Public service vehicles

The following provisions shall apply to all public service (a) the bodies of all vehicles both externally and internally and all windows and fittings and all seats and the floor shall be maintained in clean and good condition. kept clean. (b) except for the fuel and lubricant necessary for the use of the vehicle, no explosive, highly inflammable or otherwise dangerous substance shall be carried in or upon a vehicle whilst carrying passengers: No explosives, etc., to be Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall apply to kerosene carried by a passenger if the quantity does not exceed 5 gal. and the kerosene is kept in an airtight metal or plastic container. (3) Goods shall not be carried in or upon any vehicle, other than a freight passenger vehicle, except the personal effects of a person travelling within or hiring the vehicle. Carriage of goods. Storing of goods. (4) Goods, including personal effects, shall not be carried in any vehicle so as to cause danger to any person within the (5) (a) Every vehicle shall carry at least one spare Vehicle to carry spare tyre and tools for fitting it on the road. inflated tyre fixed to a spare rim or spare wheel capable of being fitted to a wheel or axle. (b) Every vehicle shall carry sufficient tools so that such spare inflated tyre may easily be fitted to the vehicle on the road. 140 (6) The driver or conductor of any vehicle shall have the right to demand his fare in advance of any person employing him or intending to travel in such vehicle and may refuse to convey any person who refuses to comply with such demand and may require any constable to remove from the vehicle any person refusing to pay his fare or quit the vehicle. Excessive fares. (7) Any owner or driver or conductor of a vehicle who demands or attempts to obtain from any person using such vehicle a fare exceeding the rate of fares set out in Schedule R to these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence. Schedule R. (8) The driver or conductor of a vehicle wherein any property is left shall within forty-eight hours deposit such property, if not sooner claimed, at a police station. of public service (9) The driver of a vehicle shall not– (a) unreasonably refuse to admit and carry in the vehicle any number of passengers not exceeding the number for which the vehicle is licensed, provided that no driver shall be required to carry any person suffering from any infectious or contagious disease or who is otherwise in an unfit state; or (b) unreasonably refuse to carry in his vehicle without extra charge a reasonable quantity of luggage the property of the person hiring such Provided that no driver shall be required to carry in his vehicle any article likely to damage it or any article of an excessive weight or size; or (c) be uncivil or discourteous to his passengers; or Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic [CAP. 230 141 (d) make any loud or unnecessary noise with the engine or his vehicle while waiting to pick up passengers; or (e) call out to or otherwise importune any person to travel by his vehicle. Taxis