Courts | TSI upholds speeding motorcyclist verdict

The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has upheld the original verdict in a case involving a defendant who was sentenced to pay a fine of MOP6,000 with an eight-month driving ban for speeding.
The defendant was charged for driving a scooter at a speed of 101km per hour in the non-motorcycle lane on Sai Van Bridge.
After the ruling was made by the Court of First Instance (TJB), the Public Security Police (PSP) attached an official letter to the dossier, saying that its legal characterization of the offender’s behavior in the live record as “speeding more than 30km per hour over the maximum speed limit” was wrong.
The PSP thus changed the incorrect term to “speeding less then 30km per hour over the maximum speed limit.” Following that, the defendant filed an appeal, indicating that the Court of First Instance’s ruling was invalid, and demanded another trial.
The TSI ruled that the TJB’s legal characterization of the defendant’s behavior was not wrong, and upheld the original verdict. The Court indicated that the maximum speed limit for motorcycles driving on the Sai Van Bridge is 60 km per hour, whether the rider is driving within or outside the designated motorcycle lane.
“The maximum and minimum speed limits for vehicles driving on the Sai Van Bridge were not simply set out according to the driving lanes, but were also differentiated according to the different types of vehicles,” the TSI emphasized.