You'll now be fined by text if you jaywalk
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
November 14, 2019 4:17pm CST
Atleast in China.
Chinese traffic cameras utilize facial recognition software that shows your face, your family name and part of your Chinese Identification Number on a big screen in busy areas. You can also be shamed on a website dedicated to the same. However, this isn't enough to stop some offenders, and so more action is being taken.
Soon those who jaywalk on Chinese streets will be fined via text and required to pay the fee for this illegal activity.
Chinese citizens already use Wechat to pay for the majority of their purchases in China. This system will also be used to pay fines.
The new technology will not only send you a fine(violation) via text message, but it can also track how many times you've offended. Once you've reached a certain number, your credit rating will be affected.
Source:Google / Independent.co.uk
(summarized by me)
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Nov 19
Too invasive if you ask me.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Nov 19
Yeah, I see people crossing haphazardly here too.
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@WorDazza (15826)
• Manchester, England
15 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Allowing jaywalking is a good way to weed out the less mobile.
@choijungeun (2710)
• Hangzhou, China
15 Nov 19
China is the New Nazi,this country is the combination of Nazi and Soviet,he is the worst and most evil regime in this world.No matter who supported China,he must want to be the second Mao Tse-tung who is the greatest and largest slaveholder in this world.Fight against China is the responsibility of Western Freedom Countries.
Western Countries indulged Hitler,they were dragged in the warfire.now if they indulged the despotic New Nazi-China,they were definitely dragged into a nuke war.Communist Party didn't care the human rights or danger,they just want to maintain their Imperial Power
Now China has called the protest in Hong Kong is a kind of Riot,the Tian'anmen Massacre maybe will return.it's time to act and know the true face of this New Nazi Country.Don't have any fantasy or hope to this evil Zombie Empire
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Nov 19
All we can hope is that the citizens of China will become more enlightened to what is going on, but they may not be able to do anything about it regardless.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Nov 19
Yes. Technology is both good and bad. In this case, I'd say it was too invasive of privacy.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Nov 19
@rakski I've watched youtube videos about China. From what I understand, you can't go anywhere in China without having an ID. That is, you need one to get on public transportation, airplanes, and I think even to come back from Hong Kong.
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@rakski (156651)
• Philippines
15 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum true. It is like they are watching you from everywhere
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Nov 19
Only in China where you can't challenge the government. Here, they tried cameras to capture plate numbers at intersections to give tickets. The system was repeatedly challenged in courts where it was proven faulty and uncalibrated equipment.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Nov 19
We have them here in NC, but I don't think it's state-wide yet.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
14 Nov 19
It's a way of disciplining violators.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Nov 19
I do think violators should be disciplined but I do think it's invasive. Of course, it's par for the course in China. You can not go anywhere in China without having a government issued ID.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
15 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum maybe they have been used to that custom and doesn't think of it as invasion or some human rights violation.
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
15 Nov 19
That sounds so crazy to me. My boyfriend lectures me for jaywalking 
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Nov 19
I don't often go anywhere where I would need to walk across a street. Most places allow us to park on the street or in a parking lot. I'm sure I've jaywalked before.
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@toniganzon (77261)
• Philippines
15 Nov 19
A friend of mine works as a public law enforcer specifically assigned for those jay walking. The fine for jay walking in this city is very cheap. It's 50Php or barely a dollar. One time, there was a lady jay walking and my friend called her attention and made her pay the fine. And you know what she did, she gave him another 50php so she could deliberately jay walk again!
When my friend told us that story, we all just laughed.
@toniganzon (77261)
• Philippines
15 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yup, it would hurt them and not violate the law if the fine was made 1,000php.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Nov 19
Oh wow, that's silly what the woman did.
That's a very cheap fine, I guess people think it's worth it to pay so that they can get to where they need to be faster.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Nov 19
@toniganzon Yes! The more expensive the fine, the less likely people are to violate it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Nov 19
I agree with you. From what I've learned from people who have lived in China (but were born in the US and South Africa respectively) is that you use your Chinese ID nearly everywhere. The internet is very restricted there as well. You can not go to facebook, twitter, or anything like that
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@LadyDuck (502729)
• Italy
15 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum I know that facebook is blocked in China, not in Hong Kong. Twitter is blocked but many companies use twitter going through a government approved VPN (Virtual Private Network). China is still far to be a free country.
@Metsrock69 (3617)
• United States
15 Nov 19
In a town by where I live, it is against the law to text and walk across the street.of course that technology is invasive.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
18 Nov 19
Texting should be illegal anywhere where that is traffic, whether on foot or in a car. I can understand using it on a bus or train, but otherwise nope.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Nov 19
It's basically where you cross the road in places where it is dangerous to do so. Most cities have areas where you can safely cross the road, but if you cross in between cars or when traffic is oncoming, you are jaywalking.
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@samysotelo18 (7743)
• Mexico
15 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Ohhhh okok I got it, I think they have that fine here too because on most dangerous streets and avenues they have bridges so people can cross safely but people are too lazy and sometimes they get ran over but if it was in an area that had the bridge the person who got ran over gets a fine because well the bridge was right there
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
18 Nov 19
@samysotelo18 That makes sense. I think it's actually illegal to walk across most bridges here (unless it's one with the walking path beside it). I've walked across bridges, or more likely ran because it's so uncomfortable walking across a bridge.
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