Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (TRAFFIC CONTROL) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 10

Box junctions

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), no person shall drive a vehicle into a
box junction unless he will be immediately able to drive the vehicle wholly
out of the box junction.

(2) subregulation (1) shall not apply-

   (a)  to a vehicle which is being driven for any fire services, ambulance,
        police or customs and excise service purpose if compliance with
        subregulation (1) is likely to hinder the use of that vehicle for that
        purpose;

   (b)  where a vehicle is driven into a box junction on the direction of, or
        with the permission of, a police officer in uniform or traffic warden
        in uniform; or

   (c)  to a vehicle driven into a box junction marked in accordance with
        Figure No. 514 in Schedule 2 from a traffic lane marked with a right
        turn directional arrow of the type shown in Figure No. 509 in Schedule
        2 to a position where the vehicle can conveniently wait to make a
        right turn and which is prevented from being driven out of the
        box junction by other stationary vehicles in or near the box junction
        waiting to complete a right turn, or by vehicles moving in the
        opposite direction. (L.N. 242 of 1987)