The following rules shall apply to all drivers of shuttle busses.
Such rules, numbered sequentially below, shall be referred to by chapter,
section and rule number. They are set forth below as follows:
|
Rule No.
|
Rule Specification
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
101
|
A driver shall be clean and neat in dress and person. A driver
must wear hemmed or tailored trousers that are no higher than mid-thigh
and have no holes. A female driver must wear hemmed or tailored trousers
or skirt that is no higher than mid-thigh and that has no holes. A
driver must wear closed shoes or sneakers. A driver must wear a collared
shirt or blouse, without holes, which, if it has buttons, must be
buttoned, except for the top two buttons. A driver may not wear as
outer clothing underwear, T-shirts, tank tops, tube tops, body shirts,
swim wear, bathing trunks or cutoff shorts.
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|
102
|
A driver shall not smoke while carrying a passenger unless the
passenger verbally consents.
| ||
|
103
|
A driver shall not operate or occupy a shuttle bus while his
driving ability is impaired by either alcohol or drugs. While driving
or occupying a shuttle bus, a driver shall not consume any alcoholic
beverage or any drugs or narcotics which are either illegal or capable
of impairing his driving ability.
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|
104
|
A driver shall not operate a shuttle bus for more than 12 consecutive
hours, and a driver shall not operate more than 12 total hours in
any 24 hour period. Twenty-four hour periods shall be measured from
12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
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|
105
|
A driver shall, at all times, cooperate with all law enforcement
officers, authorized representatives of the Division of Taxi and Limousine
Licensing and dispatchers at public transportation terminals and authorized
group ride taxi lines and shall comply with all their reasonable requests,
including but not limited to providing his name and shuttle bus operator's
license number, the shuttle bus's regular route sheet, and exhibiting
any other documents required to be in his possession.
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|
106
|
a.
|
A driver shall not operate his shuttle bus in such a manner
or at a speed which unreasonably endangers users of other vehicles,
pedestrians or his passengers.
| |
|
b.
|
A driver who knows or should know that personal injury has been
caused to another person or that damage has been caused to the property
of another person due to an accident involving the driver's shuttle
bus shall, before leaving the place where the damage or injury occurred,
stop, exhibit to such other person his shuttle bus operator's
license, motor vehicle driver's license and give to such other
person his name, residence address, chauffeur's license number,
shuttle bus driver's number and shuttle bus license number, as
well as the name of the shuttle bus's insurance carrier and the
insurance policy number.
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|
c.
|
A driver shall operate his shuttle bus at all times in full
compliance with all laws, rules and regulations of the Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey and any regulatory body or governmental
agency having jurisdiction over motor vehicles, with respect to matters
not otherwise specifically covered in these rules.
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|
d.
|
A driver, while operating a shuttle bus, shall immediately report
to the owner of the vehicle any motor vehicle accident in which he
is involved.
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|
107
|
A radio shall be turned on or off at the request of the passenger.
The passenger shall have the right to select the radio program. Whether
or not a shuttle bus is hired, a radio shall be played at normal volume
only and comply with all noise ordinances.
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|
108
|
An air conditioning and heating device in a shuttle bus shall
be turned on or off at the request of a passenger.
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|
109
|
A driver, while performing his duties and responsibilities as
a driver, shall not commit or attempt to commit, alone or in concert
with another, any act of fraud, misrepresentation or larceny or perform
any willful act of, omission or commission which is against the best
interests of the public, even though not specifically mentioned in
these rules.
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|
110
|
A driver shall not apply for or accept more than one shuttle
bus operator's license without the Division of Taxi and Limousine
Licensing's written permission.
| ||
|
111
|
A driver shall not permit any other person to use the driver's
shuttle bus operator's license while such person is operating
any vehicle.
