Children to be Banned from Front Car Seat in Shanghai[上海将禁儿童坐副驾]
By Rachel Deason
The Shanghai legislature yesterday approved a new road and traffic management law that seeks to make city roads safer for drivers and passengers, especially young ones.
Among the approved amendments are two designed specifically to promote child safety. One bans children under 12 from riding in the front seat of cars and the other requires children under 4 to be seated in regulation safety seats.
Other amendments target mobile phone use, speeding, lane changing, lack of seat belts and overloading.
Offenders face fines of up to RMB200 as well as demerit points on their licenses. Those who accumulate 12 demerits in one year are required to take a 7-day training course and retake a driving test or face a revocation of their license.
The legislature took community opinion into account before drafting the law, reports Ding Wei, a deputy director with the legislative affairs commission of the Shanghai People’s Congress. He says the congress received 132 suggestions via letters, faxes and e-mails.
The law takes effect March 25th.
[Image via Shanghai Daily]
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为确保驾车者和行人，尤其是青少年的安全，上海立法单位近期通过一项新的交通管理法规。其中有两条修正条例，正是针对保护孩子们的安全而确立的。一条是禁止12岁以下儿童乘坐副驾位置，另一条是要求未满4周岁的未成年人需配备并正确使用儿童固定座椅。其他立项是针对驾驶中用手机、超速、变道、不系安全带及超载等违反交规行为。
违反规定者将不仅会驾照扣分，还需交付200元的现金罚款。一年内累积扣满12分的驾驶者需接受7天驾驶培训课程，并重新考取驾照。
市人大常委法制部副主任表示拟定法案前听取了大量的群众反馈，通过书信、传真及邮件等不同途径收到132份建议。在参考和考量这些建议之后，再进行修订。该修订交通法规将于3月25日开始生效。
[图源：Shanghai Daily]
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