The government launched a two-month public consultation yesterday on the drafting of a bill amending the current Road Traffic Law, with the aim of combating traffic offences more effectively and thereby improving the city’s road safety.
The amendment bill proposes that the penalties for various traffic violations be raised significantly, such as speeding and drink-driving.
The government initially planned to launch a public consultation on June 28 last year on the drafting of a bill amending the current Road Traffic Law. The announcement about the then public consultation was made by the government on June 5 last year.
Transport Bureau (DSAT) Director Kelvin Lam Hin San (centre), Ao Iok Chan (right), who heads the bureau’s Legal Affairs Division, and Ma Chio Hong, a senior officer of the Traffic Department of the Public Security Police (PSP), address yesterday’s press conference at the bureau about a public consultation on the government’s bill proposing to amend the city’s road traffic law. Photo: DSAT
