Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 65

Steps, platforms and stairs

(1) In every bus and light bus-

   (a)  the top of the tread of the lowest step provided at any entrance or
        exit, other than an emergency exit, shall be not more than 450
        millimetres nor less than 250 millimetres above the ground when the
        vehicle is empty;

   (b)  all steps shall be fitted with non-slip treads; and

   (c)  fixed steps shall be not less than 230 millimetres in depth and shall
        in no case project laterally beyond the body of the vehicle unless
        they are so protected by the front wings of the vehicle or otherwise
        that they are not liable to injure pedestrians.

(2) In every bus-

   (a)  any rear platform shall be not more than 450 millimetres nor less than
        250 millimetres above the ground when the vehicle is empty;

   (b)  the outer edge of any rear platform shall be fitted with non-slip
        treads; and

   (c)  risers shall not be more than 270 millimetres in height.

(3) Without prejudice to paragraph (1), in the case of a double-decked bus-

   (a)  the risers of all steps leading from the lower to the upper deck shall
        be closed and no unguarded aperture shall be left at the top landing
        board;

   (b)  all steps leading from the lower to the upper deck shall be fitted
        with non-slip treads;

   (c)  the horizontal distance from the nearest point of the riser of the top
        step to the vertical line passing through the nearest point of the
        seat opposite to the top tread of the staircase, excluding any grab
        rail which does not project more than 200 millimetres from the back of
        the seat, shall not be less than 600 millimetres; and

   (d)  the outer stringer of an outside staircase shall be so constructed, or
        a band shall be so placed, as to act as a screen to persons ascending
        or descending, and the height of the outer guard rail shall not be
        less than 1.2 metres above the front of the tread of each step.

(4) The deck of every bus shall be fitted with a non-slip surface.