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Speed limits on highways

Following is a question by the Hon Zachary Wong and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport, Mr Gordon Siu, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

It is learnt that different speed limits are imposed on private cars and container- trucks on some highways in the territory. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

Reply:

(a)

(b)

(c)

Mr President,

(a)

(b)

of the highways adopting the above speed limit measures, and the speed limits for private cars and container-trucks respectively;

how the Government monitors the speed of vehicles subject to different speed limits on highways, so as to ensure that no speeding will occur; and

of the number of successful prosecutions against drivers of container- trucks for speeding on highways with different speed limits imposed in the past three years?

For roads/expressways with a speed limit in excess of 70km/h, different speed limits are imposed on private cars and goods vehicles. At Annex A is a list of roads/expressways and the speed limits imposed. The maximum speed on these roads/expressways for buses, medium, heavy goods vehicles and articulated vehicles remains at 70km/h.

Traffic Police monitor the speed of vehicles on roads by setting up ad- học check points on safe positions along roads or on bridges above roads and using -

(1)

Radar;

(ii)

Laser Gun:

(iii)

VASCAR [(Visual Average Speed Computer and Recorder).