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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 7, 1916.
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52. If a heavy motor car be propelled by steam, smokeless coal only shall be used, no ashes, cinders, water, or oil shall be allowed to fall on the surface of any street or road, and all precautions shall be taken to reduce the escape of steam and smoke to a minimum.
53. The load of a heavy motor car, including the weight of any water, fuel, or ac- cumulators used for the purpose of propulsion, shall not exceed five tons.
54. Any European police officer not under the rank of sergeant may require the person driving or in charge of any heavy motor car which is laden to drive the heavy motor car, or to cause it to be driven or brought, to any weighing machine which is situated within half a mile of the place where such heavy motor car is found, and the said officer may then cause the weight of the load to be ascertained, and the person driving or in charge of the heavy motor car shall comply with any such requirement, and shall, to the best of his ability, afford all such facilities as may be reasonably neces- sary for the purpose of ascertaining the weight of the load as aforesaid.
55. No part of the load of a heavy motor car shall be allowed to project beyond any part of the heavy motor car.
56. A copy of the appropriate portion of Table D shall be inserted in every licence and shall be exhibited in a conspicuous position in every public vehicle to the satisfac- tion of the Captain Superintendent of Police.
Rule of the Road.
57. Every vehicle when in motion shall keep to its own left side of the road.
58. Every vehicle when meeting any other vehicle and when meeting any convey- ance used solely on a tramway shall pass such vehicle or conveyance by keeping to its own left side of the road.
59.-(1.) Any vehicle when overtaking any other vehicle shall pass it by keeping to the right of such other vehicle and when overtaking any conveyance used solely on a tramway shall pass it by keeping to the left of such conveyance, unless there be insufficient road space, and shall in any case take special care to avoid any accident.
(2.) Any vehicle when being overtaken by any other vehicle or by any conveyance used solely on a tramway shall move as far as possible to the left to allow such vehicle or such conveyance to pass on its right.
60. Every chair, and every other vehicle travelling at a slow speed, shall keep as close as possible to the extreme edge of its own left side of the road, unless a tramcar be thereby obstructed.
Traffic.
61. No driver shall by negligence or misbehaviour cause any hurt or damage to any vehicle, or to any person, animal, or thing, on any road, or in any vehicle, or tramcar, any road.
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62. No driver shall be asleep or intoxicated while driving, or while otherwise in charge of any vehicle.
63.-(1.) No driver shall leave his vehicle unattended in any road.
(2.) No licensee shall allow any truck, trolley, cart, van, or public horsed carriage to be left unattended either by day or night in any street whether public or private.
(3.) For the purposes of this regulation an attendant is required for every one vehicle, and the licensee must see that such is provided.
64. No driver shall allow his vehicle to obstruct any vehicle or person on any road, or any car or wagon on a tramway.
65.-(1.) No driver shall be in such a position while his vehicle is on a road that he has not full control over the vehicle, and the animal drawing it, if any.
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