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TRAFFIC BYLAWS
1. In these bylaws unless inconsistence with the context - "abnormal load" means a load carried on a vehicle or combination of vehicles which does not comply with the requirements of the Road Traffic Act. "abnormal vehicle" means a vehicle or combination of vehicles which does not comply with the requirements of the Road Traffic Act. Town Board means the area under jurisdiction of an control of Town Board of Mtunzini. "bus" has the meaning assigned to it in the Road Traffic Act. "bus rank" means any place designated or any area demarcated for the exclusive parking of buses; 'bus stop' means any place are area designated or demarcated as a bus stop, by a road traffic sign for that purpose of loading and offloading passengers; "Board" means the Town Board of Mtunzini. " Chief Traffic Officer" means the person appointed as such by the Council, or during his absence, the officer acting in that capacity and includes any employee of the Board acting under direction and control of the Chief Traffic Officer. "drive and driver" have the meaning assigned to them in the Road Traffic Act; "goods and goods vehicle" have the meaning assigned to them in the Road Traffic Act. "kerb line" has the meaning assigned to it in the Road Traffic Act; "loading zone" means any portion of a public road designed or demarcated as a loading zone by a road traffic sign. "local authority" has the meaning assigned to it by the Local; Authorities Ordinance, 1974 (Ordinance 25 of 1974). "Local Ordinance" means the Local Authorities Ordinance 1974 (Ordinance 25 of 1974); "medical practitioner" means a person registered as such under the Medical and Dental and Supplementary Health Service Professions Act 1974 (Act 56 of 1974); "metered parking bay" means a parking bay in conjunction with which a parking meter has been installed; "motor car, motor cycle, motor tricycle and motor vehicles" have the meanings assigned to them in the Road Traffic Act. "owner" has the meaning assigned to it in the Road Traffic Act; "parking bay" means any portion of a public road demarcated as a parking bay or parking place by a road traffic sign or marking; "ply for hire" means to use a motor vehicle for the hire or reward or make a motor vehicle available at any place for the purposes of so coveying passengers and goods; "police officer" has the meaning assigned to it in the Road Traffic Act; "prescribed tariff" means the fares and charges prescribed by the Board in respect of any journey undertaken in a taxi. "proprietor: in relation to any taxi means a person carrying on the business of conveying passengers in such taxi for hire or reward; "public bus and public motor vehicle" have the meaning assigned to them in the Road Traffic Act; "public car park" means any land reserved as a public car park as indicated in the town planning maps of the Mtunzini Town Planning Scheme in course of preparation; "public holiday" means a public holiday referred to in section 1 or proclaimed under section 2 of the Public Holiday Act, 1952 (Act 5 of 1952); "public place" has the meaning assigned to it in the Local Ordinance; "public road" has the meaning assigned to it in the Road Traffic Act; "registration mark" has the meaning assigned to it in the Road Traffic Act; "road carrier permit" means a public road carrier permit issued in terms of the Road Transportation Act, 1977 (Act 74 of 1977); "Road Traffic Act' means the Road Traffic Act, 1989 (Act 29 of 1989); "sidewalk: has the meaning assigned to it in the road Traffic Act; "tare" has the meaning assigned to it in the Road Traffic Act; :taxi" means a public motor vehicle (other than a public bus) used for the conveyance of passengers or of passengers and goods; "taximeter" means a device designed or adapted for recording the distance traveled by taxi and the fares and charges to be paid by passengers travelling therein; "taxi rank" means any place designated or demarcated as a taxi rank for the exclusive parking of taxis by a road or traffic sign; "token" for the purpose of - (a) Chapter ii means
a token issued bylaw 4 (4) and "Town Clerk" means any person chief administrative and executive officer appointed by the Board, or during his absence, the officer acting in that capacity and includes any employee of th Board acting under the direction in the employ of the Town Clerk. "Traffic Officer" means any person appointed as such by the Board, any person acting in that capacity, and includes any person appointed by the Board as a traffic warden or any authorised traffic officer in the employ of the Natal Provincial Administration; "trailer" has the meaning assigned to it in the Road Traffic Act; "trolley" means any trolley exclusively operated by human power; "vehicle" has the meaning assigned to it in the Road Traffic Act; Offences and Penalties 2. Any person who - (a) contravenes or fails
to comply with any provision of these bylaws or of any term, (b) gives any information
required by or in connection with any provisions referred to (c) resists, hinders,
obstructs, molest or interferes with any police officer or employee
(d) causes or permits any other person to commit any of the aforesaid acts; shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to the maximum penalty prescribed for the offence in terms of section 266 (7) of the Local Authorities Ordinance, No. 25 of 1974.
