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Friday, July 27, 1973

Two other amendments to the regulations have also been approved to

reduce road danger.

With immediate effect it will be an offence for a notorist to allow

any part of his vehicle to cross over continuous double white lines painted

on the road surface.

However, there will be certain exceptions, such as conforming with

a direction given by a traffic sign or a uniformed police officer, or when

it is necessary to avoid accidents.

In places where the double white line is continuous on one side,

but broken on the other, a motorist commits an offence if he crosses the

continuous white line nearest to him. But he is permitted to cross over the

broken white line, when it is nearest to him, provided it is safe to do so.

The other amendment closes loopholes which existed under the old

regulations dealing with certain powers of the Commissioner for Transport to

prohibit specified vehicles from driving in designated zones, and restricting

vehicles from picking up and setting down passengers or loading and unloading

goods in certain zones at specified times.

A number of minor amendments to the Road Traffic (Registration and

Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations have also been approved. Up until now the

law has required a licence disc to be displayed on a vehicle but has not

specified that the disc must be a valid one, This has been put right.

The Commissioner for Transport is empowered by another amendment to

issue permite authorising the use of unregistered vehicles (including trailers)

within construction sites and the precincts of Hong Kong airport.

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