1989 Ed.] Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations

[CAP. 374

G 33

[Subsidiary]

43. Audible warning device

No person shall use any audible warning device on a vehicle on a road except to warn any person on or near a road of danger.

44. Vacating a motor vehicle; and opening of door of a vehicle

(1) No person in charge of a motor vehicle on a road shall vacate the vehicle-

(a) without having stopped the engine; and

(b) where the vehicle is fitted with a brake capable of being set, without having set the brake so as effectually to prevent 2 at least, or in the case of a vehicle with only 3 wheels, 1 at least of the wheels from revolving:

Provided that paragraph (a) shall not apply-

(i) to prevent the working of the engine of a fire services vehicle for fire fighting or pumping purposes; or

(ii) where the vehicle is designed so that the engine is used for purposes other than the propulsion of the vehicle and the driver is in attendance.

(2) No person shall open or cause or permit to be opened any door of a motor vehicle or trailer on a road so as to cause injury or danger to any person.

45. Stopping

Subject to regulation 14 and to any direction given by a police officer in uniform or traffic warden in uniform, a driver of a vehicle on a road shall not stop within an area designated as a-

(a) bus stop unless the vehicle is a franchised bus, or where the bus stop is also designated as a public light bus stopping place or public light bus stand under the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.), a public light bus;

(b) public light bus stopping place or public light bus stand under the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.), unless the vehicle is a public light bus or, where the stopping place or stand is also designated as a bus stop, a franchised bus;

(c) taxi stand under the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.), unless the vehicle is a taxi; or

(d) rail stop.

(L.N. 242 of 1987)

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