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

11. Left-driving expressway: restriction on vehicles using right most lane
(L.N. 64 of 2017)(1) This regulation applies to the driving of the following motor vehicles on a left-driving expressway— (L.N. 64 of 2017)
(a) a medium goods vehicle;
(b) a heavy goods vehicle;
(c) a private bus;
(d) a public bus;
(e) a motor vehicle towing a trailer or another vehicle;
(f) 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);
(g) a recovery vehicle; (49 of 2000 s. 10)
(h) any vehicle referred to in regulation 4(2)(c)(i) or (ii); and (49 of 2000 s. 10)
(i) a motor cycle, motor tricycle, private car or light goods vehicle driven by a person who is authorized to drive it by a probationary driving licence. (23 of 2008 s. 57)
(2) Subject to subregulation (3) and regulation 23, a person must not drive a motor vehicle referred to in subregulation (1) in the right most lane of the carriageway of a left-driving expressway where 3 or more traffic lanes are open for use by traffic proceeding in the same direction unless— (L.N. 64 of 2017)
(a) there is a traffic sign indicating that the right most lane joins a diverging lane; and
(b) it is necessary for the vehicle to be driven in the right most lane in order to proceed to that diverging lane. (L.N. 64 of 2017)
(3) For the purpose of determining the number of traffic lanes under subregulation (2), the left most lane ceases to be considered as such— (L.N. 64 of 2017)
(a) where its right-hand boundary is marked by a road marking of the type shown in Figure No. 951 in Schedule 2; or
(b) where it is designated as a bus lane within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. G) during the prescribed time as defined in regulation 12(4) of those Regulations. (L.N. 106 of 1995; L.N. 64 of 2017)
(4) (Repealed 23 of 2008 s. 57)

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

11A. Right-driving expressway: restriction on vehicles using left most lane
(1) This regulation applies to the driving of the following motor vehicles on a right-driving expressway—
(a) a medium goods vehicle;
(b) a heavy goods vehicle;
(c) a private bus;
(d) a public bus;
(e) a motor vehicle towing a trailer or another vehicle;
(f) 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);
(g) a recovery vehicle;
(h) any vehicle referred to in regulation 4(2)(c)(i) or (ii); and
(i) a motor cycle, motor tricycle, private car or light goods vehicle driven by a person who is authorized to drive it by a probationary driving licence.
(2) Subject to subregulation (3) and regulation 23, a person must not drive a motor vehicle referred to in subregulation (1) in the left most lane of the carriageway of a right-driving expressway where 3 or more traffic lanes are open for use by traffic proceeding in the same direction unless—
(a) there is a traffic sign indicating that the left most lane joins a diverging lane; and
(b) it is necessary for the vehicle to be driven in the left most lane in order to proceed to that diverging lane.
(3) For the purpose of determining the number of traffic lanes under subregulation (2), the right most lane ceases to be considered as such—
(a) where its left-hand boundary is marked by a road marking of the type shown in Figure No. 951 in Schedule 2; or
(b) where it is designated as a bus lane within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. G) during the prescribed time as defined in regulation 12(4) of those Regulations.
(L.N. 64 of 2017)

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

12. Left-driving expressway: traffic confined to left most lane
(L.N. 64 of 2017)(1) Subject to subregulations (1A) and (2), the driver of a motor vehicle on a left-driving expressway must drive the vehicle only in the left most lane of the carriageway of the expressway.
(1A) (a) Where the left most lane is designated as a bus lane within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. G), the driver of a motor vehicle other than a permitted user shall during the prescribed time drive the vehicle only in the lane immediately to the right of the left most lane.
(b) In paragraph (a)—
permitted user (許可使用者) and prescribed time (訂明時間) have the meaning assigned to them by regulation 12(4) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. G).(L.N. 106 of 1995)
(2) Subregulations (1) and (1A) shall not apply—
(a) where the vehicle is overtaking another vehicle or vehicles; or
(b) where one or more traffic lanes merge with, or diverge from, other traffic lanes,

but, in such a case, the driver shall, as soon as reasonably practicable and without prejudicing the safety of other users of the expressway, move the vehicle back to the left most lane of the carriageway of the expressway or the lane immediately to the right of the left most lane, as the case may be.
(L.N. 106 of 1995; L.N. 64 of 2017)