Most people who are handed a fine just pay up. But this woman in China did the best she could to get out of paying a charge for jaywalking.

A middle-aged woman pretended to faint in order to get out of being booked for the crossing offence in Putian, Fujian Province, the People's Daily Online reports.

She was caught crossing the road during a red light on November 21.

The woman lies on the ground telling officers that she feels faint before she runs into a crowd of people

Captured by police: The woman in Fujian tried to avoid a jaywalking ticket by pretending to faint on the road

When the policeman stopped her, she dropped to her knees and begged the officer not to give her a ticket as it was her first offence.

He then knelt down to calmly speak with the woman telling her that he had no choice but to follow regulations.

After a few minutes, when she realized her tactics weren't working, she began to shout at the officer.

When this also didn't work, she stepped it up a gear by lying on the road for ten minutes complaining of dizziness.

The policeman offered her a bottle of water which she drank in one gulp but she refused to sign the ticket and a guarantee promising that she wouldn't re-offend.

Caught in the act: CCTV footage of the woman crossing the busy street in Fujian province on a red light

The police officer explains to the woman that he is just doing his job and therefore has to give her a ticket

As she lay there on the ground, the officer returned to his traffic management duties.

However as soon as his full attention was on the traffic, the woman disappeared into the crowd.

The officer said: 'She walked away really fast. She was nothing like the sick person she said she was while she was lying on the floor.'

Authorities in China are stepping up attempts to catch out jaywalkers after road incidents were found to be the third most common cause of death in the country, even beating cancer.