### 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》

24A. Speed display device
(1) Every public light bus shall be fitted with an approved speed display device.
(2) An approved speed display device which is fitted as required by paragraph (1) shall be—
(a) maintained in good working order; and
(b) kept free from any obstruction which might prevent it from being easily read by any passenger.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation, approved speed display device (認可速度顯示器) means a speed display device which—
(a) conforms with the installation and performance requirements for speed display devices set out in Part 3 of Schedule 16;
(b) has been examined to the satisfaction of the Commissioner; and
(c) either—
(i) bears an approval mark recognized or assigned by the Commissioner; or
(ii) is fitted to a vehicle bearing an approval mark recognized or assigned by the Commissioner in respect of the speed display device.

(4) No alteration in respect of design, accuracy or position shall be made to an approved speed display device fitted as required by paragraph (1), except as permitted in writing by the Commissioner.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), the Commissioner shall signify his satisfaction in writing.
(6) It shall be a defence in any proceedings in respect of a contravention of paragraph (2)(a) to prove that—
(a) the defect occurred in the course of the journey during which the contravention was detected; or
(b) at the time when the contravention was detected steps had already been taken to have the defect remedied with all reasonable expedition.
(L.N. 151 of 2007)

### 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》

26. Driver’s accommodation
(1) Every motor vehicle, other than a bus or light bus, shall be so designed and constructed that the driver—
(a) has adequate room and can easily reach and quickly operate the controls;
(b) while controlling the vehicle can at all times have a full view of the road and traffic ahead of the vehicle.
(2) The driver’s seat of every motor vehicle, other than a bus or light bus, shall be secured to the body of the vehicle and shall measure at least 380 millimetres from the backrest to the front edge of the seat and 380 millimetres along the back, except that where the vehicle is fitted with a continuous seat for a passenger or passengers beside the driver the space available for passengers under regulation 27 shall be measured from a point 380 millimetres from that part of the seat nearest to the centre of the steering wheel.
(3) The driver’s seat of every motor vehicle, other than a bus or light bus, shall be capable of being adjusted in relation to the steering wheel of the vehicle so that it can be moved from 350 millimetres to at least 450 millimetres from the steering wheel measured from the nearest point on the periphery of the steering wheel to the nearest part of the back of the driver’s seat.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the driver’s seat of every vehicle shall be so placed as to permit the driver to give by hand the usual traffic signals on the right or off side of the vehicle.
(5) The Commissioner may by permit in writing, subject to such terms and conditions and for such period as appears to him fit, authorize the use of a motor vehicle which does not comply with paragraph (4).

### 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》

27. Passenger seating capacity
(1) No vehicle shall be provided with seating capacity for passengers in excess of the seating capacity for that class of vehicle specified in the Third Schedule.
(2) The seating capacity for passengers in a bus or special purpose vehicle shall be the seating capacity specified in the registration document issued in respect of that vehicle, and no bus or special purpose vehicle shall be provided with seating capacity in excess of the seating capacity so specified.
(3) No seating capacity for passengers shall be provided in an invalid carriage, trailer, tricycle or pedestrian-controlled vehicle.
(4) Subject to regulation 26, every seat in a vehicle shall be secured to the body of the vehicle and shall, except in the case of a bus or light bus, measure at least 380 millimetres from the backrest to the front edge of the seat and 380 millimetres along the back.
(5) In calculating the seating capacity of a vehicle for the purposes of this regulation—
(a) only those seats that are provided in accordance with paragraph (4) or regulation 73, as the case may be, shall be taken into account; and
(b) no account shall be taken of any space on a seat which is less than 380 millimetres.

28. Safety glass or safety glazing
(1) The glass or transparent material used in all windscreens, windows and partitions of a motor vehicle shall be safety glass or safety glazing—
(a) of a type approved by the Commissioner;
(b) of such transparency that it does not obscure the view of the interior of the motor vehicle; and
(c) where practicable, clearly identifiable as safety glass or safety glazing by a permanent mark inscribed thereon.
(2) No alteration or addition shall be made to any windscreen, window or partition referred to in paragraph (1) whereby the reflecting effect of the safety glass or safety glazing is increased, or whereby the ability of such safety glass or safety glazing to transmit light is decreased. (L.N. 203 of 1990)
(3) The Commissioner shall by notice in the Gazette specify the type of safety glass or safety glazing approved by him for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a).

### 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》

29. Windscreen wipers and washers
(1) In the case of a vehicle which is fitted with a windscreen, other than a motor cycle, invalid carriage or trailer, the vehicle shall be fitted with one or more efficient automatic windscreen wipers, unless the driver can obtain an adequate view to the front of the vehicle without looking through the windscreen.
(2) The windscreen wipers required by paragraph (1) shall be capable of clearing the windscreen so that the driver has an adequate view of the road in front of the near and off sides of the vehicle in addition to an adequate view to the front of the vehicle.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), every motor vehicle which is required by paragraph (1) to be fitted with one or more efficient automatic windscreen wipers shall be fitted with a windscreen washer capable of clearing, in conjunction with those windscreen wipers, the area of the windscreen swept by those windscreen wipers of mud or other similar deposit.
(4) Paragraph (3) shall not apply to—
(a) a land tractor; or
(b) any vehicle which is incapable by reason of its construction of exceeding a speed of 35 kilometres per hour on the level under its own power.

30. Silencers
(1) Every vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine shall be fitted with a silencer, expansion chamber or other contrivance suitable and sufficient for reducing, as far as may be reasonable, the noise caused by the escape of the exhaust gases from the engine.
(2) Every vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine and used on any road shall be so constructed and maintained that the exhaust gases from the engine shall not escape into the atmosphere without first passing through the silencer, expansion chamber or other contrivance required to be fitted under paragraph (1).
(3) Every such silencer, expansion chamber or other contrivance shall at all times while the vehicle is used on a road be maintained in good and efficient working order, and shall not have been altered or replaced in such a way that the noise caused by the escape of the exhaust gases is made greater by the alteration or replacement.