In a campaign to reduce pedestrian deaths on the capital’s roads, as of Monday, traffic police will start ensuring that Athenians observe the law when crossing major streets.

For 10 days, they will do no more than that. Afterward, officers will begin to hand out 16-euro (5,452-drachma) fines to pedestrians who ignore red lights, or cross roads where there are no pedestrian crossings.

According to traffic police, officers will mainly focus on main avenues such as Alexandras, Tritis Septemvriou, Patission, Panepistimiou, Stadiou, Academias, Pireos, Vassilisis Sofias, Vassileos Constantinou, Michalakopoulou, Syngrou, Thiseos, Mesogeion, Lavriou, Spaton, Vouliagmenis, Grigoriou Lambraki, the coastal highway, Iroon Polytechneiou, Petrou Ralli, Dimocratias, Iera Odos, Thivon, Athinon, Kifissou, Dekeleias and Kifissias, as well as the national roads to Lamia and Corinth.

In 2001, 143 pedestrians died on Greek roads, which amounts to 32.08 percent of the total death count. In the first seven months of this year, 59 pedestrians have been killed.