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[接上页] "positive-ignition engine" (强制点火式引擎) means an engine operating on the otto cycle in which a mixture of fuel and air is drawn into cylinders and ignited after compression by means of an electric spark applied at a known and predetermined moment of the cycle; "primary emergency exit" (主要紧急出口) means an emergency exit, being an exit provided in a single-decked bus or in the lower deck of a double-decked bus, of which the dimensions are not less than 1350 millimetres by 500 millimetres; "printing" (打印) includes any electronic or mechanical mode of representing words in a visible form; (L.N. 148 of 1997) "rear lamp" (后灯) means a lamp showing to the rear of a vehicle a red light visible from a reasonable distance; "rear marking" (车尾标记) means a rear marking of the type shown in any of the diagrams numbered 1 to 5 set out in Part I of the Eleventh Schedule; "rear platform" (车尾平台) means a platform at the rear of a vehicle from which passengers can step directly to the ground through an exit without any step intervening; "receipt printing device" (收据打印设备), in relation to a taxi, means the device installed in respect of the taxi in accordance with regulation 42A; (L.N. 148 of 1997) "recut pneumatic tyre" (重切充气轮胎) means any pneumatic tyre in which an existing tread pattern has been cut or burnt deeper or a new tread pattern has been cut or burnt except where the pattern is cut entirely in additional material added to the tyre for the purpose; "reflecting area" (反光面积), in relation to a reflector on a vehicle, means the area of the orthogonal projection on a vertical plane at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle of that part of the reflector designed to reflect light; "retractable belt" (可回卷安全带) has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic (Safety Equipment) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.); (L.N. 147 of 2002) "reversing lamp" (倒车灯) means a lamp showing to the rear of a vehicle a white light for the purpose of reversing; "rigid vehicle" (整体式车辆) means a motor vehicle which is not constructed or adapted to form part of an articulated vehicle; "safety glass" (安全玻璃) means glass so constructed or treated that if fractured it does not fly into fragments capable of causing severe cuts; "safety glazing" (安全透明物料) means material (other than glass) so constructed or treated that if fractured it does not fly into fragments capable of causing severe cuts; "sealed beam lamp" (封闭式大灯) means a lamp unit comprising a reflector system, a lens system and one or more electrical filaments, which has been sealed in the course of manufacture and which cannot be dismantled without rendering the unit unusable as a lamp; "secondary emergency exit" (备用紧急出口) means an emergency exit, other than a primary emergency exit provided in a bus, of which the dimensions are not less than 900 millimetres by 500 millimetres; "side marker lamp" (旁标志灯) means a lamp required to be carried by a trailer by regulation 109 and which shows a white light to the side of the trailer through an arc extending a minimum of 70 degrees forward from a line at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the trailer and a red light to the side through an arc extending a minimum of 70 degrees rearward from that line; "single-decked bus" (单层巴士) means a bus upon which no part of a deck or gangway is vertically above another deck or gangway; "specified date" (指明日期) means the date of commencement of the Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulation 2002 (L.N. 147 of 2002); (L.N. 147 of 2002) "split braking system" (分路式制动系统), in relation to a motor vehicle, means a braking system so designed and constructed that- (a) it comprises two independent sections of mechanism capable of developing braking force such that, excluding the means of operation, a failure of any part (other than a fixed member or a brake shoe anchor pin) of one of the said sections shall not cause a decrease in the braking force capable of being developed by the other section; (b) the said two sections are operated by a means of operation which is common to both sections; and (c) the braking efficiency of either of the said two sections can be readily checked;"stop lamp" (停车灯) means a lamp required to be fitted to a motor vehicle, or to a trailer towed by a motor vehicle, for the purpose of warning other road users, when the lamp is lit, that the brakes of the motor vehicle or, in the case of a trailer, the brakes of the towing vehicle or of the combination of vehicles, are being applied; "stored energy" (储存能量), in relation to a braking system of a vehicle, means energy (other than the muscular energy of the driver or the mechanical energy of a spring) stored in a reservoir for the purpose of applying the brakes under the control of the driver, either directly or as a supplement to his muscular energy; |