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Traffic police in Dazhou, Sichuan Province of China, are now getting scooter drivers that have committed minor road offenses to post a confession of their misdemeanours online.
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If they get more than 20 likes on their post, they can escape being charged and fined for the offense. So nice!
These exemptions only apply to minor offenses though. Speaking to Beijing News, a traffic police officer said that traffic violations by scooter drivers in Dazhou were really common. Before this, the officers would only warn them verbally, but doing so didn’t help to curb drivers from committing offenses.
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He continued saying, “People are generally very interested in collecting ‘likes’ on social media. Self-exposure this way will bring more attention to road safety.” Hmmm, we think they might really be on to something here.
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Some confessions have been reposted on the police’s official Weibo account. One post read: “I was seized by traffic police when driving my scooter in the wrong direction at an intersection. I have learned it was wrong after education by the traffic police officer. I would like to remind internet users to learn from my lesson and not to think it was OK to commit mistakes when driving a scooter.”
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The unnamed driver got 28 likes for his confession, so he managed to avoid the fine.
Isn’t this such a forward and effective idea? Kudos to traffic police in China!
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