Newspaper Article

Did you know that nearly 7/10 peddestrians killed were jaywalkers?

I chose this article as I wanted to tell everyone the penalties of jaywalking and also suggestions on how to prevent people from jaywalking.

I will be sharing with you what I read on the newspaper. It is an event-driven story and you can find it in the Home section. The date is March 23, Monday, page B5.

I will start with a short introduction about jaywalking. A jaywalker is a pesdestrian who is within 50m of a pedestrian crossing but fails to use it to get across a road.

People often jaywalk as they want to save time. However, they do not know the consequences. First, let me tell you more about jaywalking. The top three hot spots for jaywalking are Jalan Eunos, Upper Dickson Road and Tampines Central 1. I was actually surprised that Orchard Road was not one of them. However, let me elaborate on Jalan Eunos first.

30 people were seen jaywalking within the space of five minutes, despite the heavy and fast-moving traffic.

Upper Dickson Road is actually situated in Little India and jaywalking is a common sight there. Pedestrians totally ignore oncoming cars. Therefore, motorists often have to brake or swerve to avoid hitting somone.

Tampines Central 1. Over a five-minute stretch, 23 people were spotted jaywalking at this section of the road outside the bus interchange - when the pedestrian crossing was less than 30 steps away.

Personally, I feel that people should not jaywalk as they are risking their lives.
I do have a few suggestions. They are:
Construct more pedestrian crossings,
some traffic police near hot spots and
giving talks to educate people on the benefits of not jaywalking.

What do you think? Please give your comments.

Now I will touching on the acts and penalties of jaywalking.
Failure to use overhead bridges, underpasses and disobeying traffic light signals.
Failure to yield right-of-way to vehicles.
Climbing over railings to get across the road.

They may be given $20 on-the-spot fines;if their case goes to court, they may be fined up to $1000 or jailed up to three months if found guilty.

Imagine paying $1000 just for crossing a road.

I hope you now have a better understanding of jaywalking.
Please leave your valuable comments if any.