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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987
OF
THE SOME
ON THE SUGGESTION TO ALLOW DRIVERS TO HAVE A CHOICE DATE OF RENEWAL OF THEIR LICENCES, THE REGULATIONS ALREADY ALLOW FLEXIBILITY IN THAT A LICENCE MAY BE RENEWED AT ANY TIME UP ΤΟ FOUR MONTHS BEFORE ITS EXPIRY.
"FOR THOSE DRIVER WHO USE THE PROVISION IN THE REGULATIONS то ALLOW THEIR LICENCES TO LAPSE AND PLAN TO RENEW THEM WITHIN THREE YEARS AFTER THE EXPIRY DATE, EVEN MORE FLEXIBILITY IS ALLOWED. IN EFFECT, THEY MAY RENEW THEIR LICENCES ON ANY WORKING DAY OF THE YEAR THAT SUITS THEM, HE SAID.
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ENFORCEMENT KEY TO CONTROL OVERLOADED LORRIES
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THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON, MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO PLANS TO INTRODUCE LAW TO CONTROL THE SIZE OF THE BUCKETS OF TIPPER TRUCKS BUT WAS CONSIDERING THE INSTALLATION OF ROADSIDE WEIGHBRIDGES TO STRENGTHEN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF POLICE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AGAINST OVERLOADING OF SUCH VEHICLES.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON TAM YIU-CHƯNG,MR LEUNG SAID THAT LAST YEAR 15,439 PROSECUTIONS WERE INSTITUTED FOR SUCH OFFENCES.
MR LEUNG SAID THAT THE ROAD TRAFFIC (CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLES } REGULATIONS ONLY SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED DIMENSIONS OF VEHICLES AND THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED WEIGHT WHICH MAY BE CARRIED.
AS THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC REGULATION GOVERNING THE EXTENSION OF THE BUCKETS OF TIPPER TRUCKS, AND GOODS VEHICLES LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD WERE NOT YET SUBJECT OF ANNUAL INSPECTION, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO VERIFY THE EXTENT OF THE PRACTICE OF ENLARGING THE BUCKETS OF TIPPER TRUCKS AND ITS EFFECTS ON OVERLOADING, MR LEUNG ADDED.
HE SAID THAT THE SIZE OF THE BUCKET WAS NOT THE MOST FACTOR WHICH DETERMINED THE WEIGHT OF THE TIPPER TRUCKS. THE TYPE DENSITY OF THE MATERIALS CARRIED BY THE VEHICLES COULD AFFECT THE WEIGHT OF THE LOAD.
IMPORTANT
AND
SIGNIFICANTLY
EFFECTIVE
IN
WAY то GENERAL,
MR LEUNG, HOWEVER, EMPHASISED THAT THE MOST TACKLE OVERLOADING BY TIPPER TRUCKS, AND GOODS VEHICLES WAS BY ENFORCEMENT.
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