Starting today, the Hong Kong police will crack down on people crossing the road indiscriminately (violators will be fined NT$2,000). Enforcement will be carried out from time to time and in different forms, including deploying plainclothes officers to ticket offenders without prior warning. Jaywalking is not limited to pedestrians running red lights. There are some ways of crossing the road that you may be completely unaware of and you may also be fined (crossing the road without obeying traffic lights, climbing or crossing any roadside railings or road medians to enter the road).
Hong Kong police also said that people who negligently endanger themselves or others when crossing the road will also be fined.
According to the example of the Hong Kong legal science website "Community Legal Network", if a person is talking happily on the phone while crossing the road without paying attention to the traffic conditions at that time, and is hit by a vehicle that fails to stop in time, then this person is enough to violate the Road Traffic Ordinance, because this behavior "negligently endangers his own safety."
In addition, there is another piece of trivia about crossing the road in Hong Kong - cars do not have to let people pass by. At the same time, the "zigzag" area near the zebra crossing, or the area within 15 meters on both sides of the zebra crossing with traffic lights, are areas where crossing the road is prohibited.