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Hong Kong Case Law

Driver fatigue/drowsiness
  • 21 Feb 2025

    香港特別行政區 訴 鍾浩輝

    Citation
    [2025] HKCFI 1951
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA364/2024

    Dashcam footage, witness evidence and expert speed estimates established the appellant failed to reduce speed and collided with a nearly stationary vehicle; the trial judge properly accepted witness credibility including the appellant's admission of 'dozing off' and those facts meet the threshold for dangerous driving under s.37(1) RTO. There was no procedural unfairness warranting quashing conviction. The sentence (HK$5,000 fine and 1‑year disqualification with driving improvement course) was within proper exercise of discretion and not manifestly excessive.