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Motor Traffic (Amendment) Act (No. 21 of 1981) - Sect 67

Replacement of section 153 of the principal enactment

67. Section 153 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor :
153.
(1) Signals given by drivers of motor vehicles shall be
(a) operated by an electro-mechanical device which shall be illuminated both by day and by night ; such illumination, shall be intermittent and be clearly visible both from the front and rear of the vehicle. The color of the signal lights shall be a member or white with the express authority of the Commissioner;
(b) operated by flashing the headlamps when indication of forward progress is intended.
(2) No lights of an intermittent or flashing pattern shall be used either outside or inside a vehicle, other than those mentioned in sub section (1).
(3) In the event of an unexpected failure of the warning device as set out in subsection (I), manual signals as prescribed in the regulations under this Act shall be temporarily employed
(4) The driver of a motor vehicle which has no electrically operated signals shall, before commencing to turn to or change direction towards the left, extend his right arm and hand horizontally straight out from the right or off side with the palm turned to the front and rotate his arm from shoulder in an anti-clockwise direction In the case of electrically operated vehicles such directions would be Seen by operating the left hand indicator.
(5) The driver of a motor vehicle may if he thinks fit
(a) in order to signal to an overtaking vehicle not to attempt to pass, extend his right arm and hand horizontally, straight out from the right or off side of the motor vehicle with the palm turned downwards and move the arm up and down ;
(b) in order to signal to an overtaking vehicle to pass, extend his right arm and hand below the level of the shoulder from the right or off side of the vehicle with the palm turned to the front and move the arm backwards and forwards or when electrical signals are being operated, activate the left signal.
(6) When approaching a police officer on duty at the intersection of two or more highways, the driver of a motor vehicle shall extend his arm, in the direction in which he wishes to proceed, so as to be visible to the police officer or activate the relevant electrically operated signals.
(7) Regulations may be made requiring or authorizing the use of any signals other than those referred to in subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6).",

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