Singapore legislation

Regulation 11

of Road Traffic (Pedestrian Crossings) Rules

Regulation 11

Prohibition against overtaking in zebra controlled area

Subregulation 1

The driver of a vehicle shall not, while the vehicle or any part thereof is in a zebra controlled area and is proceeding towards the zebra crossing in relation to which that area is indicated (referred to in these Rules as the approaching vehicle), cause the vehicle or any part thereof —

(a)

to pass ahead of the foremost part of another moving vehicle proceeding in the same direction wholly or partly within that area; or

(b)

to pass ahead of the foremost part of a stationary vehicle on the same side of the zebra crossing as the approaching vehicle, which stationary vehicle is stopped for the purpose of complying with rule 6.

Subregulation 2

For the purposes of paragraph (1) —

(a)

the reference to another moving vehicle is, in the case where only one other vehicle is proceeding in the same direction in a zebra controlled area, a reference to that vehicle and, in the case where more than one other vehicle is so proceeding, a reference to such one of those vehicles as is nearest to the zebra crossing;

(b)

the reference to a stationary vehicle is, in the case where only one vehicle is stopped for the purpose of complying with rule 6, a reference to that vehicle and, in the case where more than one other vehicle is stopped for the purpose of complying with that rule, a reference to such one of those vehicles as is nearest to the zebra crossing.