Road Traffic (Amendment) Rules 2008

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 19 Dec 2008

No. S 652

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Amendment) Rules 2008

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 140 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Amendment) Rules 2008 and shall come into operation on 20th December 2008.

Amendment of rule 1A

2. Rule 1A of the Road Traffic Rules (R 20) is amended by inserting, immediately before the definition of “Demerit Points No Parking Zone”, the following definitions:

“ “Bus Give-Way Box” means the section of a road marked as a Bus Give-Way Box under rule 7(15) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules (R 33);

“Bus Give-Way Controlled Area” means the section of a road marked as a Bus Give-Way Controlled Area under rule 7(14) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules;

“Bus Give-Way Line” means the line marked on a road which separates a Bus Give-Way Controlled Area and a Bus Give-Way Box, referred to in the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules;”.

New rule 26A

3. The Road Traffic Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 26, the following rule:

“Vehicles to give way to and not to obstruct buses entering, etc., Bus Give-Way Box

26A.—(1) Where —

(a)	a bus is entering a Bus Give-Way Box from a bus bay; or
(b)	a bus which is at a bus bay stops before entering a Bus Give-Way Box and the driver of the bus signals his intention to turn the bus into the Bus Give-Way Box,

the driver or rider of a vehicle, driving or riding the vehicle in a Bus Give-Way Controlled Area and approaching the Bus Give-Way Box, shall stop before the Bus Give-Way Line and give way to the bus entering or waiting to enter the Bus Give-Way Box.

(2) No person shall drive or ride any vehicle in, or cause or permit any vehicle to remain in, a Bus Give-Way Box so as to cause obstruction to any bus entering or about to enter the Bus Give-Way Box from a bus bay.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 211/2002; S 214/2003; S 67/2005; S 157/2007]

Made this 5th day of December 2008.

CHOI SHING KWOK

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/RY/IE/RT(TS)08; AG/LEG/SL/276/2005/40 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).

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