TAXIS Rank permit required. 3. No person shall use or ply for hire with any vehicle as a taxi unless such vehicle has been with a taxi rank permit by the Board under this chapter for the current year. Granting and issue of rank permit and token. 4. (1) Any person wishing
to obtain a taxi rank permit required by bylaw 3 shall apply (2) The Chief Traffic
Officer may grant and issue a taxi rank permit applied for in (a) that the vehicle concerned - (i) complies with the
provisions of this chapter and any other law relating to vehicles
(ii) has been fitted
with a taximeter which complies with the provisions of bylaw 8(1)
(iii) can be accommodated
in the area, taxi rank or other place specified in the (b) that it is desirable
that such vehicle be permitted to ply for hire as taxi from such
(c) that the taxi rank
fee or fees to be determined by the Board from time to time in (d) that the applicant
is in possession of a valid certificate from the Local Road (3) The Board may, when
granting a taxi rank permit under sub bylaw (20, impose (4) The Board shall issue
with every taxi rank permit issued under sub bylaw (2), a (a) the year for which
such permit has been granted. (5) The proprietor of
a taxi in respect of which taxi rank permit has been issued under
(a) Of any change of
his address during the year of which such permit was issued; or Period of Validity of rank permit and token 5. A permit and token issued under bylaw 4 shall be valid from the date of issue until 31 December of the year for which they have been issued. Suspension of rank permit 6. (1) The Chief Traffic Officer may by notice in writing served on the proprietor of a taxi, suspend the operation of the current taxi rank permit issued in respect of such taxi, for so long as such taxi or the taximeter fitted thereto fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter, any other law relating to vehicles used as taxis or any condition, requirements or restriction imposed under bylaw 4(3) or 8(2). (2) Such proprietor shall immediately, upon receipt of such notice, deliver the current token issued in respect of such taxis to the Chief Traffic Officer. (3) The Chief Traffic Officer shall withdraw such suspension and return such token to such proprietor and return such token to such proprietor upon being satisfied that such taxi of taximeter again complies with the aforementioned provisions; General provisions relating to rank permit and token 7. (1) NO person shall except with the written consent of the Chief Traffic Officer ply to hire with a taxi from any place other than the area, taxi rank or other place specified on the current taxi rank permit and token issued in respect of such TAXI.
(a) affix a token to any vehicle other than the taxi in respect of which it was issued; (b) ply for hire with a taxi - (i) unless the token in respect of such taxi for the current year is fixed to the left hand side of the windscreen thereof so that its face is clearly visible from the outside; (ii) while any token other than the token issued in respect of such taxi is affixed thereto; (iii) while any token which has ceased to be valid is affixed to such taxi; or (iv) while the operation of the taxi rank permit issued in respect of such taxi for the current year is suspended under bylaw 6.
8. (1) No person shall ply
for hire with a taxi for passengers unless a card is issued by (a) the prescribed tariff
applicable to such taxi; is permanently affixed in such taxi so that the face thereof is clearly visible to all passengers travelling in such taxi. (2) The provisions of sub bylaw (1) shall not apply in respect of any taxi for so long as an exemption granted to the proprietor thereof in terms of bylaw 8(2) in respect of such taxi is in operation and all conditions, restrictions and requirements imposed in terms of the bylaws are being complied with. Driver's dress and identification card 9. (1) No person shall ply for hire as the driver of a taxi ; unless (a) he is wearing a clean
white coat or jacket or a uniform approved in writing by the (b) a current identification
card issued to him under this bylaws is attached to the card (2) Any person applying for an identification card under this bylaw shall submit to the Chief Traffic Officer an application in writing containing such particulars as the Chief Traffic Officer may require, and a recent clear photograph 40mm X 30mm (passport size) showing his head and shoulders. (3) If the Chief Traffic Officer is satisfied that the photograph submitted refers to the applicant he shall issue to him an identification card to which such photograph has been affixed and specifying his name, his identity number as defined in section 1 of the Population Registration Act, 1950 (Act 30 of 1950) and an expiry date to be determined by the Chief Traffic Officer.
