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SUNDAY, JUNE Ĉ, 1966
IN ADDITION, THE SPEED LIMIT ON BOTH THE EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAYS OF CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH HIRAM'S HIGHWAY TO A POINT ABOUT 150 METRES SOUTHEAST OF THE SAME JUNCTION WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO 50 KM/H.
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+ THE MOVE IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE SPEED ON THE APPROACHES TO THE CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD HIRAM'S HIGHWAY JUNCTION SO AS TO MINIMISE THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS ON THE SHARP LEFT-TURN TO HIRAM'S HIGHWAY,+ MR WEBSTER SAID.
TẠI MONG TSAI ROAD, PAK TAM ROAD AND HOI HA ROAD WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO 50 KM/H. THE LATTER THREE ROADS ARE WITHIN COUNTRY PARK AREAS AND ARE HEAVILY USED BY CYCLISTS AND HIKERS. IN PARTICULAR, THE ACCIDENT RATE IN TAI MONG TSAI ROAD WAS FOUND TO BE RELATIVELY HIGH.
MEANWHILE, SPEED LIMIT ALONG HIRAM'S HIGHWAY
MR WEBSTER SAID THAT THE IMPOSITION OF SPEED LIMITS WAS A MEANS OF CONTROLLING THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC TO A LEVEL CONSIDERED TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR A PARTICULAR ROAD UNDER GENERAL CONDITIONS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD ADJUST THEIR SPEEDS WITHIN THE LIMIT TO SUIT THEIR VEHICLES, LOADINGS AND THE PREVAILING CONDITIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEY COULD STOP SAFELY AT ALL TIMES.
THE REVIEW, WHICH WAS DISCUSSED AND AGREED BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE, HAD TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT SPEED MEASUREMENTS, RECORD OF ACCIDENTS REPORTED TO THE POLICE, ROAD CONDITIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND THE PUBLIC REQUESTS FOR CHANGES TO THE SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ROADS.
+ONE OF THE AIMS OF THE SURVEY IS TO OBTAIN UNIFORMITY OF STANDARD OF SPEED FOR SIMILAR SECTIONS OF ROADS SO THAT DRIVERS
MOTORISTS WILL PERCEIVE THAT THE SPEED LIMIT IMPOSED IS REALISTIC. WILL THEREFORE BE LESS LIKELY TO IGNORE THE NEW SPEED LIMIT,+ MR WEBSTER SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND WOULD CONSIDER CHANGING SPEED LIMIT SHOULD THERE BE ANY JUSTIFICATION.
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