Jaywalkers are fined HK$2000(US$ 256) as civilian-dressed police are situated across the city

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Police increased their patrol on Monday to curb the civil disobedience of jaywalking across the city. The non-uniform officers are positioned to handle those who violate the traffic laws with HK$2,000 (US$ 256) fixed penalty tickets.

According to the reports by authorities, 85 people had fatal traffic accidents between January and October, this year which happened to be the highest since 2020. Therefore, this negligence in Hong Kong society instigated the authorities to launch a campaign to prevent accidents through jaywalking and other traffic disobedience in the city.

Any violator of the traffic laws will be fined up to HK$2,000, according to Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations.

Between August and September, almost 1,800 people were fined for various kinds of traffic disobedience by the police efforts for 3 weeks to tackle jaywalkers.

穿便衣的香港警察遍佈全城，亂穿馬路者被罰款2000港元

警方週一加強巡邏，以遏止全市亂穿馬路的公民抗命行為。 不穿制服的人員將被處以 2,000 港元定額罰款罰單，以處理違反交通法的人士。

根據當局報告，今年1月至10月發生85人死亡交通意外，為2020年以來最高。因此，香港社會的這種疏忽促使當局發起一場運動，防止因亂穿馬路和亂穿馬路而發生意外。市內其他交通違規行為。

根據《道路交通（交通管制）規例》，任何違反交通法例的人將被罰款最高2,000港元的罰款。

8 月至 9 月期間，警方在三週內打擊亂穿馬路的行為，近 1,800 人因各種交通違規行為被罰款。