Driver hits cop in first court case involving car ban violation

A man was sentenced to 10 months in jail at Haidian district court yesterday for a hit-and-run that left a police officer injured.

The man surnamed Yu, 51, was stopped by a traffic police officer near the West Third Ring Road on Nov 9 because his car, holding a number plate that ended in a 3, was not permitted to use the roads that day, the Beijing Evening News reported.

It became the first criminal case related to a violation of the car plate ban. Beijing put the ban into place last year to stop cars from using the roads for one day a week each, dependent on the last digit of their number plates.