News from the roads: accidents, obstacles, submitted dashcam footage, submitted PK parking
A police motorbike officer seen mocking a group of cyclists on Castle Peak Road was “dealing with a complaint about bicycle [sic] occupying the lane,” according to a police spokeswoman. In a […]
Local motorists ignored a new police “Video Recording Traffic Enforcement Zone” on Queen’s Road Central this week, with illegal parking, double parking and illegal unloading on double yellow lines as rampant as […]
In a lengthy and contradictory statement, Hongkong Electric (HEC) says there is no question of it trying to evade safety laws at worksites, after a site in Wan Chai was found to […]
A 38-year old man crushed by a dump truck in Kowloon Bay on Thursday died in hospital yesterday afternoon. The man, described by police as “a foreigner” and named as Mr Smith, […]
Lawmaker Paul Tse Wai-chun has demanded the government respond to worsening congestion in Kwun Tong, citing an average peak hour bus speed of just 1.3 kph – around a quarter of an […]
Police have arrested a truck driver for dangerous driving causing death after his truck struck and killed a woman crossing a road in Hung Hom this afternoon. Ms. Wong, 88, was crossing […]
Police arrested the driver of a $1m SUV in Sai Kung this morning after he reportedly rammed into a taxi in Sai Kung in a crash which proved fatal to the cab […]
The government has defended its new skip certification scheme, claiming that reported poor quality licensed skips represent only a small sample of the 30 skips licensed under the scheme. Hong Kong’s pilot […]
The government’s ailing skip registration scheme appears to have slunk into obscurity only months after its launch, with the scheme website down and a new licensed skip seen in the same poor […]
Lawmakers have proposed a centralised cloud of taxi dashcam footage to combat fraud and prevent taxi drivers withholding incriminating footage of their accidents. Frankie Yick Chi-ming, transport-sector lawmaker and transport panel chairman, […]