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|
112
|
a.
|
A driver shall not permit the shuttle bus to be operated for
hire by another person who is not currently licensed by the Division
of Taxi and Limousine Licensing as a shuttle bus driver.
| |
|
b.
|
During the work shift, a driver shall not allow another person
to operate the shuttle bus or occupy the driver's seat, except
in the event of an emergency.
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|
113
|
a.
|
A driver shall not use or permit any person to use his shuttle
bus for any unlawful purpose.
| |
|
b.
|
A driver shall not conceal any evidence of a crime nor voluntarily
aid violators to escape arrest.
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|
c.
|
A driver shall report immediately to the police any attempt
to use his shuttle bus to commit a crime or to escape from the scene
of a crime.
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|
114
|
A driver or any person acting on his behalf shall not offer
or give any gift, gratuity or thing of value to any employee, representative
or member of the office of the Division of Taxi and Limousine Licensing
or any public servant or any dispatcher employed at a public transportation
facility.
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|
115
|
A driver shall immediately report to the Division of Taxi and
Limousine Licensing and the Hoboken Police Department any request
or demand for a gift, gratuity, free service or anything of value
by any employee or representative of the Division of Taxi and Limousine
Licensing, any member of the City Council of Hoboken, any police officer,
any dispatcher or any public servant.
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|
116
|
A driver shall notify the Director, in writing, of the driver's
conviction of a crime or motor vehicle offense, excluding parking
violations for vehicles other than a shuttle bus, within 15 days of
such conviction, and he/she shall deliver to the Division of Taxi
and Limousine Licensing a certified copy of the certificate of disposition
issued by the clerk of the court within 15 days of sentencing.
| ||
|
117
|
A driver shall not permit more than 13 passengers to ride in
his shuttle bus, unless the particular vehicle in question has been
rated higher by the Division of Taxi and Limousine Licensing pursuant
to the definition in § 180-1 of this chapter. Children under
the age of seven seated in the lap of an adult passenger seated in
the rear must be permitted and shall not count as passengers for the
purposes of computing the number of passengers.
| ||
|
118
|
A handicapped passenger must be permitted to occupy whichever
seat they may occupy comfortably, including the front seat alongside
the driver, should such a seat be available on the shuttle bus. If
passenger luggage occupies the rear passenger part of a shuttle bus,
a passenger must be permitted to occupy the front seat alongside the
driver.
| ||
|
119
|
a.
|
A driver shall be courteous to passengers.
| |
|
b.
|
A driver shall comply with all the reasonable requests of a
passenger, including but not limited to providing, upon request, his
name, his shuttle bus operator's license number and the City
assigned shuttle bus number.
| ||
|
120
|
A driver shall not threaten, harass or abuse any passenger,
governmental officer, representative of the Division of Taxi and Limousine
Licensing, public servant or any other person while performing his
duties as a driver.
| ||
|
121
|
A driver shall not use or attempt to use any physical force
against any passenger, governmental officer, representative of the
Division of Taxi and Limousine Licensing, public servant or any other
person while performing his duties as a driver.
| ||
|
122
|
A driver shall not solicit passengers while sitting in the driver's
seat of his shuttle bus or while standing immediately adjacent to
the curbside of his shuttle bus. This rule shall not be construed
to allow any solicitation or conduct otherwise prohibited by this
chapter.
| ||
|
123
|
A driver may not use another person to solicit a passenger nor
suggest to a passenger that an additional person be accepted as a
passenger.
| ||
|
124
|
A driver shall not solicit passengers within 50 feet of any
bus stop nor stop there.
| ||
|
125
|
A driver shall not pick up additional fares while the shuttle
is employed on its regular route.
| ||
|
126
|
A driver may not, in omnibus fashion, pick up passengers at
one or more locations, unless such locations are listed and approved
as stops on the shuttle bus's regular route.
| ||
|
127
|
A driver shall not seek to ascertain the destination of a passenger
before such passenger is seated in the shuttle bus.
| ||
|
128
|
A driver shall not refuse by words, gestures or any other means
to take any orderly and lawful passenger to their destination upon
the regular route of the shuttle bus so long as said passenger is
entitled to such service and the destination is included in the approved
shuttle bus activity form on file with the City. This includes a person
who is handicapped and any guide dog or other service animal accompanying
such person.
