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"overall height" means the height of a vehicle standing on a level surface with all tyres inflated to normal pressure, measured vertically from such surface to the highest point of such vehicle or of the load on such vehicle whichever is the higher;
"'overall length" means the length of a vehicle measured between parallel planes passing through the extreme projecting points of the vehicle exclusive of....
(a) any starting handle;
(b) any hood when down;
(c) any telescopic fog lamp when extended;
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(d) any ladder which does not project more than six inches
beyond the body of the vehicle:
"overall width" means the width measured between parallel planes passing through the extreme projecting points of the vehicle exclusive of the driving mirror, pass lights which do not increase the overall width by more than six inches and of any direction indicator when in operation and of so much of the distortion of any tyre as is caused by the weight of the vehicle;
"overhang" means the distance measured horizontally and
parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle between two vertical planes or right angles to such axis passing through the two points specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this definition respectively, namely
(a) the rearmost point of the vehicle exclusive of-
(i) any hood when down;
(b)
(ii) any luggage carrier fitted to a car; and
(iii) any ladder which does not project more than six inches beyond the body of the vehicle;
(i) in the case of a motor vehicle having only two axles one of which is not a steering axle through the centre point of that axle; and
(ii) in the case of a motor vehicle having only three axles where the front axle is the only steering axle, through a point four inches in rear of the centre of a straight line joining the centre points of the rear and middle axles; and
(fil) in any other case through a point situated on the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and such that a line drawn from it at right angles to that axis will pass through the centre of the minimum turning circle of the vehicle;
"pneumatic tyre" means a tyre which complies in all respects
with the following requirements—
(a) it shall be provided with a continuous closed chamber containing air at a pressure substantially exceeding atmospheric pressure when the tyre is in the condition in which it is normally used, but is not subjected in any load:
(b) it shall be capable of being inflated and deflated without
removal from the wheel or vehicle;
(e) it shall be of such construction that when it is deflated and is subjected to a normal load, the sides of the tyre collapse;
"registered" means registered or deemed to have been registered
for the first time under the Vehicle and Road Traffic (Cap. 290). Ordinance;
"safety glass" means glass so constructed or treated that if fractured it does not fly into fragments capable of causing severe cuts;
"stop light" means a device fitted to a motor vehicle for the purpose of intimating the intention of the driver of the vehicle to stop or slow down;
"track laying in relation to a vehicle means that the vehicle is so designed and constructed that the weight thereof is transmitted to the road surface either by means of continuous tracks or by a combination of wheels and continuous tracks in such circumstances that the weight transmitted to the road surface by the tracks is not less than half the weight of the vehicle;
"warning instrument" means any instrument fitted to or carried on or in a vehicle for audibly signalling its approach or
presence;