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    Another Fatal Minibus Crash

    http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/componen...1-20190114.htm

    Looks horrible.
    Last edited by Editor; 14-01-2019 at 02:54 PM. Reason: better source with video

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    I was stuck in the jam leading into the Shing Mun Tunnel for a good 30 minutes.

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    What reason could there be? That's a perfectly good piece of road!


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    Quote Originally Posted by HK_Katherine:
    What reason could there be? That's a perfectly good piece of road!
    distracted by cell phones, tired driver,

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    If you see the indentation on the front of the bus, it has hit the concrete barrier just before the overhead sign gantry.

    I drive this route a few times a week, and being downhill many speed after the speed camera.

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    https://www.google.com/maps/@22.3825...8i6656!5m1!1e1

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    Quote Originally Posted by emx:
    If you see the indentation on the front of the bus, it has hit the concrete barrier just before the overhead sign gantry.

    I drive this route a few times a week, and being downhill many speed after the speed camera.

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    https://www.google.com/maps/@22.3825...8i6656!5m1!1e1
    apparently they recommend you should do 80km and at lower gear on this stretch, i have been on this road many times and it's quite a steep hill downwards to shatin and single file lane towards the end of highway 8 and interjoining with highway 9 and 1 where it's quite packed on rush hour after work.

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    Horrible. It looks like it could have been much worse.

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    Density of traffic has increased with the population increase and people do a lot of lane swapping- this could easily have been caused by other cars cutting up. There is not much room for error in HK.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kittykaitak:
    Density of traffic has increased with the the government freely printing more licences at a relatively lower cost against medium income every years
    Corrected it for you - THere are more cars as the government wants more cars.

    Quote Originally Posted by kittykaitak:
    people do a lot of lane swapping- this could easily have been caused by other cars cutting up. There is not much room for error in HK.
    The last driver behaviour public information adverts I can recall were pre-handover and I can't find any prosecution details for erratic / dangerous lane swapping with no accident. Again it looks like the government wants the quality of driving to get lower and lower.
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    Any details on the two usual factors

    - Age of Driver
    - Hours worked in the run up to the crash


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    Again it looks like the government wants the quality of driving to get lower and lower.
    I don't think they want this to happen by design or purpose.

    It is happening because of the lack of any motivation - laziness.
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