Road Safety

Surge in accidents at Tuen Mun roadworks

28 Feb 2013

District councillors alarmed by a threefold increase in traffic accidents at a roadworks site in Tuen Mun have urged the government to make the spot less confusing for drivers.

The road...

Authorities should rein in banner activists

25 Feb 2013

While the community is by and large used to roadside campaigns, there are growing concerns that some have become increasingly disturbing. The escalating banner war against Falun Gong, a spiritual...

CLSA nails custard to the wall for tongue-in-cheek report

7 Feb 2013

Whither the slither? This and other compelling questions for investors in the Year of the Snake are raised and answered in CLSA's 19th Fung Shui Index.

Henan bridge collapse victims to get disparate compensation

4 Feb 2013

Families with urban residency registrations will receive 400,000 yuan (HK$490,000), and those with rural permits would get 180,000 yuan, according to provincial "standards".

9 dead as exploding fireworks truck destroys bridge in Henan

2 Feb 2013

Fireworks in a cargo truck exploded on a highway bridge in Henan yesterday morning, killing at least nine people and bringing down an 80-metre section of bridge.

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26 killed in bridge collapse after fireworks truck explodes on Henan highway

At least 26 people were killed when a truck carrying fireworks exploded and destroyed part of an elevated highway in central China's Henan province, state media reported on Friday.

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Driver arrested for drink driving after tour bus crash in Tsing Yi

The driver of a tourist bus was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after his vehicle slammed into railings in Tsing Yi on Wednesday morning, injuring 12 people.

Mainland police in U-turn on new yellow traffic light rule

Mainland police have backed down from a controversial traffic regulation in which drivers could be fined and penalised for running yellow lights as if they had been red.

WHAT THE MAINLAND MEDIA SAY

Yellow rule at road junctions making mainland drivers see red

A new traffic regulation came into effect on New Year's Day as part of efforts to improve shameful conditions on the road.

But the grumbling is just getting started. Members of the public...

DRIVING

Don't run a yellow light? Chinese motorists attack new rule that 'causes accidents'

A new traffic regulation banning drivers from running yellow lights that went into effect in China on Tuesday has baffled – and even angered – many motorists.

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WHAT THE MAINLAND MEDIA SAY

Fingers point, but little children are still dying

Fifteen kindergarten pupils in rural Guixi, Jiangxi province, crammed into a van designed for seven, plunged into the cold waters of a roadside pond on Christmas Eve because their driver, who...