Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules - Singapore Statutes Online

Bus lanes

8.—(1) Except on any Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, no person shall drive a vehicle other than an omnibus, or cause or permit any such vehicle to remain, on a part-day bus lane during the hours of 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

[S 134/2007 wef 01/04/2007]

(1A) Except on any Sunday or public holiday, no person shall drive a vehicle other than an omnibus, or cause or permit any such vehicle to remain, on a full-day bus lane during the hours of 7.30 a.m. to 11 p.m.

[S 134/2007 wef 01/04/2007]

[S 114/2016 wef 21/03/2016]

(2) Paragraphs (1) and (1A) shall not apply to —

(a)

the driver of an authorised ambulance, fire engine or any vehicle for police or rescue purposes on urgent duty call if the approach of such vehicle is made known by means of some distinctive siren, bell or multi-toned horn, as the case may be;

[S 1056/2021 wef 03/01/2022]

(b)

a cyclist who is not cycling alongside of another bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle, recumbent device or power‑assisted bicycle on his left;

[S 276/2018 wef 05/05/2018]

[S 170/2024 wef 01/03/2024]

(c)

the driver of a motor vehicle who drives along the bus lane in order to avoid causing danger to any person or a collision with any other vehicle if that driver does not cause or permit the vehicle to remain on the bus lane longer than is necessary to avoid causing such danger or collision;

[S 549/2001 wef 01/11/2001]

(d)

the driver of a school bus, a private hire bus or an excursion bus when it is used to carry passengers for reward under a Supplementary Public Transport Scheme in accordance with —

(i)	a public service vehicle licence that is issued for that bus under section 102 of the Act; and
(ii)	a bus service licence that is granted or is deemed granted under section 13 of the Bus Services Industry Act 2015 (Act 30 of 2015); and [S 676/2016 wef 01/01/2017]

(e)

the driver of any other bus except that he shall not stop the bus in a bus lane or at a bus stand or bus bay within a bus lane for any purpose other than for the purpose of negotiating traffic.

[S 549/2001 wef 01/11/2001]

[S 114/2016 wef 21/03/2016]

(3) In this rule —

“ambulance” means a motor vehicle that is specifically equipped for —

(a)	the transport on roads of; and
(b)	the provision, during such transport, of out-of-hospital clinical care to,

sick or injured individuals who require emergency medical treatment;

“authorised”, for an ambulance, means —

(a)	being specified in a licence (other than a revoked licence) under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 authorising the use of the ambulance to provide a licensable healthcare service specified in that licence; or
(b)	being owned by the Government and used for the purposes of the Singapore Armed Forces or the Singapore Civil Defence Force;

“bus lane” means any full-day or part-day bus lane.

[S 1056/2021 wef 03/01/2022]

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