i cross the road this morning on red light, i didn't see any cars, so i went, then holy shit!!! cop looking at me..!! yup, here comes the fine .. but wait..


He switched his focus to others J walking as well!!! so i avoid the cop which was chasing me and walk towards the other side.....

then shit X 2..

there are two cops loaded one girl one guy looking right at me..! well, yup, i was done....

busted and caught on SCENE........... well, i had my head phones on and toke one of them off.. and the cops ask in cantonese'' you know you were j walking right "

now this is the part where you go tell the truth, admit it and get fined of you somehow weasle your way out of it..!

now, most people will say.. YES i j walk.... but i thought for one second, i said............

WHAT!!! <--- in english

Cop says "you say what" <-- in cantonese

i say "what, I speak english " <-- in english

Cop says "you know you jwalked right?" / "takes out his notepad and ready to fine me." <-- in cantonese

i say ''I what? you speak english?" <- in english

girl Cop says "you know cantonese?? CAntonese??"

Cop says '' you know how to speak cantonese" <-- in english!!!

I say "no, i come back from canada" "no cantonese" " i speak english!!!"  ''i grow up in canada''

girl Cop says "you know you should not cross the road on red light, with headphones on and avoid the cops"
<-- in english

I say '' oh, sorry i didn't see, i thought the light was green!''

guy cop " you have ID card?"

i say ''yes'' give him id card, then he copies down my name/id card number and gives me a flyer, don't cross red light again''

i say '' thank you, see you!" walked off to eat breakfast and play some street fighter 4 in arcade..  

in summary, here is what i did, confuse the shit out of them, act stupid and act you don't know any cantonese. combine all three thigns.. and you just might get lucky!  now that no fine money goes for punting..!

Pretending not to know Cantonese or Mandarin does not always work with the police in HK.  There was a time I was stopped by a van load of cops at the mid-levels at night.   When I pulled that broken Cantonese act, they found a senior guy to who spoke perfect English to me.  So I had to keep my storry straight in both Cantonese and English and two officers compared notes to make sure I wasnt bs-ing.

Actually I have been stopped by police for jaywalking.  Usually they give me a stern verbal warning.  I never see them give anyone a fine unless it was done in front of a senior officer (usually the ones wearing a white uniform).

So next time just say sorry in Cantonese and they will let you go with a verbal warning.

there's no fine in HK for jaywalking, unless you cause an accident.

Am I the only one that doesnt know what J WALKING is??

jay walking n. walking across a street outside of marked cross-walks and not at a corner, and/or against a signal light. If there is vehicle traffic or clear markings of a place to cross, this is a traffic misdemeanor subject to fine, and may be (but not conclusively) contributory negligence in the event of injury to the jay walker by a vehicle.
but usually if you get caught by the officers in brown just pretend to be a visitor and you should be fine. if i remember correctly they actually have the right to give u a ticket lets say if you're crossing a road when the signal is red for the pedestrians.

english has always worked for me

Wow. That is certainly a rule I have never ever come accross. Its all different here down the pacific part of the world.

hahahaha i do the same shit..when the cops ask for my id i speak to them in english and make like i cant speak cantonese lol

I did something stupid 8 years ago and crossed Nathan Road in the middle of the street, climbing the barrier, because I wanted to catch a bus.  Alas, a policeman caught up to me.  I too went into my English-only mode.  His English was pretty bad, and when I realized he was only gong to give me a warning and not a fine, I went to my Cantonese mode.

English definitely helps them get out of your face FAST.  It has always worked well for me.

Side note: You play street fighter 4?

SF4.. is the the 3D version? its wicked... I wanna get it on PS3. It cost AUD2 a game here. And these bloody Leet fobs challenge me all the time and I lose in like 30 seconds.

And I've tried speaking english a few times to cops and got away with it. One time was smoking in the amusement game shop and luckily he didn't understand a word I was saying and then he let me off...

Are you sure, what's the point in having a law if there's no penalty for breaking it?

This has to be a world wide phenomenon because here in the States the FOBS also dominate the SF scene, ever since I was a little boy getting blisters on my left hand trying to do uppercuts and shoot fireballs playing SF1 the original there was always a FOB that had to challenge me and waste my quarter by not only beating my ass down, but doing fireballs and uppercuts with one fucking hand!


BTW , the speaking only English can make you get away with a lot of shit!  I too use this tactic whenever possible.  HK relies heavily on tourist DOLLAR$ so even the police have to give a bit of face so that we can go home and tell our friends and family how wonderful HK was.  When I was much younger (with blonde highlights), I was stopped by the police and asked for my ID.  I just said,"excuse me?" he said "ID?"   I said, " sorry my passport is in my hotel safe" and he just said "go go go" LOL...

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Got blatantly caught dropping a fag butt a month ago outside a shop. Stupid thing was, I saw the cops walk past me, and they saw me smoking about to go into this shop.
I dropped it, up to the escalator and a hand on my shoulder. I just said I was on holiday and didn't know the score. No Passport, in hotel, leaving tomorrow, so sorry sorry, pick up but and walk away. The cop knew I was talking shit. It was making him mad as hell but I was being plausible and decent. the give-away was standing outside IKEA i think, and running in there....

To an American, this is the funniest shit.  I remember taking my cousin from the UK on tour of the East Village in NYC one day, we were sitting down having lunch in an outdoor garden and he points at some guy smoking and says "is that a typical American fag?"  We almost got into a fucking brawl after that, but luckily I was fast and loud enough to tell the guy that my cousin was from the UK and a cigarette was called a fag there.  Too fucking funny.

that is too fucking funny!

hell ya!

chun li's my best player.. but she does get ass kicked often though.. cuz real cheapo players out there..
but her ultra i like..!

speaking english is definitely better then canto or mando in hk...being asian that is...if you get caught by the cops that dont have that great of an english skills it helps some...but if you speak strictly mando, then you are screwed!!  i am almost strictly english in hk...seem to get better service...

I love fighting games.  Trying out Street Fighter 4 now.

I've got away with just speaking english, being pleasant but acting very thick "are you sure officer? Everyone else seems to be doing it' and let off with a warning.

But I know more than a few people that have picked up the fine.  Peddar Street is an easy place to get caught.