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Russian police are handing out free petrol vouchers to careful drivers instead of fines to bad ones. The tactic is part of a campaign to try to cut down on accidents involving cars hitting pedestrians.
Moscow traffic police launched the new road safety and awareness campaign called Safe Crossing, with the aim of stopping people driving aggressively and persuading them to have more regard for pedestrians. They say particularly careful drivers can be given vouchers for up to £1,500 worth of petrol.
Official statistics show that of the 24,000 traffic accidents occurred over the past year, 38 per cent involved drivers hitting pedestrians. That figure rose to 54 per cent for the 3,700 road accidents recorded in the first four months of this year.
It's not known how many accidents occurred as a result of "excessive speed".
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