Singapore legislation

Regulation 18

of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules

Regulation 18

Driver’s seat

Amended byS 83/2006 wef 15/02/2006S 83/2006 wef 15/02/2006S 83/2006 wef 15/02/2006

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 83/2006 wef 15/02/2006

Subject to paragraphs (1A) and (1B), the driver’s seat of a motor vehicle shall be fitted internally on the right or off-side of the vehicle.

Subregulation 1A

Amended byS 83/2006 wef 15/02/2006

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any motor cycle, whether with or without an attached side-car.

Subregulation 1B

Amended byS 83/2006 wef 15/02/2006

The Registrar may, subject to such terms and conditions as he may impose, permit the use of a motor vehicle which does not comply with paragraph (1).

Subregulation 2

On every goods vehicle, registered after 1st June 1975 and the weight of which unladen exceeds 2 metric tons, and on every public service vehicle registered after 1st June 1975 the driver’s seat shall be capable of being adjusted so that it can be moved in the horizontal direction from 300 millimetres to at least 400 millimetres between the nearest point on the periphery of the steering wheel and the nearest point on the back of the driver’s seat and also in the vertical direction from 150 millimetres to at least 250 millimetres between these 2 points.