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【Lower Speed Limits Won’t Fix Richmond’s Real Traffic Safety Problem】 【道路安全不能只靠限速牌：列治文市議會再次誤判問題根源】 -------------------------------------------------------- Richmond City Council recently voted unanimously to expand 30 km/h speed limits across most residential streets west of No. 5 Road. Improving safety for children, seniors, pedestrians, and cyclists is a goal that everyone can support. However, the real question is not whether the speed limit should be 30 km/h or 50 km/h. The real question is whether this policy will actually address Richmond’s traffic safety challenges.
列治文市議會日前一致通過修訂附例，計劃在五號路以西大部分住宅區實施每小時30公里限速。保障兒童、長者、行人及單車使用者安全，當然是值得支持的目標。然而，真正值得討論的問題並不是限速究竟應該是30公里還是50公里，而是這項政策能否真正解決列治文面對的交通安全問題。
When the motion was first introduced, concerns focused on pedestrian safety in City Centre, along No. 3 Road, around Richmond Centre, and near Canada Line stations. These locations are among the busiest and most heavily travelled areas in Richmond. Yet the final policy focuses primarily on residential neighbourhoods, while many of the locations originally cited as safety concerns are not included.
當初提出動議時，市中心、三號路、列治文中心商場及天車站周邊的行人安全問題被多次提及。這些地方不但人流密集，也是列治文最繁忙的區域之一。然而，最終即將實施的新措施卻主要集中於住宅區，而最初被認為存在問題的市中心核心區域反而未被納入其中。
If a 30 km/h speed limit is truly effective at improving safety, why not begin with the areas that experience the highest pedestrian activity and transit usage? If the concern originated in the city centre, why are residential neighbourhoods now the primary focus? These are reasonable questions that many residents continue to ask.
如果30公里限速真的能夠有效改善安全，為何不優先在最繁忙、最多行人及最多公共交通乘客的區域推行？如果問題最初出現在市中心，為何最後受到影響的卻是大部分住宅區？這些都是許多居民至今仍然感到困惑的問題。
More importantly, speed limit signs themselves do not determine road safety. Enforcement does. Drivers who habitually speed, run yellow lights, drive distracted, or engage in dangerous driving behaviour are unlikely to change simply because a new speed limit sign has been installed. Rules are effective not because they exist, but because people know they will be enforced.
更重要的是，限速牌本身從來不是決定道路安全的關鍵因素，真正影響駕駛行為的，是執法。那些長期超速、衝黃燈、分心駕駛或危險駕駛的人，不會因為路邊多了一塊限速牌便突然改變習慣。規則之所以有效，不是因為它被寫在法例裡，而是因為大家知道違規會有後果。
Many Richmond residents understand a simple reality: when enforcement is weak and the likelihood of being caught is low, some drivers will inevitably push the limits. This is not unique to Richmond. It is simply human nature. Effective traffic policy must take that reality into account.
不少列治文居民都明白一個簡單現實：當執法不足、違規成本偏低、被發現的機會極低時，總會有人選擇挑戰規則底線。這並非列治文獨有的問題，而是任何城市都必須面對的人性現實。真正有效的交通政策，必須建立在這個現實基礎之上。
Around the world, many cities have embraced technology to improve traffic safety. Traffic cameras, automated speed enforcement systems, intelligent traffic management tools, and intersection monitoring technologies are widely used to increase compliance and improve safety outcomes. These measures are designed not only to punish violations, but also to deter dangerous behaviour before it occurs.
放眼世界各地，不少城市早已利用科技協助交通管理及提升道路安全。交通監察系統、超速偵測設備、路口監察技術及智能交通管理工具，早已成為許多城市的標準配置。這些措施的作用不只是處罰違規者，更重要的是提高守法意識，減少危險駕駛行為的出現。
By comparison, Richmond continues to rely heavily on limited manpower and occasional enforcement campaigns. Simply lowering speed limits without meaningful improvements in enforcement, monitoring, and road design risks creating a policy that looks effective on paper but delivers limited real-world results.
相比之下，列治文的交通管理仍然高度依賴有限的人手執法及不定期的執法行動。如果只是降低限速，而沒有同步加強執法、監察及道路安全配套措施，最終很可能只是一項看起來積極、實際成效卻相當有限的政策。
Residents support safer roads. They support protecting children and seniors. They support reducing collisions. What they want is confidence that the measures being implemented will actually work. That requires more than a new speed limit sign. It requires data, planning, enforcement, and a willingness to address the real causes of unsafe driving.
居民當然支持更安全的道路，也支持保護兒童和長者，更希望減少交通意外的發生。然而市民真正關心的是，市議會推出的措施究竟能否有效解決問題。這不只是更換限速牌那麼簡單，而是需要數據分析、完善規劃、有效執法，以及真正願意面對問題根源的決心。
Road safety is too important to be reduced to a number on a sign. If Richmond is serious about making its roads safer, City Council must focus on the causes of unsafe driving, not just the symptoms.
道路安全不應被簡化成一個限速數字。如果列治文真的希望改善交通安全，市議會必須正視危險駕駛的根源，而不是只處理問題的表面現象。
來源：列治文前進 Facebook 社區動態。 在 Facebook 查看原帖
