Read the full judgment text of CACV 000278/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 5 March 1999.
1. On 21st April 1987, a collision occurred on the south bound carriageway of Kwai Chung Road, near the junction where Container Port Road, a slip road joined Kwai Chung Road. Before the junction, Kwai Chung Road provided 4- lane traffic. Near the junction, the 1st lane merged with the 2nd lane to form a double width 2nd lane. On that day the near side of the wider 2nd lane was cordoned off by a line of cones for road works. The speed limit on this stretch of Kwai Chung Road at the time was 70 k