Rights and Responsibilities of Taxi Passengers Your Rights
As a taxi user you have the right to:
- Decide on the route
- See the taxi meter
- Refuse multiple hiring
- Have the air conditioning on
- See the driver's photo identity card
Your driver should:
- Be courteous and helpful
- Know and obey all the traffic laws
- Be neat, clean and tidy
- Be wearing a uniform
Your taxi should be:
- Smoke free
- Clean and tidy
- Well maintained
Your Responsibilities
As a taxi user you must:
- Pay the correct fare, including any tolls and booking fees that apply
- Wear a seat belt at all times
- Not eat, drink or smoke in the taxi
- Not swear or act in an offensive way
- Not ask the driver to stop where it is illegal or unsafe to do so
- Ensure any children under 12 months are secured in an approved child restraint
- Please let the driver know if you need change for $50 or more.
- The driver can refuse to take you if you are likely to cause a nuisance or annoyance, or eating, drinking, smoking or unable to pay the estimated fare.
- If you dirty the taxi, the driver can charge you one hour's waiting fee for the cost of cleaning up
What's your worst taxi experience?
1 kindred spirits ~ This bugs them too!:
Some cab drivers are nutters, no two ways about it... some normal, some totally off the wall nuts.
One time, I took a cab to Parramatta which is a good half hour drive.
The guy proceeded to inform me on his principals on sex before marraige and politics and homosexuality... it was entiry too intense and when I got close enough to walk I told him to stop the cab.
Fruit loop.
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