THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 19, 1935.
Motor vehicles,-Contd.
This regulation shall not apply to motor omnibuses. See regulation 175.
123. The speed of a commercial motor vehicle shall not exceed fifteen miles per hour. The maximum nett load which a commercial motor vehicle may carry shall be deter- mined by the Inspector General of Police and shall be stated in the licence of the vehicle and shall also be painted on the vehicle in a position and manner to his satisfaction.
124. The speed of a motor omnibus shall not exceed twenty miles per hour.
125. Except with the permission in writing of the Inspector General of Police no person other than the driver and persons actually employed by the licensee or hirer shall travel on a commercial motor vehicle nor except with permission as aforesaid shall the total number of such employees in or upon the vehicle exceed six excluding the driver.
126. All commercial motor vehicles and motor omnibuses shall be fitted with a driving mirror to the satis- faction of the Inspector General of Police.
127. The licensee of a commercial motor vehicle shall maintain his vehicle in a proper state of cleanliness and repair, to the satisfaction of the Inspector General of Police.
128. A European police officer may require the driver of a motor vehicle which is laden to drive such vehicle or to cause it to be driven or brought to any weighing-machine in order that the weight of the vehicle and load may be ascertained. The driver of such vehicle shall to the best of his ability afford all reasonable facilities for the purpose.
129. The diameter of any wheel of a motor vehicle which is fitted with a solid rubber tyre shall not be less than two feet six inches. All tyres (other than pneumatic) of motor vehicles shall be of materials, width and design to be approved by the Inspector General of Police.
All anti-skidding devices for attachment to the wheels or tyres of motor vehicles shall be of materials and design to be approved by the Inspector General of Police.
130. The tyre of each wheel of a motor vehicle used on any road in the New Territories (other than New Kowloon) shall be pneumatic, provided that in circumstances which the Inspector General of Police may deem to be exceptional he may issue a written permit allowing the substitution of other tyres approved by him for the wheels of a motor vehicle used only on such roads in the New Territories (other than New Kowloon) and during such period as he may name in such permit.
131. A motor vehicle shall have suitable and sufficient springs between each axle and the frame of the chassis and shall otherwise be in good order and condition to the satis- faction of the Inspector General of Police.
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