### Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (words omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2012) 《道路交通(車輛構造及保養)規例》

85. Brakes on motor cycles, motor tricycles and invalid carriages
(1) Every motor cycle, motor tricycle and invalid carriage shall be equipped with either an efficient braking system having 2 means of operation or 2 efficient braking systems each having a separate means of operation, complying with paragraphs (2), (3) and (4).
(2) The braking system or braking systems with which a motor cycle, motor tricycle or invalid carriage is required to be equipped shall be so designed and constructed that notwithstanding the failure of any part (other than a fixed member or a brake shoe anchor pin) through or by means of which the force necessary to apply the brakes is transmitted there shall still be available for application by the driver to at least one wheel brakes sufficient under the most adverse conditions to bring the vehicle to rest within a reasonable distance.
(3) The brakes of every motor cycle, motor tricycle and invalid carriage shall as applied by one of the means of operation have a braking efficiency of not less than 30 per cent and the brakes as applied by the other means shall have a braking efficiency of not less than 25 per cent.
(4) The application of one of the means of operation required under paragraph (1) shall not affect or operate the pedal or hand level of the other means of operation.

86. Tyres and brakes on pedestrian controlled vehicles
Every pedestrian-controlled vehicle exceeding 50 kilograms in unladen weight shall be provided with efficient pneumatic tyres on all wheels and an efficient brake in good working order.

### Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (words omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2012) 《道路交通(車輛構造及保養)規例》

87. Brakes on bicycles and tricycles
(1) Every bicycle and tricycle shall be equipped with at least one braking system.
(2) Every bicycle and tricycle having any wheel of which the outside diameter (including any tyre when fully inflated) exceeds 460 millimetres shall—
(a) if it is so constructed that one or more of the wheels is incapable of rotating independently of the pedals, be equipped with a braking system operating on the front wheel or both the front wheels if it has 2 front wheels;
(b)  if it is not so constructed as aforesaid, be equipped with 2 independent braking systems one of which operates on the front wheel or both the front wheels if it has 2 front wheels, and the other of which operates on the rear wheel or one of the rear wheels if it has 2 rear wheels:
Provided that in the case of a tricycle not constructed or adapted for the carriage of goods it shall be a sufficient compliance with this subparagraph if the tricycle is equipped with 2 independent braking systems operating on the front wheel if it has 2 rear wheels, or on the rear wheel if it has 2 front wheels. 
(3) All braking systems required by this regulation shall be efficient and shall be kept in proper working order.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, a braking system shall be deemed not to be efficient if the brake operates directly on the tyre of any wheel.
(5) Nothing in this regulation shall apply to any bicycle or tricycle—
(a) so constructed that the pedals act directly upon any wheel or upon the axle of any wheel without the inter-position of any gearing, chain or other device; or
(b) brought temporarily into Hong Kong by a person resident outside Hong Kong and intending to make only a temporary stay in Hong Kong, for a period not exceeding one year from the date of the arrival of the bicycle or tricycle in Hong Kong, while the bicycle or tricycle is being used by that person, if its brakes comply with the requirements of Article 26 of the 1949 Convention. (23 of 1998 s. 2)

88. Warning instrument on bicycles and tricycles
(1) Every bicycle and tricycle shall be fitted with a bell capable of giving sufficient warning of the approach or presence of the vehicle.
(2) No bicycle or tricycle shall carry a warning instrument other than a bell.

### Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (words omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2012) 《道路交通(車輛構造及保養)規例》

89. Obligatory front lamps
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), every motor vehicle shall carry 2 lamps capable, during the hours of darkness or in poor visibility conditions, of showing to the front a white light visible from a reasonable distance, which shall be attached to the motor vehicle in such position and manner as is provided by these regulations. (L.N. 40 of 2002)
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in the case of—
(a) a motor cycle not having a sidecar attached thereto; and
(b) an invalid carriage,
only a single lamp capable of showing a white light to the front need be carried.
(3) Every lamp required to be carried by this regulation shall be maintained in clean and efficient condition.

90. Character of front lamps
(1) This regulation shall apply to every obligatory front lamp showing a light which is derived from an electric bulb or a sealed beam lamp:
Provided that it shall not apply to—
(a) a lamp normally used as a direction indicator; and
(b) a lamp fitted with an electric bulb or bulbs, if the rated wattage of any bulb, or the total rated wattage of all the bulbs which are capable of being illuminated at the same time, does not exceed 7 watts and the lamp is fitted with frosted glass or other material which has the effect of diffusing the light.

(2) An obligatory front lamp shall be so constructed, fitted and maintained that the beam of light emitted therefrom—
(a) is at all times a dipped beam;
(b) can be deflected at the will of the driver so as to become a dipped beam; or
(c) can be extinguished by the operation of a device which at the same time either—
(i) causes the lamp to emit a dipped beam; or
(ii) causes another lamp to emit a dipped beam.
(3) An obligatory front lamp shall not be held to comply with paragraph (2)(a) unless it is so fixed that its centre is not less than 600 millimetres from the ground.

### Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (words omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2012) 《道路交通(車輛構造及保養)規例》

91. Position of obligatory front lamps
(1) Every obligatory front lamp shall be so fixed that—
(a) the highest part of the illuminated area of the lamp is not more than 1.7 metres from the ground except that in the case of a land tractor, agricultural tractor, industrial tractor, agricultural implement or engineering plant the lamp may be so fixed that the highest part of the illuminated area of the lamp is not more than 2 metres from the ground; and
(b) no part of the vehicle or its equipment extends laterally on the same side as the lamp more than 400 millimetres beyond the nearest part of the illuminated area of the lamp.
(2) Where 2 obligatory front lamps are carried on any vehicle they shall be fixed on opposite sides of the vehicle and shall be fixed at the same height from the ground.
(3) Where a dual-purpose lamp is carried on a sidecar attached to a motor cycle or on a land tractor, agricultural tractor or pedestrian-controlled vehicle, such lamp may be so fixed that no part (including equipment) of the sidecar, tractor, or pedestrian-controlled vehicle extends laterally on the same side as the lamp more than 400 millimetres from the nearest part of the illuminated area of the obligatory front lamp combined in the dual-purpose lamp.

92. Restriction on the nature of lamps to be carried
(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and regulations 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114 and 115, no vehicle shall carry any lamp capable of showing—
(a) a red light to the front; or
(b) any light to the rear, other than a white light for the purpose of reversing or a red light. (L.N. 1 of 2000)
(2) Paragraph (1)(b) shall not prevent a vehicle from carrying a lamp showing a light to the rear for the purposes of—
(a) the internal illumination of the vehicle;
(b) illuminating a number plate or taximeter;
(c) illuminating a sign fitted on the top of the roof of a taxi in accordance with regulation 45; or
(d) in the case of a public service vehicle, illuminating boards, plates or devices indicating the route or destination of the vehicle.
(3) No vehicle shall carry a lamp capable of showing a light to the rear for the purpose of illuminating any device for giving signals to overtaking traffic.