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FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1974
ANOTHER SET OF AMENDED REGULATIONS GAZETTED TODAY WILL REDUCE CONSIDERABLY THE TIME NEEDED TO DISPOSE OF THE INCREASING NUMBER OF VEHICLES ABANDONED ON THE ROADS.
UNDER THE ROAD TRAFFIC CPARKING AND WAITING)CAMEND- MENT) REGULATIONS 1974, WHERE A VEHICLE HAS REMAINED STATIONARY ON ANY ROAD FOR OVER 72 HOURS AND APPEARS TO THE POLICE TO BE ABANDONED, PROCEEDINGS CAN BEGIN ON HAVING THE VEHICLE REMOVED.
THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE WILL BE GIVEN A NOTICE, EITHER BY SENDING IT TO HIS ADDRESS OR BY FIXING IT TO THE VEHICLE, REQUIRING HIM TO REMOVE IT .TO ANOTHER PLACE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS,
IF THE REQUIREMENT IS NOT COMPLIED WITH, THE POLICE WILL BE EMPOWERED TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE TO A SPECIFIED POUND AND IF IT IS NOT CLAIMED WITHIN 21 DAYS IT WILL BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE CROWN AND CAN BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION OR TENDER, OR SIMPLY DISPOSED OF FOR SCRAP
PREVIOUSLY, AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS HAD TO ELAPSE BE- TWEEN THE TIME AN ABANDONED VEHICLE WAS REMOVED AND THE TIME IT WAS FINALLY DISPOSED OF.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID ABANDONED VEHICLES CREATED MANY PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL AS WELL AS TRAFFIC AND THIS 1S CLEARLY ILLUSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT LAST YEAR ALONE THE POLICE HAD TO DEAL WITH SONE 4,000 REPORTS OF SUCH VEHICLES.
+NOT ONLY DO THE VEHICLES CAUSE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN ALREADY CROWDED STREETS IN MANY CASES THEY ALSO TAKE UP VALUABLE ON-STREET PARKING FACILITIES WHICH WOULD BE UTILISED BY MOTORISTS, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN MADE IT CLEAR THAT THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF MISTAKING AN ABANDONED CAR FOR ONE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT ON THE STREET WHILE THE OWNER HAS BEEN AWAY FROM HONG KONG OR OTHERWISE INDISPOSED. ABANDONED CARS ARE EASILY RECOGNISABLE AS THEY USUALLY HAVE PARTS MISSING, ARE CORRODING AWAY AND THE LICENCE HAS EXPIRED.
ANOTHER PROVISION INCREASES THE REMOVAL CHARGE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE SROM $50 TO $00 AND INCREASES THE STORAGE CHARGE FROM $1 TO $20 FOR EACH DAY, AFTER THE SECOND DAY, DURING WHICH THE VEHICLE IS DETAINED.
THE INCREASE WAS RECOMMENDED AFTER A DETAILED COST INVESTIGATION WAS MADE INTO THE REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF MOTOR VEHICLES. THE STUDY SHOVED THAT IN ORDER TO COVER THE COSTS INVOLVED THE CHARGES SHOULD BE INCREASED.
THE CHARGES HAVE REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE THEY WERE INTRODUCED IN 1964.
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