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CAP. 215]
Eastern Harbour Crossing Road Tunnel By-laws
[1989 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
7.
Directions of tunnel officers to be obeyed
The driver of a vehicle shall comply with any order, signal, requirement or instruction given or made by a tunnel officer in the course of his duty as such.
8. Lane changing
The driver of a vehicle shall not, unless authorized to do so by a tunnel officer or by a traffic sign, cause or permit his vehicle or any part of it to be on or over or to cross the continuous double lines dividing the road tunnel into traffic lanes.
9. Meaning of traffic signs and road markings
(1) The meaning of a prescribed traffic sign or a prescribed road marking shall be in accordance with its content and the note relating to the figure of that sign or marking in the Schedule.
(2) The meaning of a traffic sign or road marking prescribed by the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap.374 sub. leg.) shall be in accordance with its content and the note relating to the figure of that sign or marking in the Schedules to those regulations.
10. Traffic signs and road markings to be obeyed
The driver of a vehicle shall comply with the requirement indicated by
(a) a traffic sign of the type shown in any of the Figure Nos. 1 to 12, and 15 to 18 in the Schedule:
(b) such traffic sign or road marking prescribed by the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap.374 sub. leg.) erected and/or placed or otherwise by the Road Company within the tunnel area pursuant to the powers vested in the Road Company under the regulations as the Road Company shall deem fit for the purpose of regulating traffic.
11. Traffic confined to left-hand lane
(1) The following vehicles shall, except when otherwise directed by a tunnel officer, be driven only in the nearside lane of a road tunnel-
(a) a bus;
(b) a goods vehicle having a permitted gross vehicle weight in excess of 5.5 tonnes;
(c) a vehicle requiring a permit under by-law 18;
(d) a vehicle to which by-law 19 applies;
(e) a vehicle towing another vehicle.
(2) In paragraph (1) “bus" and "goods vehicle" have the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap.374).