### Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations 《道路交通(交通管制)規例》

30. Establishment of zebra crossings
(1) The Commissioner may establish zebra crossings on any road and shall cause every zebra crossing so established to be delineated in accordance with Schedule 4.
(2) Any variation in a dimension specified in Schedule 4 shall be treated as permitted by these regulations if the variation—
(a) in the case of a dimension of 300 mm or more, does not exceed 20% of that dimension; or
(b) in the case of a dimension of less than 300 mm, where the actual dimension exceeds the dimension so specified, does not exceed 30% of the dimension so specified, and where the actual dimension is less than the dimension so specified, does not exceed 10% of the dimension so specified.

31. Precedence for pedestrians
Every pedestrian on a zebra crossing shall have precedence while on it over any vehicle and, if a pedestrian is on the zebra crossing before the vehicle or any part of it has come on to or over the zebra crossing, the driver of the vehicle shall accord precedence to such pedestrian:
Provided that in the case of a zebra crossing on which there is a pedestrian refuge or central reservation the parts of the zebra crossing which are situated on each side of the pedestrian refuge or central reservation shall each be treated as a separate zebra crossing.

### Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations 《道路交通(交通管制)規例》

32. Prohibition against overtaking at zebra crossings
(1) The driver of a vehicle (hereinafter in this regulation referred to as the “approaching vehicle” (駛近的車輛) ) while it or any part of it is in a zebra controlled area and is proceeding towards the zebra crossing shall not cause the approaching vehicle, or any part of it—
(a) to pass ahead of the foremost part of another moving vehicle, being a vehicle proceeding in the same direction wholly or partly within that area; or
(b) to pass ahead of the foremost part of a stationary vehicle in the same part of the zebra controlled area as the approaching vehicle, which stationary vehicle is stopped wholly or partly within that area for the purpose of complying with regulation 31,
unless he so passes to conform with a direction given by a police officer in uniform in or traffic warden in uniform.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation—
(a) the reference to another moving vehicle is, in a case where only one other vehicle is proceeding in the same direction in a zebra controlled area, a reference to that vehicle, and, in a case where more than one other vehicle is so proceeding, a reference to such one of those vehicles as is nearest to the zebra crossing;
(b) the reference to a stationary vehicle is, in a case where only one other vehicle is stopped for the purpose of complying with regulation 31, a reference to that vehicle and, in a case where more than one other vehicle is stopped for the purpose of complying with that regulation, a reference to such one of those vehicles as is nearest to the zebra crossing.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation, in the case of a zebra crossing which is on a one way street, and on which there is a pedestrian refuge or central reservation, the parts of the zebra crossing which are situated on each side of the pedestrian refuge or central reservation shall each be treated as a separate zebra crossing.

32A. Additional rule for North-west Railway vehicles and trams
The driver of a vehicle of the North-west Railway or tram shall not cause the vehicle or tram or any part thereof to stop within the limits of zebra crossing except—
(a) where the vehicle or tram is prevented from proceeding by mechanical breakdown or other circumstances beyond the driver’s control;
(b) where it is necessary to stop in order to avoid an accident; or
(c) with the express permission or by the direction of a police officer in uniform or a traffic warden in uniform.
(L.N. 221 of 1986; L.N. 242 of 1987)

### Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations 《道路交通(交通管制)規例》

33. Light signal crossing
(1) Light signals may be used for the purpose of indicating to pedestrians the period during which they may or may not cross a carriageway.
(2) For the purpose of subregulation (1) such light signals shall be of the size, colour and type specified in Schedule 3 and shall be used in conjunction with the light signals prescribed by regulation 16.
(3) A light signal prescribed by this regulation shall be so designed that—
(a) the red figure in Figure No. 701 in Schedule 3 (referred to in this regulation as “the red signal”) is internally illuminated by a steady light; and
(b) the green figure in Figure No. 701 in Schedule 3 (referred to in this regulation as “the green signal”) is internally illuminated at times by a steady light and at times by an intermittent light.
(4) The significance of a light signal prescribed by this regulation shall be as follows—
(a) the red signal when illuminated by a steady light shall indicate to a pedestrian that he shall not cross or start to cross the carriageway at the crossing;
(b) the green signal when illuminated by a steady light shall indicate to a pedestrian that he may cross the carriageway at the crossing; and
(c) the green signal when illuminated by an intermittent light shall indicate—
(i) to a pedestrian who is already on the crossing that he shall proceed to pass over the crossing with reasonable speed; and
(ii) to a pedestrian who is not already on the crossing that he shall not start to cross the carriageway at the crossing.
(5) For the purpose of this regulation the parts of a road on each side of a pedestrian refuge or central reservation shall each be treated as a separate carriageway.
(6) Subject to a direction given by a police officer in uniform or traffic warden in uniform every pedestrian at a light signal crossing shall comply with any indication referred to in subregulation (4)(a) and (c).

34. Authorization of a school crossing patrol
(1) The Commissioner of Police, by permit in writing, may authorize any person to act as a school crossing patrol and to authorize in writing any other person to act as a school crossing patrol in his place at such times and places and under such conditions as shall be specified in the permit:
Provided that the Commissioner of Police shall not be liable for any damage or injury caused to a school crossing patrol or to any other person or to any thing arising from the actions of a school crossing patrol.
(2) The Commissioner of Police at any time may revoke a permit issued by him under this regulation and on such revocation the person to whom the permit was issued shall return the permit to the Commissioner of Police.
(3) No fee shall be payable to the Commissioner of Police for a permit issued under this regulation.