(5) No person shall transfer, lend or hire and identity card issued to him under this bylaw to any person or display in any taxi of which he is the driver any such card not issued to him or which is no longer valid. Fares and Charges 10. (1) No person shall in connection with the conveyance of any passenger in a taxi, demand the payment of an amount greater than the fare and charges permitted by the prescribed tariff in respect of the journey for which such taxi was hired by such passenger. (2) No agreement for the payment of a fare or charge exceeding that permitted by the prescribed tariff shall be binding in respect of any journey in a taxi and passenger shall, not withstanding any such agreement, be entitled to refuse to pay any amount demanded in excess of the fare and charges so permitted. (3) The passenger, in a taxi shall pay the fare and charges due for the journey for which he hired such a taxi immediately upon the completion of such a journey and shall not be entitled to require that the driver of such a taxi await his return before making payment, or remain waiting for the purposes of conveying him. (4) (i) the amount of the
fare and charges paid by such passenger; (b) a duplicate of such
a receipt shall be retained by such driver or by the proprietor
of (5) No person shall (a) hire a taxi knowing
that he will not be able to pay the fare and charges due upon (6) No person shall demand the payment of the fare and charges due by any passenger in a taxi before he completion of such a journey. Use of taxi ranks 11. (1) Subject to the provisions of these bylaws or any other law, a taxi driver shall, when plying for hire at a taxi rank, be available and ready to be hired at all times and no such driver shall refuse to carry any passenger or passengers up to the number of seats available in his taxi to any place within the Town Board unless he has been previously hired; and (a) can produce written proof of such hiring, or (b) is displaying in
his taxi so as to be clearly visible from outside, a sign bearing
the (2) When plying for the hire the driver of a taxi shall park his taxi on the place which has been allocated to him by the Board as specified in Bylaw 4. (3) No driver shall, when plying fir hire at a taxi rank - (a) leave of a taxi attended
for a period exceeding one hour; or (4) No person shall park or stop in a taxi rank any vehicle other than a taxi in respect of which a permit and token specifying such a taxi rank has been issued for the current year.
12. (1) No person shall ply
for hire with a taxi which is not roadworthy, clean and of a (2) No driver of a taxi shall - (a) conduct himself in
a disorderly manner; (i) allow any person
other than the person who has hire his taxi to be conveyed therein
(ii) drive to his destination
by any but the most direct route unless he is directed to (iii) in any way delay
in complying with or fail to comply with his obligations under (e) when plying for hire,
cause or permit his taxi to stand or remain in such a position (3) A driver of a taxi shall immediately after conveying any passenger, search his taxi for any goods which may have been left therein by such passenger and shall cause any such goods found by him to be handed in at the nearest police station without unreasonable delay. Presumptions 13. (1) Whenever any person is or goods are conveyed by taxi for hire or reward in contravenes of any provisions of the chapter, it shall be presumed until the contrary is provided that the proprietor of such taxi caused or permitted such person or goods to be conveyed. (2) If any prosecution under this chapter, it is proved that a person has conveyed passengers or goods in a motor vehicle on a public road it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved, that he so conveyed such passengers or goods for hire or reward. (3) The driver of a taxi shall until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be proprietor thereof. CHAPTER 111 PUBLIC BUSES 14. (1) The ranks (herein after referred to as bus ranks) on the portions of public road and places open to the public and on the area of land prescribed by the Board shall be established as special parking places for the parking of public buses and which are authorised to use such bus ranks by permit issued in terms of these bylaws. Such bus ranks shall be indicated by traffic signs and markings erected and marked in accordance with the relevant provisions of Schedule 2 of the Road Traffic Regulations issued under the Road Traffic Ordinance. (2) (a) The Chief Traffic Officer shall demarcate and cause to be set aside in such bus rank, in the manner hereinafter provided a specific area or areas subdivided into spaces each sufficient to accommodate at least one bus (herein after referred to in these bylaws as "loading bays") to be used exclusively for the purpose of accommodating public buses only while passengers are allowed to board or alight. The area or areas so set aside in such rank shall not be less than that