Q Are speed and red-light cameras an effective way of reducing the road toll?
Compared with the old cameras, the new speed and red-light cameras are more accurate and efficient. It takes a shorter time to identify speeding drivers so it is likely that more will be penalised.
Photos from old police cameras may not clearly show the licence numbers of speeding cars or they take much longer to process. With the new cameras, speeding drivers can no longer escape punishment. The nighttime races on Clear Water Bay Road and Tuen Mun Road will be dealt with more effectively.
Eric Tsui Kwok-fung, Shamshuipo
On other matters ...
Two gentlemen on an RTHK radio programme on Wednesday laughed when talking about a small dog that had probably been killed and eaten by a wandering swine. They even made sounds resembling a swine tearing and eating its prey.