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Formal Consolidation |  1990 RevEd
Lines, markings or traffic devices on roads
7.—(1)  Lines, markings and other traffic devices may be drawn or placed on a road to indicate —
(a)the position where vehicles shall stop or reduce speed when required to do so by a traffic sign, or a police officer engaged in the control of traffic;
(b)the course and direction to be followed by traffic;
(c)a street refuge;
(d)places reserved for bus terminals, bus stops, taxi stands, taxi stops, trishaw stands, motor-cycle parks, bicycle parks, car parks, coach parks, lorry parks, trailer parks, loading and unloading bays and vehicles of handicapped persons;
(e)a pedestrian crossing;
(ea)a bicycle crossing;
[S 538/95 wef 01/12/1995]
(f)the edge of the road;
(g)a central reservation which divides the road for the safety or guidance of traffic;
(h)a yellow box;
(i)a road shoulder along an expressway;
(j)a bus lane;
(k)the section of the road where parking of vehicles is restricted or prohibited;
(l)the boundary on the road which no vehicle, whether overtaking other vehicles or not, shall cross; and
(m)a parking place or a public service vehicle stand.
(2)  The lines, markings and other traffic devices drawn or placed on a road shall be painted or indicated by other suitable material in white, yellow or red.
(3)  The width of longitudinal lines on a road shall not be less than 100 mm and the width of transverse lines on a road shall not be less than 200 mm.
(4)  A zebra pedestrian crossing is indicated by markings across a road as shown in diagrams 135 to 137 in Part III of the Schedule and such crossing may also be identified on either side of the road by a pair of —
(a)traffic signs facing approaching vehicles as set out in diagram 125 (a) in Part III of the Schedule;
(b)amber beacons of not less than 300 mm in diameter which may be intermittently or otherwise internally illuminated;
(c)red or amber lights as set out in diagram 125 (b) in Part III of the Schedule.
(5)  A signalised pedestrian crossing is indicated by two parallel white lines each of not less than 300 mm in width and spaced not less than 3,000 mm apart from centre to centre from one edge of the road to the other as shown in diagrams 140 (a) and 145 in Part III of the Schedule.
[S 636/98 wef 01/01/1999]
(6)  A pedestrian crossing (other than a signalised pedestrian crossing) at a signal-controlled junction is indicated by two parallel yellow lines each of not less than 300 mm in width and spaced not less than 3,000 mm apart from the centre to centre from one edge of the road to the other as shown in diagram 140 (e) in Part III of the Schedule.
(6A)  A signalised bicycle crossing is indicated by two parallel white lines each of not less than 300 mm in width and spaced not less than 3,000 mm apart from the centre of one line to the other and with the two lines running from one edge of the road, subway or bridge, as the case may be, to the other as shown in diagram 145A in Part III of the Schedule.
[S 538/95 wef 01/12/1995]
(7)  A yellow box is indicated by yellow lines connecting the 4 corners of an area of road at a road junction or on any part of the road as shown in diagrams 140 (a) to 140 (d) in Part III of the Schedule.
(8)  A road shoulder is the strip constructed with a surface suitable for motor vehicles to move along or stop, along the left (nearside) or right (offside) of a road and is demarcated from the road by a continuous white marginal line of not less than 300 mm in width as shown in diagram 151 (e) in Part III of the Schedule.
(9)  The edge of a road is indicated by a continuous or broken white marginal line of not less than 300 mm in width as shown in diagrams 139 (b) and 139 (c) in Part III of the Schedule.
(10)  A bus lane is the section of a road marked by a longitudinal continuous yellow line of not less than 300 mm in width and transverse yellow lines of not less than 200 mm in width and 1,200 mm in length as shown in diagrams 115 (a) to 115 (d) in Part III of the Schedule.
(11)  The boundary which no vehicle shall cross under paragraph (1)(l) is indicated by continuous double white lines as shown in diagram 150 (a) in Part III of the Schedule.
(12)  A parking place or a public service vehicle stand is indicated by broken or continuous lines as shown in diagram 156 in Part III of the Schedule.