which is sufficient to accommodate the number of buses at one time prescribed by the Chie Traffic Officer; provided, however, that each bus service for which the bus rank concerned is reserved in terms hereof shall be allocated the right to use at least one loading bay such bus rank either separately or in conjunction with other services for which the rank is so reserved. The number of loading bays to be allocated to any particular service shall be decided by the Chief Traffic Officer with due regard to the total number of bays available in the bus rank, and the number of vehicles operated by the owner or owners of the service concerned. (b) Any area remaining in any bus rank after the loading bays have been demarcated, and after provision has been made for purposes ancillary to the bus rank, including provisions for the convenience and accommodation of intending passengers, and for the entry and exit of vehicles and pedestrian shall be made available and demarcated by the Chief Traffic Officer for the purposes of setting down passengers and parking buses whilst not engaged in picking up or loading passengers. Such parking areas may, but need not necessarily be subdivided and such subdivisions may be allocated for the use of specific services in the manner provided in paragraph (a) hereof. (c) The subdivision of loading or parking areas into bays in terms of the preceding paragraph shall be affected by means of parking lines or other demarcations, painted or otherwise clearly indicated on the identified. The allocation or reservation of loading bays may be affected by means s signs, notices or other suitable markings showing the outer terminal points or descriptive names of the service or services for which they have been reserved. (d) Whenever he considers
it reasonable necessary to do so, in order to ensure the fair and
equable distribution between various permit holders of the accommodation
available any parking area demarcated in terms of paragraph (e) The settling aside and demarcation of portions of bus rank as loading bays or parking areas shall be affected by means of a sign or notice boards, erected at or near the entrances to such loading bays or parking areas, or by means of parking lines painted or otherwise clearly indicated on the traffic way, and any reference in these bylaws to a bus rank shall unless the context otherwise clearly indicates, include any loading bay or parking area. (f) In setting aside or demarcating loading bays, parking areas or any other area necessary for purposes ancillary to the use of a bus rank or stipulating the maximum continuous parking periods in any parking area, the Chief Traffic Officer shall endeavor to ensure that the fullest and most effective use is made of such ranks in the interests of both the permit holders and passengers and he shall have due regard to the proper regulation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic at or near any bus rank. (3) The Board may close temporarily any bus rank or any portion thereof, established under these bylaws or temporary rank in lieu thereof; (4) In cases of emergency, the powers conferred by sub bylaw (3) to close the bus rank temporarily may be exercised by the Chief Traffic Officer or his authorised representative. Bus Rank Allocated 15. (1) The bus rank established in terms of bylaw 14 shall be for the exclusive use of buses lawfully operating on the routes having the destination or outer terminal points detailed in respect of such rank by the Board, provided however, that where any bus in respect of which a permit to use a bus rank is sought is authorised by the Motor Carrier Certificate issued in respect thereof to operate to a destination or outer terminal point other than that prescribed by the Board, the Chief Traffic Officer shall issue a permit authorizing such vehicle to use the bus rank most conveniently situated for the route concerned. (2) When any bus is proceeding to any bus rank which it is authorised to use in terms of these bylaws the owner of such vehicle shall cause the name of the bus rank to which it is proceeding to be displayed in the destination indicator of the vehicle in accordance with the provisions of regulation 136 of the regulations issued under the Road Traffic Act. (3) The provisions of this bylaw shall not derogate from the authority conferred on the Chief Traffic Officer by sub bylaw (2) and bylaw 20 to allocate to or require any services or bus for which the bus rank conferred is reserved in terms of sub bylaw (1) to use any particular loading bay or any parking area or sub division thereof which may be demarcated in any bus rank or specified in the permit issued in respect of any bus. Parking or standing time at loading bays 16. No bus shall be parked or allowed to stand upon any portion of a bus rank set aside as a loading bay for a longer period than fifteen minutes any one time, and where any such vehicle has been parked or allowed to stand upon such loading bay for any continuous