1964_ROAD_TRAFFIC_(TRAFFIC_CONTROL)_REGULATIONS — Page 6

CAP. 374] Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations

[Subsidiary]

[1989 Ed.

"crossing" means a crossing made under these regulations available on a road for the use of pedestrians;

"Director" means the Director of Highways; (L.N. 127 of 1986)

"dual-carriageway road" means a road in which under these regulations there are 2 separated carriageways for the passage of vehicles travelling in opposite directions;

"excavation" means any opening, hole or trench executed in any road; "footway" means a pavement comprised in a road with a right of way on foot only;

"franchised bus" means a bus in respect of which a franchise is in force under the Public Bus Services Ordinance (Cap. 230);

"hours of darkness" means the time between a quarter of an hour after sunset and a quarter of an hour before sunrise;

"kerb" means a border of stone, concrete or other rigid material formed at the edge of a carriageway;

"lay by" means an area by the side of a road intended as a stopping place for any vehicle, unless otherwise indicated by a traffic sign or a road marking, and separated from the main carriageway by a road marking shown in Figure No. 606 in Schedule 2;

"light signal" means an illuminated signal to control vehicular traffic or pedestrians;

"light signal crossing" means a crossing delineated in accordance with Figure No. 803 in Schedule 4 at which light signals in accordance with Figure No. 701 in Schedule 3 operate;

"major road" means a road or roundabout at a road junction into which vehicular traffic emerges from a minor road;

"minor road" means a road immediately before a road junction between that road and another road or roundabout, on which the sign shown in Figure No. 101 or 102 in Schedule 1 is erected under these regulations or the marking shown in Figure No. 508 in Schedule 2 is placed;

"obstruction" means any material, machinery, tools, rubbish, vehicle or other thing placed upon any road in such a manner as to obstruct or endanger the passage of any person or of any vehicle on the road;

"one way street" means any road in which the driving of vehicles otherwise than in one direction is prohibited under these regulations;

"passing place" means a local widening of a road to enable vehicles to pass or overtake each other;

"pedestrian-controlled vehicle" has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2 of the Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.);

"pedestrian priority zone" means an area designated under regulation 40; "pedestrian refuge" means an area made available under these regulations on a road for the use of pedestrians only at a crossing;