Penalty for walking in the Winter Olympics lane

Legal analysis: The dedicated lanes for the Winter Olympics will be opened from January 21 (next Friday) to March 16. During the opening hours of the Olympic lane, public vehicles illegally occupying the lane will be fined 200 yuan. During the Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, in addition to government departments, institutions, enterprises and institutions that guarantee the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, all units in the city are encouraged to adopt a flexible working system. In the event of severe air pollution, odd and even traffic restrictions will be implemented. It mainly involves the Capital Airport Expressway, the Fourth Ring Road, the Fifth Ring Road, Fushi Road, Beijing-Tibet Expressway, Jingli Expressway and some roads in the Yanqing Division. During the Winter Paralympics, the dedicated Olympic lanes were adjusted accordingly according to the location of the venues and reduced to 196.7 kilometers. The transportation service guarantee period for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics is from January 21 to March 16, 2022, totaling 55 days.

Beijing encourages citizens to celebrate the New Year in Beijing. The transportation department has conducted a detailed analysis and prediction of transportation conditions during the Winter Olympics based on various factors such as the Spring Festival, Spring Festival travel, school holidays, the start of school, and epidemic prevention and control. Traffic support for the Winter Olympics mainly adopts the organization method of "point-to-point ground dedicated line transportation", and special Olympic lanes are set up to ensure it. It is mainly concentrated in the northern and western areas of the city. It is expected that there will be traffic congestion in some periods and on some road sections.

Legal basis: "Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 25 Uniform road traffic signals shall be implemented throughout the country.

Traffic signals include traffic lights, traffic signs, traffic markings and traffic police commands.

The setting of traffic lights, traffic signs, and traffic markings shall comply with the requirements for safe and smooth road traffic and national standards, and shall be kept clear, eye-catching, accurate, and intact.

According to traffic needs, road traffic signals should be added, replaced, and updated in a timely manner. The addition, replacement, and update of restrictive road traffic signals must be announced to the public in advance and widely publicized.

Article 38 Vehicles and pedestrians shall pass according to traffic signals; when encountering traffic police on-site command, they shall pass according to the traffic police’s command; on roads without traffic signals, they shall ensure safety and Passage is based on the principle of smooth flow.