period not exceeding fifteen minutes it shall not again be parked or allowed to stand upon such loading bay or portion thereof, until an interval of at least thirty minutes shall have lapsed. Parking of buses prohibited in certain areas 17. Except in the case of public buses permitted to do so under these bylaws, at a bus rank establishment by the Board, no person shall park or cause or permit to be parked any bus upon any public road within the Town Board save in any bus rank daily establishment in terms of these bylaws or any amendment thereof, provided that this provision shall not apply to a bus which is immobilized through mechanical defects; provided further that no person shall without written consent of the Board permit public buses not owned or operated by him to park on any private property within the Town Board, save for the normal repairing of services f buses by licensed motor garages. Unauthorised use of bus rank prohibited 18. (1) No person shall cause or permit - (a) any vehicle of a class other than a public bus to park or stand upon any bus rank. (b) any public bus to
park or stand upon any bus rank unless in possession of a permit
(2) No person in control
of any public bus which is authorised by a current permit to (a) to park or stand upon or use any loading bay or parking area or portion or subdivision thereof other than that allocated in respect of such vehicle in terms of such permit, or in terms of bylaws 14 and 15 as the case may be. (b) to park or stand upon or in any way occupy any loading bay for a continuos period longer than fifteen minutes. (c) to again park or
stand upon any loading bay until an interval of thirty minutes has
lapsed after such bus has been moved from the loading bay. (e) to remain unattended in any loading bay; (3) No person shall remove, damage or mutilate or in any way Interfere with any signs or notices which may be erected or affixed in any bus rank by the Chief Traffic Officer in terms of these bylaws. Application for permits 19. (1) Application for a permit to use any bus rank or ranks shall be made in writing by the owner of the public bus or buses in respect of which the permit is sought and shall be addressed to the Chief Traffic Officer. (2) With effect from the date of operation of these bylaws, the applicant shall lodge with his application a receipt from the Town Treasurer for the sum prescribed by the Board in respect of each bus for which a permit is sought. If any application is refused in accordance with the provisions of bylaw 21 the amount deposited by the applicant shall be refunded to him. If any application is granted, the amount so deposited shall be retained by the Town Treasurer as and for the fee payable by the applicant for the use of the rank authorised by the permit provided, however, that where a permit is sought for a period which is less than 12 months for amount payable shall be one quarter of the aforesaid sum for each completed three months of the year ending on 31 December following. (3) The provision of sub bylaw (2) shall mutatis mutandis apply to an application for the renewal of an existing permit. Issue of Permits 20. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub bylaw (2) and of bylaw 21 the Chief Traffic Officer may be in granting any application - (a) impose conditions restricting any bus in respect of which a permit is issued to a particular loading bay or parking area or subdivision thereof which may be demarcated as before or provided in the bus rank concerned; (b) impose conditions limiting the hours during which any bus rank or subdivision thereof may be used by the vehicle when not actually engaged in transporting passengers in terms of any road carrier permit. (c) impose conditions specifying the number of vehicles which may use any portion of any bus rank or any subdivision of such bus rank. (d) impose any other conditions which the Chief Traffic Officer may deem reasonable to ensure a fair allocation of the available accommodation of any bus rank between the various applicants or for avoiding obstruction and congestion of vehicles and passengers or to ensure the proper regulation of traffic at or near the bus rank concerned. (2) In deciding to impose any conditions, the Chief Traffic Officer shall have regard - (a) to the number of public buses which can conveniently be accommodated in the bus rank set aside by the Board for the use of vehicles to which the application relates, unauthorized by a road carrier permit to operate on the routes having the destination or outer terminal detailed by the Board. (b) to any specified
timetable referred to in the road carrier permit issued in respect
