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58 pedestrians in Dubai to be prosecuted
Dubai P olice have referred at least 58 jaywalkers to the public prosecutor for repeatedly crossing the roads at undesignated points, causing danger to their lives and motorists.
- By Alia Al Theeb, Staff Reporter
- Published: 23:12 January 19, 2008
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Jaywalkers to be fined in Abu Dhabi
Jaywalkers to be fined in Abu Dhabi
Dubai: Dubai P olice have referred at least 58 jaywalkers to the public prosecutor for repeatedly crossing the roads at undesignated points, causing danger to their lives and motorists.
Brigadier Mohammad Saif Al Zafein, head of the Dubai Traffic Police, said that police launched a campaign on Thursday against pedestrians who cross roads at undesignated points on the roads.
"A total of 157 people were nabbed and were released after taking an undertaking that they would not repeat the offence during the first three days of the campaign," he said.
He said that Dubai police would compile a database of the pedestrians caught crossing roads illegally.
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