Read the full judgment text of HCMA 001094/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 25 February 1997.
1. The appellant was convicted on 13th August 1996 of one charge of careless driving. The facts were that on 18th January 1996 at about 0045 hours early in the morning. The police had set up a road block on Shatin Road. That road block occupied the three lanes of the north bound highway and the left two lanes had been blocked off by the use of traffic cones. The road block was some 200 metres from the first stop sign where two police officers were standing. In the distance of 200 metres there wa