Tuesday, January 22, 1974
NEW MEASURES TO IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY
Fixed Penalties, Demerit Points Proposed For Moving Traffic Offences
New legislation to streamline traffic offence procedures and make
Hong Kong's roads safer is to be introduced into the Legislative Council
shortly.
Under a bill, known as the Fixed Penalty (Criminal Proceedings)
Bill 1974, which was published in the gazette today, motorists who commit
About 80 offences certain offences may be given fixed penalty tickets.
are covered by the bill, and the fines range from $50 to $200.
The oxisting system for parking and waiting offences remains
unchanged.
If the fixed penalty ticket is paid, the motorist does not need
to go to court.
In addition, "demerit" points are recorded against the offender
for a number of these offences. If a driver accumulates 15 points within
a threo-year period, his driving licence is automatically suspended for
six months.
The second and subsequent tines a driver builds up 15 points within
a new three year period he loses his licence for one year.
A government spokesman said that although the driver is given a
fixed penalty ticket on the spot, for which he has 21 days to pay the fine,
he still retains the right to take the case to court if he wishes,
present rights are in no way affected.
His
Domerit points are not recorded in the case of every traffic offence
dealt with by the fixed penalty bill.
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