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|
129
|
A driver shall not include the hire of his shuttle bus by giving
misleading information, including but not limited to, the times of
arrival and departure of trains, buses, ships, ferries, planes or
other scheduled forms of transportation, the location of a building
or place or the distance between two points.
| ||
|
130
|
a.
|
A driver shall not refuse to transport a passenger's luggage,
wheelchair, crutches or other property.
| |
|
b.
|
Upon request of a passenger, the driver shall load or unload
such property in or from the shuttle bus's interior or trunk
compartment and shall secure such compartment.
| ||
|
131
|
A driver shall not sell, advertise or recommend any service
or merchandise to any passenger without prior written approval from
the Division of Taxi and Limousine Licensing.
| ||
|
132
|
A driver shall not comply with any request of a passenger during
the trip to change his destination if doing so would change the shuttle
bus's route or conflict with the approved routes and stops on
file with the City; a driver shall allow any passenger to terminate
their trip, unless it is impossible for the driver to comply with
such request.
| ||
|
133
|
A driver shall take a passenger to his destination by the regular
route as filed with the Division of Taxi and Limousine Licensing.
| ||
|
134
|
A driver shall be required to accept United States currency
or a Director approved group voucher.
| ||
|
135
|
A driver shall give the correct change to a passenger who has
paid the fare at the termination of their trip.
| ||
|
136
|
A driver shall give a passenger a receipt for payment of the
fare when requested to do so by the passenger; such a receipt shall
state the date, time, City assigned shuttle bus number, fare paid,
any other charge and the Division of Taxi and Limousine Licensing's
Complaint Department telephone number.
| ||
|
137
|
A driver shall not ask a passenger for a tip nor indicate that
a tip is expected or required.
| ||
|
138
|
If a passenger refuses to pay their fare, when such is due at
the termination of the trip, the shuttle bus driver may proceed directly
to the nearest police station, present the facts to the police and
follow their instructions for resolving the dispute.
| ||
|
139
|
A driver shall promptly answer and comply as directed with all
questions, communications, directives and summonses from the Division
of Taxi and Limousine Licensing or its representative. A driver shall
produce his shuttle bus operator's license and Motor Vehicle
Commission (MVC) license, and any other documents required to be held
by the shuttle bus driver, whenever the Division of Taxi and Limousine
Licensing or its representative requires him to do so.
| ||
|
140
|
A driver shall not knowingly operate an autobus for hire unless
such vehicle is properly licensed by the Division of Taxi and Limousine
Licensing.
| ||
|
141
|
A driver shall comply with all restrictions endorsed by the
Director upon his shuttle bus operator's license.
| ||
|
142
|
a.
|
A driver shall not operate a shuttle bus in the City of Hoboken
while his shuttle bus operator's license or his motor vehicle
driver's license is revoked, suspended or expired.
| |
|
b.
|
A driver shall immediately surrender his shuttle bus operator's
license to the Division of Taxi and Limousine Licensing upon the suspension
or revocation of his chauffeur's license.
| ||
|
143
|
A driver shall take all reasonable steps to safeguard his shuttle
bus operator's license.
| ||
|
144
|
A driver shall notify the Division of Taxi and Limousine Licensing,
in writing, of the loss or theft of his shuttle bus operator's
license within 72 hours, exclusive of weekends and holidays.
| ||
|
145
|
A driver shall not alter, deface, mutilate or obliterate any
portion of his shuttle bus operator's license or the attached
photograph so as to cause it to present false information or make
it unreadable or unrecognizable.
| ||
|
146
|
A driver shall immediately surrender for replacement any unreadable
or unrecognizable shuttle bus operator's license.
