Fund to support road etiquette campaigns
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ELEVEN companies have set up a fund aimed at improving road etiquette in the city through public campaigns.
Chen Zhenmin, director general of Shanghai Public Service Foundation for Volunteers, told Shanghai Daily that the fund has collected 5.2 million yuan (US$800,000) so far and 70 percent of the money will be spent in 2016.
“The fund will cover insurance and incentives for volunteers, public education initiatives and public service advertisements,” he said.
The fund is part of a three-year civil campaign to reduce the number of traffic offenses committed in the city, which last year reached 12 million.
Meanwhile, a three-month crackdown on traffic offenses has been continuing citywide.
In Pudong, curbs on streets including Shangnan Road and Changli Road E. were painted yellow yesterday morning. Drivers parking beside yellow curbs will be fined 200 yuan and get three demerits on their driver’s license.
Ding Hongqi, a spokesman for Pudong traffic police, told Shanghai Daily that police officers will photograph illegally parked cars and put them on a website to use as evidence.
“Previously, the offenders could dispute the ticket if they illegally parked on streets without surveillance cameras,” he said.
Meanwhile, committing traffic offenses could soon affect residents’ personal credit, the government said yesterday in a statement.
Transport companies whose drivers are responsible for traffic accidents could also see their credit affected.
The details have yet to be worked out, but only traffic offenses that “have serious consequences” will affect a violator’s credit.
Residents currently get demerits for trying to ride for free on buses or metro trains using cards for elderly citizens that don’t belong to them, failing to dismantle illegally-built structures by the deadline set by the authorities, and cheating on exams.
Demerits in the personal credit system are usually taken into account when a citizen applies for a bank loan.
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