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SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1991

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POLICE REMINDER ON HAZARDS OF OVERLOADING

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POLICE TODAY (SUNDAY) REMINDED LORRY DRIVERS

SERIOUS HAZARD

THEIR VEHICLES AS IT POSES CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE ROADS.

A

ΤΟ

то NOT ROAD

OVERLOAD SAFETY AND

THE REMINDER

CAME

AFTER

INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OVERLOADING OFFENCES.

THIS OF "IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS

AS COMPARED WITH PEOPLE WERE PROSECUTED DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR," ACCORDING TO A POLICE SPOKESMAN.

POLICE REGISTERED

A SIGNIFICANT

YEAR, A TOTAL OF 16,964 PEOPLE PROSECUTED 13,085

NUMBER

AND 28

IN THE ARRESTS

THE INCREASED

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN IN OF DRIVERS SUMMONSED AND ARRESTED FOR SUCH OFFENCES.

"THERE WERE 724 SUMMONS ISSUED

AND 85 ARRESTS MADE COMPARED WITH 351 SUMMONS FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR DURING THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990," HE SAID.

AND DRIVERS OF HEAVY LORRIES THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED OWNERS

ANY PERSON FOUND COMMITTING THAT OVERLOADING IS A SERIOUS OFFENCE.

то LIABLE

THREE MONTHS' A FINE OF $5,000 AND SUCH OFFENCE

AND

SUBSEQUENT THE FIRST OFFENCE,

IS FOR

FOR

THE

IMPRISONMENT CONVICTION IS LIABLE TO $10,000 IN FINE AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

THE OFFENDER

EVEN

ВЕ

"DEPENDING ON THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE OVERLOADING,

A SUMMONS OR MAY EITHER BE ISSUED A FIXED PENALTY TICKET, ARRESTED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"

THE

VEHICLE WILL ALSO BE DETAINED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING IF HAS OVERLOADING OF THE VEHICLE TO AN

"FOR SERIOUS CASES, EXAMINATION AND THE DRIVER WILL BE CHARGED WITH

INDICATES THAT THE THE VEHICLE EXAMINATION REPORT LOWERED THE EFFICIENCY OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM UNSAFE LEVEL.

ONLY POSE A SERIOUS HAZARD

HE SAID.

"VEHICULAR OVERLOADING DOES NOT TO ROAD SAFETY BUT ALSO CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE ROADS,

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"THE POLICE

CONTINUE WILL

AGAINST OVERLOADING OFFENDERS.

ΤΟ STEP HE ADDED.

UP

ΤΟ AID ENFORCEMNET

ACTIONS,

ENFORCEMENT

POLICE THE

ACTIONS

ARE AT PRESENT MA LIU SHUI WILL COME

OPERATING FOUR WEIGHBRIDGES AT LOK MA CHAU, MAN KAM TO,

AND HO MAN TIN. ANOTHER WEIGHBRIDGE SITED INTO OPERATION SOON.

AT JAVA ROAD

WEIGHPADS IN ADDITION, THE POLICE ARE EQUIPPED WITH 13 SETS OF

OVERLOADING WHICH ARE PORTABLE, WITH THESE WEIGHPADS, CHECKS AGAINST

AT VARIOUS ROADS WHICH ARE OFFENDERS ARE

FREQUENTLY TAKEN BEING

TRAVELLED REGULARLY BY HEAVY VEHICLES.

CONSIDERATION WAS BEING THE SPOKESMAN INDICATED THAT SERIOUS

WITH A DRIVING-OFFENCE POINTS OFFENCE VIEW TO HAVING THE REPEATED OFFENDERS DISQUALIFIED FROM DRIVING.

GIVEN TO MAKING OVERLOADING A

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