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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1994
TRAFFIC
AIDS,
ROAD
LIGHTING,
OF SIX LAYBYS AND EMERGENCY
THE $1.6 MILLION PROJECT INCLUDED CONSTRUCTION DRAINAGE WORKS; TELEPHONE DUCTS AND CABLES.
AND
DUE ΤΟ AN INCIDENT MR CHING SAID ANY HOLD-UP IN THE TRAFFIC
ROAD то A STANDSTILL MIGHT BRING THE TRAFFIC IN THE WHOLE TUEN MUN AND IT WOULD TAKE HOURS BEFORE TRAFFIC RETURNED TO NORMAL.
TO
"ACCIDENT PREVENTION IN TUEN MUN ROAD THEREFORE CONTRIBUTES
CONDUCIVE ΤΟ ROAD THE REDUCTION OF ROAD CONGESTION AS WELL AS BEING SAFETY," HE ADDED.
THE COMMON CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS OF ACCIDENTS ON TUEN
MUN
ROAD
ARE:
DRIVING TOO CLOSE TO VEHICLE IN FRONT;
* DRIVING TOO FAST FOR THE PREVAILING ROAD CONDITION;
CARELESS LANE CHANGING;
SKIDDING AND LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE; AND
DEFECTIVE BRAKES.
MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED OF A FEW EXPRESSWAY DRIVING RULES ARE THE MOST COMMONLY RECORDED PROSECUTIONS BY THE POLICE IN TUEN ROAD. THESE ARE:
FOLLOW
THE PRESCRIBED
SPEED
WHICH MUN
LIMIT AS
ALL VEHICLES MUST SIGNED IN AN EXPRESSWAY. MEDIUM GOODS VEHICLES, HEAVY GOODS ΤΟ A LOWER BLANKET SPEED VEHICLES AND BUSES ARE SUBJECT LIMIT OF 70 KPH IN EXPRESSWAYS.
AND BUSES ARE
MEDIUM GOODS VEHICLES, HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES PROHIBITED FROM USING THE OFFSIDE LANE WHERE THE CARRIAGEWAY HAS THREE OR MORE TRAFFIC LANES.
NO VEHICLE
VEHICLE.
SHOULD
OVERTAKE
BY
THE
NEARSIDE
OF
ANOTHER
IN ADDITION, MR CHING APPEALED TO MOTORISTS INVOLVED
THOSE WHICH DID NOT ACCIDENTS, PARTICULARLY FATALITIES AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO VEHICLES, LAYBY.
IN MINOR OR INJURIES INVOLVE TO DRIVE TO THE NEAREST
"THIS IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED.
EVEN MORE SERIOUS VEHICLES ON THE ROAD MAY LEAD TO CHING SAID.
LEAVING THE ACCIDENTS,"
MR
"AS LONG AS MOTORISTS
PAY ATTENTION
ΤΟ
THE ABOVE ACCIDENT
CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS AND FOLLOW THE SAFE DRIVING RULES, THERE WILL INCIDENTS OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION
FEWER ACCIDENTS AND HENCE FEWER TUEN MUN ROAD, HE ADDED.
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