News from the roads: accidents, obstacles, submitted dashcam footage, submitted PK parking
3 The tech firm behind Hong Kong’s only existing “real time” minibus arrival system says it was surprised to hear about a multi-million dollar government tender to fit thousands of green minibuses […]
The driver of a luxury Mercedes saloon had a miraculous escape after he smashed his car through barriers and down a cliffside off Borrett Road this morning. Fire crews and police on […]
A young cycle athlete was crushed to death by a tourist bus on Route Twisk this morning, after reportedly straying into the opposite lane during a descent on his bike. Chi Chung […]
A heavy construction vehicle heading to the new ESF Borrett Road site killed a motorbike rider on Borrett Road yesterday morning (17 September) when the two vehicles reportedly collided. According to police, […]
A street-cleaning water bowser rammed into the side of a bus in Sham Shui Po this afternoon in a freak crash that injured 23 passengers, aged 5 to 85, and the passenger […]
Bus drivers should always “work to rule” says consultant and former bus company executive Alok Jain in response to a online call for a work-to-rule protest at a bus driver’s arrest last […]
An Uber driver falsely claimed a pregnant woman wasn’t wearing a face mask as justification for abruptly cancelling a booked trip in the early hours of this morning (5 September). Uber sent […]
A rider died after colliding with a private car and a truck on Repulse Bay Road late yesterday afternoon, the second motorbike death in two days. According to police, the 33 year-old […]
A man riding a motorcycle died after ploughing into the back of a slow-moving roadworks convoy around 10 km east of the airport on Lantau last last night. Mr Yu, 43, was […]
Taxi drivers taking the government’s Universal Community Testing Programme (UCTP) Covid-19 test and who test negative will earn a special tag to be displayed in their taxis. The tag, which gives the […]
