Singapore legislation

Regulation 97G

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

Regulation 97G

Gangways

Amended byS 83/2006 wef 15/02/2006

Notwithstanding rule 83(1), any gangway between a wheelchair space and an entrance or exit of a vehicle intended to provide access for a wheelchair user —

(a)

shall allow a reference wheelchair to be moved from an entrance to the wheelchair space and from the wheelchair space to an exit, with the wheelchair user moving in a forward facing direction, and to be moved (in either direction) from the gangway into the wheelchair space in the appropriate direction for travel; and

(b)

shall not be less than 750 millimetres wide at any point along the gangway.

Regulation 97G — Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules