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A total of 142 Fixed Penalty Tickets (FPTs) and 130 summonses were issued to motorists and pedestrians who violated traffic regulations during an operation by Traffic Kowloon East yesterday (May 18).
The Kowloon East Regional Traffic Day was conducted between 7am and 11pm yesterday and 192 officers from Traffic Kowloon East, District Traffic Teams of Wong Tai Sin, Sau Mau Ping and Kwun Tong were deployed to enforce regulations at the traffic accident blacksites and the potential traffic accident locations in Kowloon East Region.
Another 115 FPTs were issued for illegal parking and other parking offences.
A total of 190 pedestrians and 93 drivers were verbally warned for committing jaywalking and other minor traffic offences.
Meanwhile, pamphlets and leaflets on road safety message were also distributed to the road users.
Statistics revealed that a total of 626 traffic accidents had occurred in Kowloon East Region from January to April 2010.
Police Report No. 4
Issued by PPRB
Ends/Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Issued at HKT 13:19
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