A total of 460 fixed penalty tickets and 126 summonses have been issued against road users violating traffic regulations during a two-day operation on Hong Kong Island.
Among the tickets, 226 were issued for illegal parking and 234 for other traffic offences. Fifty-three pedestrians and 255 drivers were warned for committing minor traffic offences.
The operation concluded at 7pm today and 190 officers were deployed to enforce regulations at traffic blackspots.
There were 496 traffic accidents involving casualties on Hong Kong Island in January. Of them, 49% were attributed to the negligence of pedestrians.
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