Crowd running the red light should be punished in the first place and everyone should be punished; whether at the grand junctions or small intersections, by many people or by one person, nature of the behaviors is equally breaking the law, thus, no distinction shall be made upon penalty. Therefore, Shijiazhuang punishment measures have destroyed legal equality.
Only punishing the first three persons is a kind of alternative law-enforcement which will increase law-enforce costs and encourage people to take chances. It is thus obvious that Chinese-style punishment cannot restrain Chinese-style road crossing. On the contrary, it will cause more disputes and argues. It is better to punish all the concerned equally.
When we are criticizing Chinese-style road crossing, remember that Chinese-style punishment should be the root of the problem. Only when law breaking punishment is equally enforced can legal sanctity be built in people's hearts, and Chinese-style road crossing may gradually disappear.
(People's Daily Online)
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