Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Transport (Taxi-Cabs) Regulations 2005 - SECT 35

Picking up and setting down passengers

35. Picking up and setting down passengers



(1) The driver of a taxi-cab, if picking up or setting down passengers on a
highway, must stop the taxi-cab for that purpose as close as is practicable
and permitted by law to where the passengers wish to be picked up or set down.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(2) The driver of a taxi-cab who is at or near a place where there is a large
number of other motor vehicles must not-

   (a)  interfere with the orderly taking up or setting down of passengers; or

   (b)  interfere with the orderly distribution of taxi-cabs or other
        vehicles.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.