of such vehicle and in accordance with such vehicle must be operated. (d) to the conditions of the relevant road carrier permit issued in respect of such motor vehicle. (e) any other factor which may be relevant to the object of ensuring the fullest and most effective use being made of the bus rank concerned, with due regard to the convenience of passengers and the regulations of vehicular and pedestrian traffic at or near such rank. Power to refuse application for or to cancel permits 21. (1) No permit shall be granted or renewed unless the applicant is the holder of a valid road carrier permit in respect of the vehicle concerned authorizing the conveyance of passengers over the relative route. Any permit or renewal shall be suspended or cancelled ipso facto if the road carrier permit in respect of the vehicle to which the permit relates is suspended, withdrawn, cancelled or not renewed. (2) The cancellation or suspension of a permit in terms of this bylaw shall not entitle the holder to any refund in respect of the fee paid by him. Permit to be in prescribed form 22. (1) Whenever an application for a permit is granted by him the Chief Traffic Officer shall forthwith issue to the applicant a permit substantially in a form prescribed by the Chief Traffic Officer, in respect of each public bus for which application for the right to use a bus rank was made. A permit shall be valid only for the period stated thereon. (2) A permit issue in these terms of these bylaws shall specify the bus rank or ranks to which it relates and shall entitle the holder to use any loading bay and any available accommodation in any parking area set aside or demarcated in the bus rank to which his permit relates, or which may be specified in the permit as being allocated to him subject to the conditions endorsed thereon and to the provisions of these bylaws. (3) The Board shall in no way be liable for the loss of or damage to any vehicle or any accessory or contents of such vehicle which has been parked in any bus rank. Permit to be carried on vehicle to which it relates, and owner's name and address to be displayed. 23. (1) A permit so issued shall at all times be carried in or upon the public bus to which it relates or in or upon any bus which is lawfully substituted therefore, and the driver thereof shall exhibit it to a traffic officer, police officer, or any authorized official person in demand. Failure to exhibit such permit on demand shall be an offence. (2) The owner of any public bus shall cause his name and address to be legibly, permanently and conspicuously affixed on the side of the vehicle. Such name and address shall be painted in block letters at least 25 mm in height, and the colour of the letters shall be in contrast with the colour of the vehicle. Expiry and renewal permit 24. (1) A permit issued in terms of these bylaws shall expire on 31 December in each year. (2) Applications for the renewal of any permit for the following year shall be made to the Chief Traffic Officer not later than 31 December in each year, in the same manner provided in bylaw 19. (3) Applications for the renewal made after 31 December aforesaid shall be treated as applications for new permits. Power of the Chief Traffic Officer to authorise substitution of a vehicle. 25. If at any time a public bus to which a permit relates is under repair of it for any other reason the owner thereof so desires, the Chief Traffic Officer may, by endorsement upon the permit, authorise the substitution of another vehicle therefore either temporarily or for the duration of the permit; provided however, that in a case of urgency the Chief Traffic Officer may grant such authority verbally in which case the owner shall produce the relevant permit for endorsement within 48 hours of such verbal authority having been granted, provided further that when a substituted vehicle is to be used for less than 24 hours such endorsement shall not be necessary. Preservation of the Boards rights 26. (1) No rights possessed by the holder of any permit under these bylaws or under such permit shall operate to debar the Board from permanently or temporarily closing or removing any bus rank established hereunder, or from amending these bylaws. (2) In the vent of it being deemed necessary by the Board for any reason - (a) to establish any new permanent bus rank either in substitution for any existing bus rank or additional thereto; or (b) to alter or modify any of the routes prescribed by the Board or to authorised any additional routes, th Board may, with consent of the Local Road Transportation Board and pending the promulgation of the necessary amendments to these bylaws, issue a temporary permit authorizing the holder to operate to and from any such new rank or along such altered or additional route as the case may be. Drivers to observe bylaws and instructions of traffic officers 27. (1) The driver or the other person in control of any public bus shall exercise the right conferred by the permit authorizing such vehicle to use any bus rank and their passengers and shall in addition to observing the requirements of these bylaws obey all lawful instruction or signals given by any traffic officer. (2) For the purposes of these bylaws all traffic officers are hereby authorised to give such instructions or signals which may be