MAT, JUNE 2, 1983
+DEPENDING ON THE MANNER IN WHICH THE CONSTABLE WRITES HIS REPORT, IN NON-ACCIDENT CASES THE CHARGE COULD SE UPGRADED AS THE DRIVER HAS NO SAY UNTIL HE APPEARS BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE.+
MRS CHOW ECHOED THE CONCERN FELT BY MANY MOTORISTS, PROFESSIONAL OR OTHERWISE, THAT QUITE A NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS HAVE A RATHER STRANGE WAY OF HANDLING TRAFFIC OFFENDERS,+
+ABUSE OF POWER AT THE LEVEL OF EXECUTION IS CERTAINLY NOT UNHEARD OF, EMOTIONAL CONFRONTATION BETWEEN MOTORISTS AND POLICEMEN IS THE RESULT OF POOR HANDLING BY THE OFFICERS.
+AGAINST SUCH A BACKGROUND, IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO INCREASE THE POWER OF THE OFFICER FURTHER,+ MRS CHOW SAID.
MISS TAM SAID: +IN ENFORCING THE LAW SOME DISCRETIONARY LEEWAY IS SOMETIMES PERMISSIBLE.
+FOR INSTANCE, A CONTAINER TRUCK CROSSING THE DOUBLE WHITE LINES SHOULD, ACCORDING TO THE BILL, INCUR THREE PENALTY POINTS. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MAY AFTER CONSIDERING THE EXPLANATION OFFERED BY THE DRIVER, ALLOW THE TRUCK TO CROSS THE DOUBLE WHITE LINES IN A SAFE MANNER MAXING A TURN, IF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON THE ROAD PERMIT AT THAT TIME.
+WITH REGARD TO THE TWO OFFENCES OF CAUSING DEATH BY RECKLESS DRIVING AND RECKLESS DRIVING WHICH INCUR PINALTY POINTS, THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN ASSURED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DURING A DEBATE ON THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE 1982 THAT INDIVIDUAL CASES WILL BE SCRUTINISED BY HIS CHAMBER BEFORE PROSECUTIONS ARE INSTITUTED.
+THIS WOULD BE A POWERFUL GUARANTEE FOR THE FAIR ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.+
DR IP SAID THAT NO MAN-MADE LAW WAS PERFECT AND EXCEPTIONS MUST ALWAYS BE ALLOWED.
THE UNOFFICIALS NOTED THE CONCERN AMONG PROFE DRIVERS AND THE IR REPRESENTATIONS TO UMELCO AND TR A. GROUP.
MR CHAN SAID: IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS WHO ARE DISQUALIFIED ANNUALLY AND THE INCREASE IN OFFENCES OF DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID LICENCE SHOULD BE CAREFULLY MONITORED AND THAT THESE FIGURES SHOULD BE CON PAKET WITH ANY DECREASE IN TRAFFIC CASUALTIES.
+AS THESE ARE HARD TIMES OF INCREASING UNEMPLOYMENT
INFLATION, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY, NO ADDITIONAL BURDEN SHOULD BE IMPOSED ON PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD AND AT UNNECESSARY CONFRONTATION SHOULD BE CREATED IN OUR COMMUNITY.+
MRS CHOW SAID: THE DRIVERS HAVE, IN MY VIEW, SEEN QUITE OBJECTIVE AND DISPASSIONATE IN THEIR APPROACH.
+FURTHERMORE, THEY ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE ACTUA.. CONDITIONS ON OUR ROADS AND THEIR VIEWS SHOULD NOT BE ALTOGETHE IGNORED.+
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