The Traffic Rules

Section 6A. Personalised number plates Section 6A_2(1) A person may apply to the Authority to be issued with personalised number plates upon payment of the fees prescribed in the First schedule. Section 6A_2(2) Where a personalised registration number is transferred to another vehicle, an amount equivalent to two per cent of the fees payable for personalised registration fee under paragraph (1) shall be payable over and above the normal registration fee. Section 6A_2(3) The following class of motor vehicles may not be issued with personalized identification plates— Section 6A_2(3)(a) public Service Vehicle; Section 6A_2(3)(b) cargo Trucks (private or for hire); Section 6A_2(3)(c) service vehicles (ambulance and funeral hearse); Section 6A_2(3)(d) diplomatic vehicle; Section 6A_2(3)(e) tractor; and Section 6A_2(3)(f) heavy machinery. Section 6A_2(4) An application for a personalised registration shall be made to the Authority who may process and approve or reject the application. Section 6A_2(5) Where a person intends to use the personalized identification plates on another motor vehicle upon disposal of a vehicle which initially had a personalized identification plate, a retention...

Section 86A. Licensing of public service vehicles carrying both seating and standing passengers Section 86A(1) The Authority shall licence public service vehicles which shall carry both sitting and standing passengers. Section 86A(2) Public service vehicles licensed to carry both sitting and standing passengers shall only operate on commuter service routes determined by the Authority. Section 86A(3) The Authority shall not issue a licence to a public service vehicle to carry sitting and standing passengers unless the public service vehicle conforms to the prescribed construction standard of KS 372:2014. Section 86A(4) The licence issued by the Authority to a public service vehicle to carry both sitting and standing passengers shall indicate the maximum number of standing passengers. Section 86A(5) The public service vehicle licence issued under this rule shall have a system that will reconcile the total number of passengers on board at all times while in operation. Section 86A(6) The number of passengers on board shall be displayed on a real time basis on an electronic screen on the front and rear of the vehicle. Section 86A(7) Public service vehicles licensed to carry sitting and...

Section 54A. Tinted motor vehicle windows Section 54A(1) A person shall not drive or operate a public service vehicle that is fitted with tinted windows or tinted windscreen. Section 54A(2) For the purposes of this rule, "tinted" means shaded, coloured or treated in a similar manner so that the persons or objects inside are not ordinarily seen clearly from outside.[L.N. 173/2009, r. 3.]

Section 65A. Badges and uniform Section 65A(1) With effect from 31st December, 2003, every driver and every conductor of a public service shall wear a special badge and uniform. Section 65A(2) The uniform referred to in paragraph (1), shall in the case of a driver be navy blue in colour and in the case of a conductor be maroon in colour. Section 65A(3) The badges will be provided by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles upon payment of a prescribed fee. Section 65A(4) With effect from 1st February, 2004, every driver of a public service vehicle shall undergo compulsory testing after every two years to ascertain his or her competence. Section 65A(5) Every owner of a public service vehicle shall employ at least one driver and one conductor who shall be security vetted. Section 65A(6) Every conductor or driver of a public service vehicle shall only take up employment as such upon being vetted pursuant to paragraph (5) and shall be paid a permanent monthly salary by the owner of the public service vehicle.[L.N. 161/2003, r. 2(d), L.N. 83/2004, r. 2.]

Section 78A. Traffic on roundabouts Section 78A(1) The driver of a vehicle which is about to enter a roundabout shall give way to any other vehicle which is already in the roundabout and shall, if necessary, stop before entering the roundabout in order to allow any such other vehicle to proceed. Section 78A(2) No person shall drive any vehicle into a roundabout unless, at the time of entry of the vehicle into the roundabout, it is reasonable to suppose that the vehicle will not be forced to stop in the roundabout by reason of traffic already therein. Section 78A(3) Where a road entering a roundabout is divided into traffic lanes bearing carriageway markings indicating the direction or directions which may be taken by traffic proceeding in any such lane, no driver of a vehicle shall— Section 78A(3)(a) proceed in the roundabout in any direction other than one permitted by the marking on the lane by which he enters the roundabout; or Section 78A(3)(b) cross from one such lane into another whilst in the roundabout or within twenty-five metres after the point of exit therefrom. Section 78A(4) For the purposes of this rule, a vehicle shall be deemed to have entered or been driven into, o...