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===China=== ====Mainland China==== [[File:Pictures taken by red light camera.jpg|thumb|A set of pictures taken by a red light camera in [[Luannan County]], [[China]], the black car in the pictures ran the red light]] Red light camera usage is extensive in mainland China. {{as of |2007}}, approximately 700 intersections in [[Shenzhen]] were monitored for red light violations, speeding, or both.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=He|first1=Jie|last2=King|first2=Mark|last3=Watson|first3=Barry|last4=Rakotonirainy|first4=Andry|last5=Fleiter|first5=Judy|date=January 2013|title=Speed enforcement in China: National, provincial and city initiatives and their success|journal=Accident Analysis & Prevention|language=en|volume=50|pages=282β8|doi=10.1016/j.aap.2012.04.017|pmid=22579218}}</ref> China also has red light camera with facial recognition. Red light offenders, either pedestrian or motorbikers, are captured by a 7 megapixel camera. Within 20 minutes, a [[facial recognition system]] identifies personal information including family name, ID number and address which are displayed in the street on an advertising screen. This information can also be published on social media.<ref name="outride1">{{cite web | title=China Is Using Facial Recognition To Catch Jaywalkers | website=Outriders | date=2018-10-25 | url=https://outride.rs/en/china-is-using-facial-recognition-to-catch-jaywalkers/}}</ref> According to the owner, in less than four months, in [[Lianhua intersection in Shenzhen]], [[jaywalking]] were reduced from 1000 each day to 80.<ref name="outride1"/> ====Hong Kong==== Hong Kong introduced red light cameras in 1993.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1925831/traffic-deaths-rise-hong-kong-gets-40-new-red-light-cameras |title = With traffic deaths on the rise, Hong Kong gets 40 new red light cameras|date = 2016-03-16}}</ref> In Hong Kong, where red light cameras are installed, signs are erected to warn drivers that cameras are present, with the aim of educating drivers to stop for signals.<ref name=Delfino>{{cite news |title=Warning for red light jumpers |author=Brendan Delfino |newspaper=The South China Morning Post |location=Hong Kong |date=27 September 1996 |page=8}}</ref> The number of red light cameras in Hong Kong doubled in May 2004, and digital red light cameras were introduced at intersections identified by the police and transport department as having the most violations and greatest risk. The digital cameras were introduced to further deter red-light running. As added assistance to drivers, some of the camera posts were painted orange so that drivers could see them more easily.<ref name=Michael/> By 2006, Hong Kong had 96 red light cameras in operation.<ref name=HongKong>{{cite news |title=Red light jumping accidents fall in Hong Kong |newspaper=Xinhua General News Service |date=23 December 2006}}</ref> By 2016 this number had risen to 195.<ref>{{cite web|title=New red light cameras in operation today|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201603/16/P201603160311.htm|publisher=Hong Kong Government|date=16 March 2016}}</ref> In Hong-Kong, penalty for the failure to comply with traffic signals is a HK$5,000 fine and three months' jail for a first offense. Penalty for other offenses are a HK$10,000 penalty and six-month term.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> In Hong-Kong, red light cameras helped reduce violation jumping by 43 to 55%.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
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