Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Public Transport Authority has unveiled new draft mechanisms and controls to control the operation of public taxi and airport taxi companies and journey in them.
The brand new laws embody permitting in-vehicle promoting, offered that the promoting materials or digital display screen is positioned in a spot that doesn’t distract the driving force’s consideration and doesn’t have an effect on the security and luxury of passengers.
The laws embody strict provisions to make sure service high quality and passenger security. The authority revealed the brand new laws by way of the Istitlaa platform for public suggestions earlier than placing them into closing form.
The brand new laws permit a taxi driver to refuse to offer service to passengers underneath 9 circumstances. These embody smoking or consuming by passengers; the variety of passengers exceeding the variety of out there seats within the car; failure of passengers to put on seatbelts always throughout the journey; aggressive conduct or indicators of drug use on the a part of passengers; specifying an unknown vacation spot; tampering with car parts or labels; and never adhering to public etiquette and good manners.
The laws mandate taxi drivers to adjust to the required conduct and behaviors. These embody working the fare meter from the beginning of the journey; sustaining private look; maintaining the cleanliness and upkeep of the car; not smoking contained in the car; adhering to the authority’s authorised costume code; not violate the privateness of passengers in any manner; and displaying the next assertion within the automotive: “If the fare meter will not be activated, the journey is taken into account free.” In line with the laws, pets are permitted, offered they’re saved in cages.
Public taxi drivers are permitted to function throughout the metropolis the place the license is issued in addition to to move passengers to different cities. Airport taxi drivers are permitted to move passengers from the airport to different cities, governorates, and cities, and return journeys from town to the airport aren’t permitted.