SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1991
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POLICE REMINDER ON HAZARDS OF OVERLOADING
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POLICE TODAY (SUNDAY) REMINDED LORRY DRIVERS
SERIOUS HAZARD
THEIR VEHICLES AS IT POSES CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE ROADS.
A
ΤΟ
то NOT ROAD
OVERLOAD SAFETY AND
THE REMINDER
CAME
AFTER
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OVERLOADING OFFENCES.
THIS OF "IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS
AS COMPARED WITH PEOPLE WERE PROSECUTED DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR," ACCORDING TO A POLICE SPOKESMAN.
POLICE REGISTERED
A SIGNIFICANT
YEAR, A TOTAL OF 16,964 PEOPLE PROSECUTED 13,085
NUMBER
AND 28
IN THE ARRESTS
THE INCREASED
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN IN OF DRIVERS SUMMONSED AND ARRESTED FOR SUCH OFFENCES.
"THERE WERE 724 SUMMONS ISSUED
AND 85 ARRESTS MADE COMPARED WITH 351 SUMMONS FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR DURING THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990," HE SAID.
AND DRIVERS OF HEAVY LORRIES THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED OWNERS
ANY PERSON FOUND COMMITTING THAT OVERLOADING IS A SERIOUS OFFENCE.
то LIABLE
THREE MONTHS' A FINE OF $5,000 AND SUCH OFFENCE
AND
SUBSEQUENT THE FIRST OFFENCE,
IS FOR
FOR
THE
IMPRISONMENT CONVICTION IS LIABLE TO $10,000 IN FINE AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.
THE OFFENDER
EVEN
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"DEPENDING ON THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE OVERLOADING,
A SUMMONS OR MAY EITHER BE ISSUED A FIXED PENALTY TICKET, ARRESTED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"
THE
VEHICLE WILL ALSO BE DETAINED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING IF HAS OVERLOADING OF THE VEHICLE TO AN
"FOR SERIOUS CASES, EXAMINATION AND THE DRIVER WILL BE CHARGED WITH
INDICATES THAT THE THE VEHICLE EXAMINATION REPORT LOWERED THE EFFICIENCY OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM UNSAFE LEVEL.
ONLY POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD
HE SAID.
"VEHICULAR OVERLOADING DOES NOT TO ROAD SAFETY BUT ALSO CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE ROADS,
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"THE POLICE
CONTINUE WILL
AGAINST OVERLOADING OFFENDERS.
ΤΟ STEP HE ADDED.
UP
ΤΟ AID ENFORCEMNET
ACTIONS,
ENFORCEMENT
POLICE THE
ACTIONS
ARE AT PRESENT MA LIU SHUI WILL COME
OPERATING FOUR WEIGHBRIDGES AT LOK MA CHAU, MAN KAM TO,
AND HO MAN TIN. ANOTHER WEIGHBRIDGE SITED INTO OPERATION SOON.
AT JAVA ROAD
WEIGHPADS IN ADDITION, THE POLICE ARE EQUIPPED WITH 13 SETS OF
OVERLOADING WHICH ARE PORTABLE, WITH THESE WEIGHPADS, CHECKS AGAINST
AT VARIOUS ROADS WHICH ARE OFFENDERS ARE
FREQUENTLY TAKEN BEING
TRAVELLED REGULARLY BY HEAVY VEHICLES.
CONSIDERATION WAS BEING THE SPOKESMAN INDICATED THAT SERIOUS
WITH A DRIVING-OFFENCE POINTS OFFENCE VIEW TO HAVING THE REPEATED OFFENDERS DISQUALIFIED FROM DRIVING.
GIVEN TO MAKING OVERLOADING A
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