| ||
|
147
|
A driver shall submit four prints of a new photograph to the
Division of Taxi and Limousine Licensing whenever his physical appearance
has substantially changed. Substantial change shall include, but not
be limited to, the growth or removal of facial hair.
| ||
|
148
|
A driver shall report any change of mailing address to the Division
of Taxi and Limousine Licensing, either in person or by registered
or certified mail, return receipt requested, within seven days, exclusive
of weekends and holidays. Any notice from the Division of Taxi and
Limousine Licensing shall be deemed sufficient if sent to the mailing
address furnished by the driver.
| ||
|
149
|
A driver, while operating a shuttle bus, shall not carry a weapon
without the Division of Taxi and Limousine Licensing's written
authorization.
| ||
|
150
|
a.
|
A driver shall keep a trip record in the shuttle bus, make all
entries legibly in ink and include the following information:
| |
|
1.
|
The shuttle bus's City assigned shuttle bus license number.
| ||
|
2.
|
His name and shuttle bus operator's license number.
| ||
|
3.
|
The license plate number.
| ||
|
4.
|
At the start of each trip: the destination and the starting
time.
| ||
|
5.
|
On completion of the trip: the date, time, specific location,
the amount of fare and all other entries required by these rules.
| ||
|
b.
|
A driver shall not make erasures or obliterations or white-outs
on a trip record. The driver shall correct any wrong entry only by
drawing a single line through the incorrect entry. A driver shall
not leave blank lines between entries.
| ||
|
c.
|
A driver shall not rewrite a trip record, either in whole or
in part, unless authorized by the Division of Taxi and Limousine Licensing.
| ||
|
d.
|
A driver shall, upon request, immediately make available all
trip sheets for up to the past three years of operation in the City,
and shall submit said trip sheets on a regular basis if so request
by the Division of Taxi and Limousine Licensing.
| ||
|
151
|
A driver shall not operate a shuttle bus unless all of the following
are present in the shuttle bus:
| ||
|
a.
|
The trip record, also known as a trip sheet."
| ||
|
b.
|
His shuttle bus operator's license in an appropriate frame
on the right side of the dashboard.
| ||
|
c.
|
Receipts for passengers.
| ||
|
d.
|
All notices required to be posted in the shuttle bus.
| ||
|
e.
|
A notice indicating the maximum number of passengers legally
permitted on the bus.
| ||
|
152
|
A driver shall not obstruct a passenger's view of any of
the items required to be posted in a shuttle bus by these rules.
| ||
|
153
|
A driver shall not operate a shuttle bus having any equipment,
devices or signs not specified in these rules unless authorized, in
writing, by the Division of Taxi and Limousine Licensing.
| ||
|
154
|
A driver shall not operate a shuttle bus without continued personal
inspections and reasonable determination that all equipment, including
brakes, tires, lights and signals, is in good working order.
| ||
|
155
|
A driver shall not operate a shuttle bus unless both he and
the owner, or his agent if the driver's vehicle is not owned
by the driver, shall, at the beginning of each work shift, sign and
certify on the trip record that the shuttle bus and its equipment
are in good working order and the items required in the shuttle bus
are present. One entry for a driver who owns the vehicle he drives
is sufficient for that vehicle.
| ||
|
156
|
When a shuttle bus taken out of service for repair has been
repaired, and if the repairs were made by the driver he shall immediately
make a trip record entry showing the work that was completed, the
shop name and the time the work was finished. The driver shall carry
the work order or receipt with him while on his work shift and deliver
it to the owner at the end of that shift.
| ||
|
157
|
A driver, during his work shift, shall keep the shuttle bus's
exterior and interior clean and not idle his vehicle for longer than
three minutes in violation of New Jersey State idling laws.
| ||
|
158
|
A driver licensed under this chapter has the right to take a
position at any shuttle bus zone having a vacancy, and no other shuttle
bus driver may interfere with that right.
