LettersRoad safety in Hong Kong is in dire need of attention
Readers discuss the state of the city’s roads, and the lack of parking spaces for motorcyclesTraffic and road safety in Hong KongLettersPublished: 2:30pm, 12 Sep, 2023Why you can trust SCMP
Having lived in Hong Kong for over 50 years, I have never known road safety to be so seriously in need of our government’s attention.
Pedestrians are crossing roads without checking for oncoming traffic in either direction. They are either absorbed by their phones or perhaps they simply haven’t a clue about the old rule of looking right, left and right again before crossing, which was drilled into us from early childhood. Crossing against a red light is only part of the problem.