necessary to avoid obstructions and congestion of vehicles or passengers and for the proper regulation of traffic at or near the rank. Queues 28. (1) At any bus rank or bus stop established in terms of these bylaws the Board may erect or cause to be erected queue signs consisting of a notice board indicating the position and manner in which persons waiting to board a bus shall stand and form a queue which sign may or may not be supplemented by queuing barriers in the form of rails or links marked on the surface of the area to be demarcated for the purpose of queuing. (2) Persons intending to board any vehicle at any bus rank or other bus stop at which queue signs have been erected shall form a queue at and from the point from which it is indicated that such vehicle will leave. (3) Persons forming any such queue shall take and give precedence according to the time of their arrival. (4) No person shall board any vehicle at any bus rank at which queue signs have been erected except from a queue (unless there are no other persons waiting to board the vehicle and no person shall take any place in a queue in front of any person already in that queue. (5) Where no queue sign has been erected persons waiting at or near any bus rank or any bus stop for the purpose of boarding a bus shall form themselves in a queue not exceeding two abreast, or in a single file when required thereto by a traffic officer or police officer. (6) Every person standing in any queue or boarding or attempting to board any bus at any bus rank or bus stop where a queue has assembled or a queue sign has been erected shall comply with all instructions given by any traffic officer or any police officer as may be necessary for the proper control of the queue or for the prevention or obstruction to vehicular or pedestrian traffic. (7) No person shall board any bus at any rank or bus stop until all person wishing to alight therefrom shall have has reasonable opportunity to do so. (8) It shall be an offence for any person to enter or attempt to enter any bus which contains the total number of passengers which it is authorised to carry after being warned by the conductor or driver not to so. (9) Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this bylaw or who refuses to obey the lawful instructions of any traffic officer or any police officer or who behaves in a riotous or indecent manner or who is intoxicated may be removed form a queue or from the vicinity o the bus rank or bus stop by any traffic officer or by any police officer. Bus route and stopping places. 29. No person shall drive any public bus along any route within the Town Board except along routes as prescribed by Board's resolution. 30. The Board may by resolution prescribe bus stops on any routes along which public buses are permitted to travel. Such bus stops shall be denoted by a notice marked "Bus Stop." 31. The driver of any public bus being used on any route within the Town Board for the purpose of conveying passengers shall, unless such bus is at the time carrying the maximum number of passengers which it is lawfully entitled to carry, stop the said bus upon being hailed at any appointed bus rank or bus stop by any person desirous of travelling by such bus shall take up such intending passenger provided that the said passenger is not excluded by any law from being a passenger in the said bus or in contravention of any condition which may have been imposed by the Local Road Transportation Board. The provisions of this bylaw shall not apply to any public displaying a notice or notices stating that the said bus is an express, limited stop or special bus until such bus reaches the destination stated in such notice or notices, whereupon the provisions of a section shall mutatis mutandis apply to such public bus. 32. The driver of any public bus upon being requested by any passengers in the said public bus to stop shall stop at the next appointed bus rank or bus stop for the purpose of allowing the said passenger to alight. 33. The driver of any vehicle other than a public bus shall not allow such vehicle to stop at any bus stop prescribed by bylaw 30. 34. The driver of a public bus shall not at any time allow such public bus to remain unattended at any stopping place or stand situate on any bus route within the Town Board. 35. (1) No driver or person in charge of any bus shall - (a) pick up or set down
any passengers or allow any intending passenger to board or (b) stop this vehicle
at a bus stop for a longer time than necessary for setting down
or (2) No person shall tout,
importune or solicit for passengers for any bus by loitering (3) No person shall board or attempt to board, leave or attempt to leave any bus at any point along the route on which it is traveling other than a designated bus stop. Right of appeal to the Board 36. Any bus owner, operator or driver who aggrieved by any decision given by the Chief Traffic Officer under these bylaws shall have a right to appeal against the Board. |