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Drivers in Beijing to face fines for not giving way to pedestrians

Beijing traffic police began on Thursday enforcing a fine of 200 yuan (29 US dollars) for motorists who fail to give way to pedestrians on crosswalks.

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Drivers in Beijing to face fines for not giving way to pedestrians

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Facial recognition used to capture red-light runners in China

A facial recognition system at crossroads has been adopted in several parts of China to prevent jaywalkers from running red lights, a long-standing problem for Chinese traffic management authorities.

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Facial recognition used to capture red-light runners in China

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India: School students turn traffic cops to create awareness

NEW DELHI, May 21 (APD) - Delhi traffic police is stationing school students at intersections of the capital to help them understand traffic management and draw the attention of drivers to traffic rules.

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India: School students turn traffic cops to create awareness

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Officer ordered to stop forcing people to write

A city traffic officer who stopped jaywalkers and errant bicycle riders, and made them fill a notebook page with the phrase "Red for stop, green for go", has been ordered to stop it.

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178,000 policemen on duty to ensure smooth traffic on lunar New Year's day

​About 178,000 policemen were on duty nationwide Saturday, the lunar New Year's day, to ensure smooth traffic, according to the Ministry of Public Security (MPS).

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S.Korean students take all-important annual college entrance exam

​South Korean students on Thursday took an annual college entrance exam, the all-important test in the education-obsessed country, with government measures taken to control traffic and reschedule the morning rush hour. ​South Korean students on Thursday took an annual college entrance exam, the all-important test in the education-obsessed country, with government measures taken to control traffic and reschedule the morning rush hour.

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Heavy smog, massive traffic jam can't stop these Chinese women from dancing

A group of middle-aged women has won the hearts of internet users in China after a video of them dancing in the middle of traffic amid heavy smog went viral on social media.

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Straddling bus is back to fix China's traffic woes

Six years ago, a Chinese engineer came up with a novel way to beat China's notorious traffic gridlock: a giant, elevated bus that allows cars to pass underneath.

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Rio declares holiday to prevent traffic chaos during Olympic torch relay

In order to prevent traffic chaos during the Olympic torch relay, Rio's Mayor Eduardo Paes announced on Tuesday that the coming Thursday will be a holiday.

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Heavy rains sidelining couriers

Zou Huawei, a deliveryman at the Wuhan office of Yunda Express Co, said he has not been able to work for days because of the heavy rain.

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There's a "dirty open secret" in retail, and it's killing Macy's and Gap

It's getting harder than ever to persuade people to visit physical stores with the rise of online shopping, Forbes contributor Barbara Thau writes, calling falling foot traffic a "dirty open secret" in the industry.

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Drunk drivers to serve morgue duties in Thailand

Thailand's Department of Probation Monday took 100 convicted drunk drivers to work in a Bangkok's hospital morgue.

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Vietnam's traffic accidents decline in first 5 months

​Between January and May, 8, 374 traffic accidents occurred in Vietnam, killing 3,588 people, severely injuring 2,403 people, and lightly hurting 4,936 others, the country's Traffic Police Department said Tuesday.

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China's airport traffic up 10 pct in 2015

Passenger numbers at China's airports hit 915 million in 2015, up 10 percent year on year, the civil aviation authority announced.