Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 8

Overhang

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), the overhang of a motor vehicle
shall not exceed 60 per cent of the distance between the plane perpendicular
to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle which passes through the centre or
centres of the front wheel or wheels and the foremost vertical plane from
which the overhang is to be measured.

(2) In the case of a vehicle designed for use and mainly used for the purpose
of heating a road or other like surface in the process of construction, repair
or maintenance, no part of the heating plant shall be taken into account when
calculating the overhang under paragraph (1).

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where a vehicle is to be used on a road and
the Commissioner considers that the percentage of overhang permitted by that
paragraph could create a hazard to traffic he may specify such lesser
percentage of overhang as he considers appropriate, and the overhang of that
vehicle shall not exceed such lesser specified percentage.

(4) This regulation shall not apply to-

   (a)  a vehicle designed for use and used solely in connection with street
        cleansing, the collection or disposal of refuse or the collection or
        disposal of the contents of gullies or cesspools; and

   (b)  a goods vehicle so designed that it can dispose of its load by tipping
        to the rear provided the overhang does not exceed 1.2 metres.