1989 Ed.]
Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations
[CAP. 374
G7
[Subsidiary]
"person in the public service of the Crown" means a person who is—
(a) a public officer;
(b) a member of Her Majesty's armed forces; or
(c) a member of--
(i) the Royal Hong Kong Regiment;
(ii) the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force;
(iii) the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force;
(iv) the Essential Services Corps;
(v) the Civil Aid Services;
(vi) the Auxiliary Medical Services; or
(vii) the Auxiliary Fire Services;
"poor visibility conditions" means, in relation to a vehicle used or driven on a road other than in the hours of darkness, such conditions adversely affecting visibility (whether consisting of, or including, fog, smoke, heavy rain or spray, dense cloud, or any similar condition) as seriously reduce the ability of the driver (after the appropriate use by him of any windscreen wiper, demister, or washer) to see other vehicles or persons on the road, or the ability of other users of the road to see his vehicle;
"prescribed road marking" means a road marking of the size, colour and type prescribed in Schedule 2 or 4;
"prescribed traffic sign" means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed in Schedule 1, 3 or 4;
"prohibited zone" means an area designated as a prohibited zone under regulation 14(1)(a);
"rail stop" means a designated rail stop under the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Regulations (Cap. 372 sub. leg.); (L.N. 242 of 1987) “restricted zone” means an area designated as a restricted zone under regulation 14(1)(b);
"road works" means any excavation, structural or maintenance work or any other work executed on or near the road together with the area for-
(a) the storage of any material;
(b) the storage and operation of any constructional plant; and (c) the construction of any temporary structure in connection with road works;
"roundabout” means a road junction designed for the movement of traffic in one direction round a central island;
"school crossing patrol" means any person authorized under regulation 34 to act as a school crossing patrol while so acting;
"school crossing patrol sign" means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type shown in Figure No. 804 in Schedule 4;
"stud" means a mark or device on a carriageway, whether or not projecting above the surface of the carriageway;
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