WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1987
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DRIVING PENALTY POINTS SYSTEM CONSIDERED SATISFACTORY
EFFECTIVENESS
THOSE THEIR DRIVING THE HON MICHAEL
THE GOVERNMENT IS GENERALLY SATISFIED WITH THE
PARTICULARLY IN MAKING OF THE DRIVING OFFENCE POINTS SYSTEM, DRIVERS INCURRING PENALTY POINTS MUCH MORE CAUTIOUS IN STANDARDS AND BEHAVIOUR, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, LEUNG, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WHO
то A IN A WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION RAISED BY THE HON CHAN YING-LUN, MR LEUNG SAID THAT OF THE 117,655 DRIVERS PENALTY POINTS SINCE THE SCHEME STARTED IN AUGUST DRIVERS, OR 1.7 PER CENT, HAD BEEN DISQUALIFIED FOR MORE POINTS.
HAD INCURRED 1984, ONLY 2,011 INCURRING 15 OR
THE
"THE GOVERNMENT THEREFORE CONSIDERS THAT WHILE BEING AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED, THERE IS NO PRESENT TO CONDUCT A FULL REVIEW, HE SAID.
1+
PROFESSIONAL
SCHEME IS NEED AT
AS
MR LEUNG SAID AMONG THE 2,011 DRIVERS WHO WERE DISQUALIFIED,
BE 584 OR 29 PER CENT WERE KNOWN TO
SUCH DRIVERS, PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES HOLDERS OF DRIVING LICENCES OF TAXIS, BUSES,
OR
THE REST MEDIUM/HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES.
WERE HOLDERS OF DRIVING LICENCES OF PRIVATE CARS, LIGHT GOODS VEHICLES OR MOTOR CYCLES.
LIGHT SOME OF THE DISQUALIFIED
ALSO BE DRIVERS BY OCCUPATION,
GOODS VEHICLE DRIVERS MIGHT
CAR DRIVING LICENCES WERE GOODS VEHICLES, SEPARATE THIS CATEGORY OF DRIVERS, MR LEUNG
HOWEVER, AS
HOLDERS OF PRIVATE PRESENT TO PERMITTED AT
DRIVE LIGHT STATISTICS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR SAID.
ROAD SAFETY WARNING AGAINST EARPHONES
THE 1988/89 ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN WILL INCLUDE IN ITS PUBLICITY CROSSING A A WARNING AGAINST THE USE OF EARPHONES WHEN DRIVING ON OR
THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, ROAD, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY ( (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON POON CHI-FAI, AS TO WHETHER TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WOULD OCCUR AS A RESULT
OR OF DRIVERS PEDESTRIANS BEING DISTRACTED WHILE ATTENTIVELY LISTENING TO THIS EQUIPMENT, MR CHAMBERS SAID IN GENERAL, ANY DISTRACTION TO ROAD USERS, SHOULD BE THEY DRIVERS OR PEDESTRIANS, WAS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS BE DISCOURAGED.
AND
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