Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 72

Height of gangways

(1) In every bus-

   (a)  the clear height at every point along the centre line of any gangway
        between the limits specified in paragraph (3) shall be 1.72 metres;

   (b)  except in respect of any part of any gangway placed on the off side of
        the bus which is required only to provide access to the foremost
        passenger seat in the bus, the clear height shall, outside the limits
        specified in paragraph (3), be not less than the clear height
        prescribed in relation to the bus in sub-paragraph (a) of this
        paragraph reduced by 100 millimetres;

(2) No part of any gangway in the top deck of a double-decked bus shall
project into the compartment or other space provided for the accommodation of
the driver in such a manner as to incommode the driver or cause his view of
the road to the front of the bus or to the sides thereof to be restricted.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the clear height prescribed in paragraph (1)(a)
shall, in the case of the lower deck of a double-decked  bus, extend
throughout the gangway and in any other case shall extend from the front edge
of the foremost passenger seat adjacent to the gangway to the front edge of
the rearmost passenger seat adjacent to that gangway.

(4) Where any gangway is on the off side of the bus, it shall be a sufficient
compliance with paragraph (1)(a) if the clear height of 1.72 metres extends
from a point 460 millimetres behind the front edge of the foremost
passenger seat adjacent to that gangway to the front edge of the rearmost
passenger seat adjacent thereto.

(5) In every light bus the clear height at every point along the centre line
of any gangway in the light bus, except for a distance of 300 millimetres
along that line measured from each entrance and exit, shall be not less than
1.37 metres and, in the case of the said distance, shall be not less than 1.2
metres.