### Road Traffic (Expressway) Regulations 《道路交通(快速公路)規例》

3. Application to State
Except where otherwise expressly provided these regulations shall apply to vehicles and persons in the public service of the State.
(3 of 2002 s. 15)

4. Vehicles permitted
(1) Subject to subregulations (1A) and (2) and regulations 23 and 24, no person shall drive or use on an expressway any vehicle unless it is— (L.N. 79 of 2012)
(a) a private car;
(b) a taxi;
(c) a private light bus;
(d) a private bus;
(e) a public bus;
(f) a light goods vehicle;
(g) a medium goods vehicle;
(h) a heavy goods vehicle;
(i) a motor cycle;
(j) a motor tricycle; or
(k) a recovery vehicle,
of which the cylinder capacity of the engine is not less than 125 cubic centimetres.
(1A) Subregulation (1) does not apply to—
(a) a private car;
(b) a motor cycle; or
(c) a motor tricycle,
which conforms with the specifications set out in subregulation (1B). (L.N. 79 of 2012)
(1B) The specifications are that—
(a) the vehicle is solely propelled by an electric motor; and
(b) its rated power as shown in the registration document issued in respect of the vehicle is not less than—
(i) for a private car, 7 kilowatts; or
(ii) for a motor cycle or motor tricycle, 3 kilowatts. (L.N. 79 of 2012)
(1C) To avoid doubt, in so far as any rated power shown in a registration document is concerned, only a numerical value equal to or higher than the applicable threshold under subregulation (1B)(b) is to be regarded as not less than that threshold. (L.N. 79 of 2012)
(2) Subregulation (1) shall not apply to—
(a) a trailer which is being towed by a vehicle referred to in subregulation (1) or in paragraph (b) or (c);
(b) a motor vehicle in respect of which a permit is issued under regulation 50A of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. E); or
(c) a motor vehicle other than one of those referred to in subregulation (1), which is—
(i) owned by the Government, the Urban Council or the Regional Council; or
(ii) used by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, (2 of 2012 s. 3)
in respect of which written permission has been given by the Commissioner to use an expressway.

### Road Traffic (Expressway) Regulations 《道路交通(快速公路)規例》

5. Vehicles driven by learner drivers prohibited
No person who is authorized to drive a motor vehicle only by virtue of his being the holder of a learner’s driving licence shall drive or use any such vehicle on an expressway.
(23 of 2008 s. 56)

6. Animals prohibited
Subject to regulation 24, no person in charge of an animal shall—
(a) cause or permit the animal to be on an expressway except in or on a vehicle; or
(b) remove the animal from, or cause or permit it to leave, a vehicle on an expressway unless it is necessary to transfer the animal from a vehicle, which has broken down or has been involved in an accident, to another vehicle.

7. Restriction on pedestrians
(1) Subject to regulations 23 and 24, no person shall enter, use or remain on an expressway except in or on a motor vehicle.
(2) Where a person is permitted to be on foot on an expressway under any of these regulations, he shall not walk on the carriageway or the central reservation unless—
(a) it is necessary to do so in order to do something expressly required or permitted under these regulations;
(b) the condition of the verge (where provided) is such that it is not reasonably possible to walk on it; or
(c) no verge is provided.

8. General driving rules
Subject to regulations 23 and 24, a driver—
(a) must, when entering, or proceeding along, the carriageway of an expressway that is contiguous to a central reservation, drive a motor vehicle in such a direction that the central reservation is at all times—
(i) if the expressway is a left-driving expressway—on the right-hand side of the vehicle; or
(ii) if the expressway is a right-driving expressway—on the left-hand side of the vehicle; (L.N. 64 of 2017)
(b) shall not make a U-turn with a motor vehicle on an expressway;
(c) shall not drive a motor vehicle on an expressway so that the vehicle travels backwards except in so far as it is necessary to enable the vehicle to be connected to another vehicle for the purpose of towing.

### Road Traffic (Expressway) Regulations 《道路交通(快速公路)規例》

9. Stopping
(1) Subject to subregulations (2) and (5) and regulations 23 and 24, no driver shall stop a motor vehicle or cause it to remain at rest on the carriageway of an expressway.
(2) Notwithstanding subregulation (1), a motor vehicle may stop or remain at rest on the carriageway of an expressway—
(a) by reason of a breakdown or mechanical defect or lack of fuel, electricity, oil or water required for the vehicle; (L.N. 79 of 2012)
(b) by reason of any accident, illness or other emergency; or
(c) to permit any person carried in or on the vehicle to give help which is required by any other person in any of the circumstances specified in paragraphs (a) and (b).
(3) Where a motor vehicle stops or remains at rest on the carriageway of an expressway in the circumstances described in subregulation (2), the driver shall, as soon as and in so far as reasonably practicable, drive or move it off the carriageway on to the verge or central reservation which is contiguous to the carriageway.
(4) A driver whose motor vehicle stops or remains at rest on any part of the carriageway of an expressway shall take all reasonable measures to give warning to drivers of other motor vehicles.
(5) Subregulations (1), (3) and (4) shall not apply to a motor vehicle prevented from proceeding along the carriageway of an expressway by the presence of any person or object or any other vehicle.

10. Restriction on the use of verge or central reservation
Subject to regulations 9(3), 23 and 24, no driver shall drive or stop a motor vehicle or cause or permit it to remain at rest on a verge or central reservation of an expressway.