plates parked at the entrance to the highway. Some of them are parked for over half an hour. They only add to the traffic congestion,” said a driver who wasn’t willing to give his name.
Gao Feng, vice chief of the Highway Branch of Minhang Traffic Police, said the parked cars can cause traffic accidents with other cars while trying to cut into lanes. There is a sudden surge in traffic immediately after the end of the restricted period.
“Now we have a police car monitoring the emergency lanes and taking video footage of drivers breaking the rules. We will have more police patrol cars to enforce the ban,” he said.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
