Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 5

Construction and maintenance

PART II

GENERAL

(1) Every vehicle including all body work and fittings shall be-

   (a)  soundly and properly constructed of suitable materials;

   (b)  in good and serviceable condition; and

   (c)  of such design and method of construction as to be capable of
        withstanding the loads and stresses likely to be encountered in
        operation.

(2) The side door latches and hinges of all vehicles shall be of adequate
strength.

(3) Subject to paragraph (5), no part of a motor vehicle, other than the
wheels or tracks of such vehicle, and, in the case of a goods vehicle carrying
inflammable goods, the earthing chain of such vehicle, shall touch the road.

(4) Every windscreen wiper and every direction indicator required by these
regulations to be fitted to a motor vehicle, and every part of every braking
system and of the means of operation thereof fitted to a motor vehicle or
trailer, and all steering gear fitted to a motor vehicle, shall at all times
while the motor vehicle or trailer is used on a road be maintained in good and
efficient working order and be properly adjusted.

(5) Paragraph (3) shall not apply to engineering plant, an industrial tractor,
land locomotive and land tractor.