Driving Hog Kong

• Hong Kong has 1,100 square km, 1,928 km of road and 525,000 registered vehicles. This makes for a congested road system, and each year 21,000 are killed in traffic accidents.
• Speed limits are generally 50km per hour in urban areas and 80km per hour on highways.
• The use of mobile phones whilst driving is prohibited.
• There is some good news for UK drivers; Hong Kong is one of the only other countries to drive on the left hand side of the road.
• 95% of the population use the efficient public transport system and their Octopus cards to get around.