Singapore legislation
Regulation 86
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules
Regulation 86
Seats
Subregulation 1
The supports of all seats in a vehicle shall be securely fixed in position.
Subregulation 2
Every seat in a vehicle shall have a back rest so closed or otherwise constructed as to prevent, as far as practicable, the pockets of passengers from being picked.
Subregulation 3
All passenger seats on a vehicle shall be so fitted that —
the distance between any part of the back rest of any seat placed lengthwise and the corresponding part of the back rest of the seat facing it shall be at least 1.4 metres;
there is a clear space of at least 690 millimetres in front of the whole length of the top of the back rest of every transverse seat, any handle or grip which do not project more than 100 millimetres from the back rest being disregarded when measuring the clear space herein referred to; and
there is clear space of at least 480 millimetres between any part of the front edge of any transverse seat and any part of any other seat which faces it.
Subregulation 4
In this rule, “back rest” includes any part of a vehicle which is available for seated passengers to lean against.
Subregulation 5
All passenger seats on a vehicle shall provide an adequate degree of comfort with suitable padded seats and seat backs.
Subregulation 6
No seat in a vehicle shall be placed in such a position as to cause discomfort to passengers.
Subregulation 7
Where a seat in a vehicle is so placed that a passenger seated upon it is liable to be thrown forward through an entrance to or exit from the vehicle or down a stairway therein, an effective screen or guard shall be placed so as to afford adequate protection against any such occurrence to a passenger occupying that seat.
Subregulation 8
No part of any seat on the left hand side of the driver’s seat in a vehicle shall be in front of a line passing through the front edge of the driver’s seat at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and any seat on the left of the driver’s seat and in line with it must face forward.
Subregulation 9
The shortest distance between the edge of the well of any step in a vehicle and a vertical plane passing through the front edge of any seat in the vehicle shall be at least 230 millimetres.