The Police just concluded a territory-wide campaign to promote road safety messages to drivers, teachers, parents and students on September 1, September 2 and September 5 to tie in with the start of the new school year.

     During the three-day campaign, the Police visited 1,100 schools and distributed 30,060 leaflets to drivers of school buses, teachers and parents to draw their attention to road safety of school children during the operational period. 

     The Police also took stringent enforcement actions against the drivers for illegal parking or stopping which obstructed students to get on or off their school buses safely. A total of 2,226 fixed penalty tickets were issued during the period.

     The Police remind members of the public to be vigilant to ensure the safety of children and students and comply with the traffic regulations.

     For details of the school transport safety rules, please visit : www.police.gov.hk/info/doc/rs_pm/passenger/p01.pdf

 

Ends/Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Issued at HKT 16:44

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