Hong Kong’s traffic cops recently announced they would use “technology” (video cameras) to crackdown on offences that cause traffic congestion.
Technology, though, has also given motorists a heads up, with someone leaking internal details of the six-month operation to social media.
The six-month scheme, which started this week, will see uniformed police use video cameras to film drivers in a bid to catch them blocking traffic.
Officers will be on the lookout for several offenses.
These include: picking up or dropping off passengers or goods in restricted zones, private cars stopping in areas designated for buses, minibuses or taxis, illegal stopping in box junctions and illegal U-turns.
Buses, minibuses and taxis taking too long to unload passengers will also be in their sights.
Though details of the expanded scheme were kept vague, documents detailing locations to be targeted, and offenses common in those areas, recently surfaced online and have since been shared on Facebook.
According to The Standard, the leak did not expose any classified information though police are investigating to see if any officers breached rules by releasing the documents.
The locations include:
- Haiphong Road in Tsim Sha Tsui
- Wuhu Street in East Tsim Sha Tsui
- Science Museum Road in East Tsim Sha Tsui
- Ferry Street in Yau Ma Tei
- Yim Bo Fong Street in Mongkok
- Hoi Wang Road in Tai Kok Tsui
- Lancashire Road in Kowloon Tong
- Sham Shing Road in Cheung Sha Wan
- Sham Wong Road in Cheung Sha Wan
- Lai Chi Kok Road near Banyan Garden
- Shanghai Street near Langham Place, Mongkok
- Fat Kwong Street in Kowloon City
- Prince Edward Road West in Kowloon City
The territory-wide crackdown follows a pilot trial of video camera approach in Kowloon East and the New Territories North Regions in December 2017 and January this year.
Over the two months, officers issued some 540 fixed penalty notices.
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