A mainland Chinese driver under Hong Kong’s southbound travel vehicle scheme has been fined for illegal parking, while another faces accusations of using tinted windows, following an earlier warning over unauthorised use of auto driving mode on the city’s roads.
The force said on Saturday that it was following up on a complaint about a social media post featuring a car, saying the driver in question had failed to adhere to the city’s requirements that windscreens must be of a “transparency that would not obscure the view of the interior”.
Hong Kong regulations stipulate that the light transmission rate must be more than 75 per cent for the glass pane used for the windscreen and over 70 per cent for other passenger windows, including the rear windscreen.
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Police added that they had also issued a fixed penalty notice to one of the cars taking part in the scheme as it was illegally parked in Mong Kok on the first day of the scheme, which started on Tuesday.
A driver taking part in the scheme posted a photo of the illegal parking ticket issued in Hong Kong on Chinese social media platform RedNote three days ago, with a caption saying that he or she was willing to pay for parking but had struggled to find any spaces.
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The driver, using the account name Greater Bay Area God of Driving, said he was hungry when he parked in Pitt Street near Yau Ma Tei to grab a bite. The post showed a photo of the car stopped next to a pavement without any yellow lines or parking meters.
Another post on the same platform warned mainland drivers of “hell car parks”, highlighting their “narrow passageways, tricky turns and extremely challenging parking spaces” as well as their “dark environment and illogical designs”, which added to the stress.