Shanghai Daily news

More than four persons died every day last year in traffic accidents on Shanghai streets, police reported yesterday.
Officers said traffic mishaps in 2004 caused 1,543 deaths, 11,304 injuries and economic losses amounting to nearly 191 million yuan (US$23 million).
There were no overall comparative figures from the year before, but police did say the death toll of young people rose sharply from 2003 and the figure for senior citizens climbed 10 percent.
There were 27,136 road accidents altogether, and 85 percent of the deadly collisions occurred on the highways in the city's 10 suburban districts.
Last year's worst road wreck took place on an under-construction section of the A30 Expressway in Fengxian District on November 8. Ten women gardeners were killed when a Zhejiang Province cargo van crashed into their truck in a dense morning fog.
Collisions between bicycles and cars and trucks accounted for many of the fatal accidents, including cyclists traveling in motor-vehicle-only lanes and making sudden turns at intersections.
Another significant source of fatalities was jaywalking, which left 111 pedestrians dead.
Motorists with less than three years of driving experience were responsible for more than 10,000 accidents, and most of those were tied to drivers who had been on the road for under a year.
As the annual accident figures were being announced, traffic police across the city were involved in a campaign to punish drivers who stop their cars within an intersection, pedestrian area or other unauthorized spot.
The crackdown was designed to prevent gridlock from occurring at crossroads.
Police said the practice of failing to stop at the proper location is a major cause of traffic jams and is especially troublesome during rush hours.