Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 35

Mudguards and mudflaps

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Every motor vehicle, other than a bus, light bus, goods vehicle or special
purpose vehicle, shall be equipped with mudguards or other similar fittings
extending to cover the full width of each wheel and tyre and extending
sufficiently around the circumference of each wheel and tyre to catch, so far
as reasonably practicable, mud or water thrown up by the rotation of the
wheels, unless adequate protection is afforded by the body of the vehicle.
(L.N. 113 of 1998)

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), every bus, light bus, goods vehicle or special
purpose vehicle shall be equipped with-

   (a)  mudguards at all wheels; and

   (b)  mudflaps behind the rearmost wheels, which shall be of specifications
        approved by the Commissioner as being reasonably necessary to ensure
        that, so far as is reasonably practicable, mud or water thrown up by
        the rotation of the wheels is caught. (L.N. 113 of 1998)

(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply if the body of the bus, light bus, goods
vehicle or special purpose vehicle affords adequate protection to catch, so
far as is reasonably practicable, mud or water thrown up by the rotation of
the wheels. (L.N. 113 of 1998)

(4) The Commissioner shall by notice in the Gazette publish the specifications
of mudguards and mudflaps approved by him for the purpose of paragraph (2).
(L.N. 113 of 1998)

(5) In this regulation, "mudflap" (擋泥翼) means a device that acts as a
lower extension to a mudguard. (L.N. 113 of 1998)

"mudflap" (擋泥翼)