WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1991
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EXPRESSWAY DRIVING RULES FURTHER EXPLAINED
OVERTAKING ON EXPRESSWAYS IS ALLOWED ONLY ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AHEAD AND IT WILL BE AN OFFENCE TO DO SO FROM LEFT.
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THE CHIEF ENGINEER (ROAD SAFETY AND STANDARDS) OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, MR YEUNG YU-CHEONG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT OVERTAKING MEANS A VEHICLE OVERTAKES THE OTHER VEHICLE AHEAD IN THE SAME LANE.
"ONE COMPLETE OVERTAKING INVOLVES CHANGING TO THE NEXT LANE AND THEN PASS THE VEHICLE AHEAD BEFORE REJOINING THE ORIGINAL LANE.
"ON EXPRESSWAYS, MOTORISTS ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO DO 30 ON THE
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RIGHT OF THE VEHICLE AHEAD, HE SAID.
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED NOT TO OVERTAKE UNLESS THE NEXT LANE IS CLEAR FAR ENOUGH AND BEHIND TO MAKE SURE THEY WILL NOT CAUSE DANGER TO OTHER VEHICLES AS WELL AS THEMSELVES.
ON THE USE OF THE EXTREME RIGHT LANE OF AN EXPRESSWAY WHERE THERE ARE THREE OR MORE TRAFFIC LANES, MR YEUNG SAID MEDIUM AND HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES AND BUSES WILL BE ALLOWED TO USE THIS LANE WHERR THERE IS DIVERGING TRAFFIC ON THE EXPRESSWAY, WHEREAS THEY WILL NOT ALLOWED TO DO SO UNDER GENERAL TRAFFIC CONDITION OF AN EXPRESSWAY.
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MR YEUNG ALSO REMINDED MOTORISTS THAT VEHICLES SHOULD KEEP THE LEFT-HAND LANE OF AN EXPRESSWAY UNLESS WHEN OVERTAKING ANOTHER VEHICLE.
HOWEVER, IF THE LEFT-HAND
LANE IS FULL, VEHICLES WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO RUN ON THE CENTRAL LANE UNTIL THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE ON THE LEFT LANE FOR MOVING BACK.
MR YEUNG SAID THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE GENERAL RESPONSE OF MOTORISTS TO THE EXPRESSWAY LEGISLATION.
HONG KONG TO HOST THE WESTERN PACIFIC MISSION
HONG KONG 1S TO HOST AN INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENT TO MEASURE ATMOSPHERIC GASES OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE WESTERN PACIFIC WITH A VIEW TO UNDERSTANDING THE SOURCES AND SINKS OF THESE GASES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON OZONE AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
FROM TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO OCTOBER 8, AN AIRCRAFT OF THE PACIFIC EXPLORATORY MISSION (PEM) WILL FLY OVER SECTORS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE WESTERN PACIFIC TO TAKE MEASUREMENTS OF OZONE, OXIDES OF SULPHUR AND NITROGEN AND OTHER TRACE GASES AS WELL AS PARTICULATE SUBSTANCES IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
/THE PEM