Han Ximin

ximhan@126.com

SHENZHEN traffic police will begin releasing a monthly report regarding violations by users of different app-based bikes next month.

Starting June 1, police will share data on the violations of riders with operators and require that operators strictly implement their credit-rating rules to downgrade and even disqualify those riders who violate traffic rules. The companies are required to report their punishments to police for filing.

Those bikes, which are randomly parked in streets or illegally parked in vehicle lanes, will be removed and the bike operators will be able to retrieve the bikes with certificates.

The bike operators in Shenzhen whose violations rank in the top three for three straight months will be required to meet with police to discuss ways and measures to regulate and guide bike riders, police said in a news release yesterday.

At big gatherings or events such as concerts and sporting events, police will set up a unified operation mechanism to coordinate bike operators and control the number of bikes at venues.

The number of app-based bikes on the streets of Shenzhen had reached 530,000 by the end of April. The number of violations related to bikes, such as running red lights and occupying motorist lanes, had also increased.

Since January this year, eight people have been killed and nine injured in 15 app-based-bike related accidents. The fatalities accounted for 29 percent of the total bike accident deaths.

In the past two months, since police launched an action on pedestrian and nonmotorized vehicle violations, police have checked a total of 27,000 violations by app-based bike riders.

To reduce accidents and violations by bike riders, bike riders who enter expressways or use motor lanes on high-speed trunk roads in the city will be fined 500 yuan (US$72.7).