Taxi Driver's Code of Conduct - Consultation
Vehicle Checks
- It is your responsibility to ensure that the correct policy of insurance is in force for any Hackney Carriage or private hire vehicle that you are driving.
- Before using a Hackney Carriage or private hire vehicle for the first time each day, you must undertake a “walk around check”. This requires that you ensure that the vehicle is roadworthy and fit for use as a hackney carriage or private hire vehicle. The check must include the tyres (pressure and tread depth), checking the lights are functioning (so far as is possible with one person – all lights except brake lights), checking all glass (lights and windows) is intact and ensuring there is no obvious damage to the vehicle. Any defects that are detected must be rectified before the vehicle is used to carry passengers.
- Every time you commence driving the vehicle you must ensure that the rear identification plate, supplied by the Council, is securely fixed to the outermost rear of the vehicle, so that it can be clearly read by pedestrians and other road users. You must also ensure that any other identifying information (whether supplied by the Council or not) is correctly and securely attached to the vehicle.
- If you have been issued a certificate of exemption from carrying assistance dogs or providing wheelchair assistance you must ensure that that notice is correctly placed on the nearside of the front windscreen.
- You must not offer or accept any hire of the vehicle except where the hiring has been pre-booked via your Private Hire Operator [does not apply to Hackney carriages].