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General duties of driver or passenger of
vehicle on a public road
(1) No person driving or having a
vehicle on a public road shall--
cause such vehicle to travel backwards unless it can be done in
safety, or cause it to run backwards for a distance or time longer than may be
necessary for the safety or reasonable convenience of any occupant of that
vehicle or of other traffic on such road;
follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and
prudent having regard to the speed of such other vehicle and the traffic on and
the condition of the roadway, or more closely than is prescribed in these
regulations;
permit any person, animal or object to occupy any position in or
on such vehicle which may prevent the driver thereof from exercising complete
control over the movements of the vehicle or signalling his or her intention of
stopping, slowing down or changing direction;
when driving such vehicle, permit any person to take hold of or
interfere with the steering or operating mechanism of the vehicle;
when driving such vehicle, occupy such position that he or she
does not have complete control over the vehicle or does not have a full view of
the roadway and the traffic ahead of such vehicle.
allow such vehicle to remain unattended on such road without
setting its brake or adopting such other method as will effectively prevent the
vehicle from moving from the position in which it is left;
if such vehicle is parked or is stationary at the side of such
road, drive the vehicle from that position unless he or she is able to do so
without interfering with moving traffic approaching from any direction and with
safety to himself or herself and others;
fail to give an immediate and absolute right of way to a vehicle
sounding a device or bell
allow any portion of his or her body
to protrude beyond such vehicle while it is in motion on such road except for
the purpose of giving any hand signal which he or she is required or authorised
to give in terms of these regulations or unless he or she is engaged in
examining or testing or parking such vehicle;
permit any person or animal to occupy the roof, any step or
running board or any other place on top of a vehicle while such vehicle is in
motion;
cause or allow the engine thereof to run in such manner that it
emits smoke or fumes which would not be emitted if the engine were in good
condition or ran in an efficient manner;
cause or allow the engine thereof to run while the motor vehicle
is stationary and unattended;
negligently or willfully deposit or cause or permit to be
deposited any petrol or other liquid fuel or any oil or grease or other
flammable or offensive matter, ashes or other refuse, of whatever nature, from
such vehicle upon or alongside such road; or
cause or allow the engine thereof to run while petrol or other
flammable fuel is being delivered into the fuel tank of such vehicle, or cause
or allow such engine to be started up before the delivery of the petrol or
other flammable fuel into the fuel tank of such vehicle has been completed and
the cover of such fuel tank has been replaced.
(2) No person, other than the driver,
shall take hold of or interfere with the steering or operating mechanism of a
vehicle while it is in motion on a public road, unless it may reasonably be
inferred that the driver is no longer capable of steering or controlling such
vehicle.
(3) No passenger in a vehicle on a
public road shall permit any part of his or her body to protrude beyond such
vehicle.
(4) No person shall enter or alight
from any vehicle on a public road unless such vehicle is stationary and unless
he or she can do so with safety to himself or herself and other users of the
road.
(5) No person shall drive, pull or
push a vehicle upon a sidewalk: Provided that the provisions of this
subregulation shall not apply to a perambulator, invalid chair, baby cart or
child's play vehicle.
Compulsory
stops
The driver of a vehicle on a public
road shall stop such vehicle--
in compliance with any direction conveyed by a road traffic sign
or given by a traffic officer in uniform; or
at the request or on the signal of a person leading or driving
any bovine animal, horse, ass, mule, sheep, goat, pig or ostrich on such road.
Stopping of vehicles
Except in order to avoid an accident,
or in compliance with a road traffic sign or with a direction given by a
traffic officer, or for any cause beyond the control of the driver, no person
shall stop a vehicle on the roadway of a public road--
alongside or opposite an excavation or obstruction on the public
road if other traffic would be obstructed or endangered by such stopping;
within any tunnel or subway or on any bridge or within six
metres of any tunnel, subway or bridge;
on, or within six metres from the beginning or end of, any part
of such roadway where the normal width thereof has for any reason been
constricted;
in contravention of any road traffic sign;
on the right-hand side of such roadway facing oncoming traffic;
alongside or opposite any other vehicle on such roadway where
such roadway is less than nine metres wide;
within the railway reserve at a level crossing;
within nine metres of his or her approaching side of a
pedestrian crossing demarcated by appropriate road traffic signs; or
in any other place where the stopping of a vehicle
would or would be likely to constitute a danger or an obstruction to other
traffic
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