Abstract
The growing Chinese population and rapidly developing economy have led to the fast growth of the number of motor vehicles and the increasing types of road users, challenging the management of traffic safety. China has seen a continuous decline in traffic accidents and higher road traffic safety thanks to an improved system of road traffic management laws and regulations, the rapid construction of road traffic infrastructure, and the application of new technologies in public transportation. However, road traffic safety in China faces challenges. On one hand, typical traffic violations such as speeding, overloading, driving under the influence (DUI), and running a red light still exist. On the other hand, new forms of business and new technologies have complicated traffic management in China.
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Source: Website of National Bureau of Statistics, PRC. See https://data.stats.gov.cn/easyquery.htm?cn=C01.
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“Shanghai Release”—Official WeChat account of the Information Office of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government: Traffic accidents in the city’s express delivery industry in 2019H. Announced on July 6, 2019. See http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/nw2/nw2314/nw8750/nw13879/nw26288/u21aw1023691.html?id=F3C2F5BFF3854631.
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The provisions are as follows:
Article 4 of the Sentencing Gidelines for People’s Courts sentencing for common crimes
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Traffic accident crime
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In the event of a traffic accident crime, the minimum sentencing may be determined within a range depending on the following different circumstances:
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If a traffic accident crime causes serious injury or death to a person or causes heavy losses to public or private property, the minimum sentencing may be a fixed-term imprisonment of six months to two years.
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In the event of hit-and-run or other especially bad circumstances, the minimum sentencing may be a fixed-term imprisonment of three to four years.
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Where hit-and-run causes the death of one person, the minimum sentencing may be a fixed-term imprisonment of seven to eight years.
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On the basis of minimum sentencing, the penalty can be increased and the benchmark punishment can be determined according to the extent of responsibility, the number of people seriously injured or killed, or the amount of property loss and criminal facts such as escape affecting the constitution of a crime.
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China News: A total of 901,000 cases of DUI are investigated nationwide in 2019H1, July 23, 2019. See http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2019/07-23/8904725.shtml.
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China News: A total of 901,000 cases of DUI are investigated nationwide in 2019H1, July 23, 2019. See http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2019/07-23/8904725.shtml.
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“Chinese-style road crossing” is a joke made by Internet users about the phenomenon of some Chinese people running red lights in a group. In other words, “when you get enough people together, you can go. It has nothing to do with the traffic lights.” On October 14, 2012, this phenomenon became widely known after the CCTV Live News program broadcast “Chinese-style road crossing: 600 people run red lights in an hour at an intersection.”
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Xinhua News: How does the on-demand delivery economy affect our life? December 14, 2017. See http://www.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2017-12/14/c_1122113096.htm.
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Shanghai Observer: Shanghai Traffic Police releases 117 traffic accidents involving express delivery and on-demand delivery in 2017: Nine people died, and Eleme has the highest incidence of traffic accidents, February 9, 2018. See https://www.shobserver.com/news/detail?id=79593.
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Guangzhou Municipal Transportation Bureau, Guangzhou Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, and Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau: Notice on the Issuance of Guidance on the Road Testing of Intelligently Networked Autonomous Cars (Sui Jiao Yun Gui [2020] No. 4), January 14, 2020.
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Guidelines of Beijing Municipality on Accelerating Road Testing of Autonomous Vehicles (Trial), and Implementation Rules of Beijing Municipality for Road Testing Management of Autonomous Vehicles (Trial).
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Zhang, G., Zhong, Q., Fu, Y., Tan, Y. (2021). Road Traffic Safety in China: Status Quo, Existing Achievements, and Challenges. In: Zhang, G., Zhong, Q. (eds) Road Safety in China. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0701-1_1
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