SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1991
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PEDESTRIAN NEGLIGENCE MAJOR CAUSE OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
ABOUT 70 PER CENT OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PEDESTRIAN CASUALTIES ON HONG KONG ISLAND WERE DUE TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE PEDESTRIANS THEMSELVES, THE POLICE REGIONAL COMMANDER OF HONG KONG ISLAND, MR GEOFFREY ROPER, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PEDESTRIAN ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMME, MR ROPER SAID ON HONG KONG ISLAND 47 PEDESTRIANS WERE KILLED AND 1,501 PEDESTRIANS WERE INJURED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN 1990.
HE POINTED OUT THAT BACH YEAR THE DEATH TOLL IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND WAS FAR GREATER THAN THAT FOR HOMICIDES.
"OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS 86 PERSONS HAD BEEN MURDERED ON THE ISLAND, BUT 304 PERSONS HAD BEEN KILLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, THE RATIO BEING 3.5 TRAFFIC FATALITIES TO ONE HOMICIDE.
"THIS IS A SHOCKING SITUATION," HE SAID.
MR ROPER NOTED THAT IT WAS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE то SEPARATE - PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE MOVEMENT BY ROAD ENGINEERING MEANS AND THIS LED TO A HIGH DEGREE OF PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR CONFLICT.
"IT IS OUR DUTY TO MINIMISE THE ACCIDENTS SITUATION THROUGH BOTH EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT,
ARISING HE SAID.
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THE PEDESTRIAN ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMME, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION AND POLICE TRAFFIC HONG ISLAND, WAS SPECIALLY PLANNED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
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"DURING THIS WEEKEND THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF EDUCATION WHILST DURING THE COMING WEEK THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF ENFORCEMENT ACTION BY HONG KONG ISLAND POLICE OFFICERS AT BLACK SPOTS ON THE ISLAND, MR ROPER SAID.
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JOINING MR ROPER AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS MOVIE STAR MR JACKIE CHAN.
AFTER THE CEREMONY, MR ROPER AND MR CHAN PROCEEDED то PEDDER STREET IN CENTRAL TO ASSIST SCHOOL ROAD SAFETY PATROL MEMBERS IN DISTRIBUTING EDUCATIONAL LEAFLETS TO PEDESTRIANS.
A TOTAL OF 164 SCHOOL ROAD SAFETY PATROL MEMBERS WERE DEPLOYED TODAY AT SEVEN TRAFFIC BLACK SPOTS AT KING'S ROAD/SHU KUK STREET: JAVA ROAD/NORTH POINT ROAD; HENNESSY ROAD/CANAL ROAD; JOHNSTON ROAD/WAN CHAI ROAD; DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL/PEDDER STREET: DES VOEUX ROAD WEST/SUTHERLAND STREET AND QUEEN'S ROAD WEST/CENTRE ROAD.
THE EXERCISE WILL BE REPEATED TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
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