Innovative way to promote road safety awareness

THE TRAFFIC POLICE in Sanya, South China's Hainan province, have been tracing e-bike riders who break the traffic rules and organizing their work colleagues and families to study the relevant traffic regulations with them. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Thursday:

One misreading of this innovative move is that it is wrong to involve the people around the rule violators, as only the lawbreakers should be held accountable. However, in Sanya, instead of administrative punishment, it is promulgation of the traffic rules through the enforcement of study.

The traffic police in Sanya are actually acting according to the law, which states the police departments "should strengthen the communication of road safety laws and regulations". The studying of traffic rules with family members and work colleagues is strengthening communication of the right behavior on the road to those who break the law.