Informal Consolidation | Amended S 636/1998
Lines, markings or traffic devices on roads
7.—(1)  Lines, markings and other traffic devices may be drawn or placed on a road to indicate —
(a)the position where vehicles shall stop or reduce speed when required to do so by a traffic sign, or a police officer engaged in the control of traffic;
(b)the course and direction to be followed by traffic;
(c)a street refuge;
(d)places reserved for bus terminals, bus stops, taxi stands, taxi stops, trishaw stands, motor-cycle parks, bicycle parks, car parks, coach parks, lorry parks, trailer parks, loading and unloading bays and vehicles of handicapped persons;
(e)a pedestrian crossing;
(ea)a bicycle crossing;
[S 538/95 wef 01/12/1995]
(f)the edge of the road;
(g)a central reservation which divides the road for the safety or guidance of traffic;
(h)a yellow box;
(i)a road shoulder along an expressway;
(j)a bus lane;
(k)the section of the road where parking of vehicles is restricted or prohibited;
(l)the boundary on the road which no vehicle, whether overtaking other vehicles or not, shall cross; and
(m)a parking place or a public service vehicle stand.
(2)  The lines, markings and other traffic devices drawn or placed on a road shall be painted or indicated by other suitable material in white, yellow or red.
(3)  The width of longitudinal lines on a road shall not be less than 100 mm and the width of transverse lines on a road shall not be less than 200 mm.
(4)  A zebra pedestrian crossing is indicated by markings across a road as shown in diagram 142(a), 142(b), 143(a), 143(b), 144(a) or 144(b) in Part III of the Schedule and such crossing may, in addition, also be identified on either side of the road by a pair of —
(a)traffic signs facing approaching vehicles as set out in diagram 125(a) in Part III of the Schedule; or
(b)amber beacons of not less than 300 mm in diameter which may be intermittently or otherwise internally illuminated.
[S 636/98 wef 01/01/1999]
(5)  A signalised pedestrian crossing is indicated by two parallel white lines each of not less than 200 mm in width and spaced not less than 3,000 mm apart from centre to centre from one edge of the road to the other as shown in diagrams 140 (a) and 145 in Part III of the Schedule.
[S 636/98 wef 01/01/1999]
(6)  A pedestrian crossing (other than a signalised pedestrian crossing) at a signal-controlled junction is indicated by two parallel yellow lines each of not less than 300 mm in width and spaced not less than 3,000 mm apart from the centre to centre from one edge of the road to the other as shown in diagram 140 (e) in Part III of the Schedule.
(6A)  A signalised bicycle crossing is indicated by two parallel white lines each of not less than 300 mm in width and spaced not less than 3,000 mm apart from the centre of one line to the other and with the two lines running from one edge of the road, subway or bridge, as the case may be, to the other as shown in diagram 145A in Part III of the Schedule.
[S 538/95 wef 01/12/1995]
(7)  A yellow box is indicated by yellow lines connecting the 4 corners of an area of road at a road junction or on any part of the road as shown in diagrams 140 (a) to 140 (d) in Part III of the Schedule.
(8)  A road shoulder is the strip constructed with a surface suitable for motor vehicles to move along or stop, along the left (nearside) or right (offside) of a road and is demarcated from the road by a continuous white marginal line of not less than 300 mm in width as shown in diagram 151 (e) in Part III of the Schedule.
(9)  The edge of a road is indicated by a continuous or broken white marginal line of not less than 300 mm in width as shown in diagrams 139 (b) and 139 (c) in Part III of the Schedule.
(10)  A bus lane is the section of a road marked by a longitudinal continuous yellow line of not less than 300 mm in width and transverse yellow lines of not less than 200 mm in width and 1,200 mm in length as shown in diagrams 115 (a) to 115 (d) in Part III of the Schedule.
(11)  The boundary which no vehicle shall cross under paragraph (1)(l) is indicated by continuous double white lines as shown in diagram 150 (a) in Part III of the Schedule.
(12)  A parking place or a public service vehicle stand is indicated by broken or continuous lines as shown in diagram 156 in Part III of the Schedule.
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