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Very serious cases of speeding will continue to
be dealt with by summonses and court proceedings under the
Road Traffic Ordinance, and the discretionary power of the
court to order disqualification and retest will provide
sufficient means against them. The Road Traffic Ordinance
will also have to be used in special circumstances where
the fixed penalty system cannot be applied, such as when a
speeding offender cannot be stopped and issued with a
fixed penalty notice. In these exceptional cases,
offenders will build up a record towards disqualification
under the driving-offence points system and not, as at
present, on the basis of the number of convictions under
the Road Traffic Ordinance.
adjourned.
Sir, I move that the debate on this motion be