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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 6, 1912.

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60. No driver shall be in such a position while his vehicle' is on a road that he has not full control over the vehicle, and the animal drawing it, if any.

61. The driver of every vehicle shall promptly obey all directions and signals given" for the purpose of regulating traffic by any police officer in uniform.

62. The driver of every vehicle shall obey the directions of any police officer in uni- form as to where he is to place his vehicle while waiting on a road.

63. The driver of every vehicle shall stop his vehicle, and produce his driver licence, if any, for inspection, and give his true name and address, after a collision with any vehicle, person, animal or thing, and whenever required by a police officer to do so.

64. No person shall within the City of Victoria drive any motor bicycle, motor tricy- cle, or motor car, at a higher speed than ten miles an hour.

65. No person shall drive any heavy motor car at a higher speed than eight miles an hour. Provided that the speed of a heavy motor car shall not exceed five miles an hour-

(a.) If the weight of the heavy motor car unladen exceeds four tons, or

(b.) If the total weight of the load and of the heavy motor car unladen exceeds

six tons, or

(c.) If any one of the wheels of the heavy motor car is fitted with a tire which is

neither pneumatic nor of a soft or elastic material.

66 No person shall drive any vehicle on any street or road recklessly or negligently, or at a speed or in a manner which is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature, condition, and use of the street or road, and to the amount of traffic which actually is at the time, or which might reasonably be expected to be, on the street or road.

67. Warning Signals, directing drivers of motor bicycles, motor tricycles, motor cars and heavy motor cars, to go slow and dead slow respectively, shall be maintained at or near the positions specified in the following table. Every driver of a motor bicycle, motor tricycle, motor car and heavy motor car shall accordingly go slow or dead slow, as the case may be, from such Warning Signal until he shall have passed the place of danger indicated by such Warning Signal.

A RED SIGNAL

signifies a direction to go Slow.

A RED SIGNAL

signifies a direction to go Dead Slow,

Table.

No.

Position of Signal.

Speed.

1 Gap Road, top of hill,

Slow.

Queen's Road Central, near the north-western corner of Murray

Barracks,

Dead Slow

3

Queen's Road Central, near the north-eastern corner of the Parade

Ground,.....

Do.

Garden Road, near the north-western corner of Murray Barracks,...

Do.

Garden Road, near St. John's Cathedral,.

Slow.

Lower Albert Road, near the north-eastern corner of the extension

to the Government Offices,

Dead Slow.

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