Beijing to strenthen highway safety ahead of Olympics
13/6/2008 17:38
Speeders and drink-drivers will be the targets of an intensive crackdown
on road traffic offences ahead of the Olympic Games in August, announced by the
Beijing municipal authority.
The two-month campaign will see around the clock
police checks on motorists and one radar speed gun every 20 kilometers on 14
city highways, including three yet to open, said Beijing Traffic Management
Bureau spokesman Zhang Jingchun.
The campaign, starting on Aug. 1, will focus
on speeding, drink-driving, overloading, non-use of seat-belts, illegal parking
near toll gates and driver fatigue.
The bureau also unveiled emergency
traffic control plans that require the closure of highways in the case of heavy
fog or flooding during the Olympic Games.
Xinhua
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