| ||
|
159
|
A driver may not occupy a shuttle bus zone for the purpose of
rest or repairing his shuttle bus, except for minor emergency repairs.
| ||
|
160
|
A driver shall not overcrowd or back into a front position on
a shuttle bus zone. A driver shall take the rear position on the line
formed at such a zone, unless it is a relief stand that has a vacancy.
| ||
|
161
|
A driver may occupy a shuttle bus zone only when he is on duty,
when the zone is not already fully occupied by other shuttle buses,
and during designated times as indicated on posted signage.
| ||
|
162
|
The driver of each of a shuttle bus at a shuttle bus zone shall
remain in the driver's seat ready to accept passengers with the
engine off unless it is idling for less than three minutes in compliance
with New Jersey State idling laws.
| ||
|
163
|
The rules regarding shuttle bus lines also apply to special
feed lines at air, rail, bus and ship terminals.
| ||
|
164
|
A driver shall immediately report to the Division of Taxi and
Limousine Licensing any shuttle bus license holder who instructs any
driver to violate any section of this chapter.
| ||
|
165
|
A driver shall not accept more passengers than the legally allowed
maximum for that vehicle.
| ||
A fine not less than the following penalties shall apply to
violations of the rules set forth in § 180-28. The penalty schedule
lists the rule number, the range of fines associated with a violation
of that rule and whether the violator is required to make a personal
appearance to answer such charge;
|
Rule
|
Penalty/Fine
|
Appearance Required
|
|---|---|---|
|
101
|
$150
|
No
|
|
102
|
$200
|
No
|
|
103
|
$350 to $600 and mandatory revocation[1]
|
Yes
|
|
104
|
$125
|
No
|
|
105
|
$150 to $450
|
Yes
|
|
106a
|
$200 to $350 and/or suspension of 5 days
|
Yes
|
|
106b
|
$200 to $350 and/or suspension of 5 days
|
Yes
|
|
106c
|
$150 to $200 for a violation that governs stationary vehicles
|
Yes
|
|
106d
|
$250 to $500 and/or suspension of 5 days
|
Yes
|
|
107
|
$150
|
No
|
|
108
|
$150
|
No
|
|
109
|
$300 to $450
|
Yes
|
|
110
|
$150 to $250 and/or suspension of 20 days
|
Yes
|
|
111
|
$350 to $600 and/or suspension of 5 days
|
Yes
|
|
112a
|
$250 to $450 and/or suspension of 5 days
|
Yes
|
|
112b
|
$150
|
No
|
|
113a, b and c
|
$350 to $600 and/or suspension of 20 days
|
Yes
|
|
114
|
$200 to $350 and/or suspension of 10 days
|
Yes
|
|
115
|
$200
|
No
|
|
116
|
$350 to $600
|
No
|
|
117
|
$200
|
No
|
|
118
|
$150 to $250
|
No
|
|
119a and b
|
$150
|
No
|
|
120
|
$350
|
No
|
|
121
|
$350 to $600
|
No
|
|
122
|
$350
|
No
|
|
123
|
$150 to $200
|
No
|
|
124
|
$200
|
No
|
|
125
|
$200
|
No
|
|
126
|
$200 to $350
|
No
|
|
127
|
$200
|
No
|
|
128
|
$200
|
No
|
|
129
|
$200
|
No
|
|
130a and b
|
$150 to $200
|
No
|
|
131
|
$150 to $200
|
No
|
|
132
|
$150 to $200
|
No
|
|
133
|
$150 to $200
|
No
|
|
134
|
$150 to $200
|
No
|
|
135
|
$150 to $200
|
No
|
|
136
|
$150
|
No
|
|
137
|
$150
|
No
|
|
138
|
No penalty attached
|
Not applicable
|
|
139
|
$200
|
Yes
|
|
140
|
$350 to $600
|
Yes
|
|
141
|
$150 to $200
|
Yes
|
|
142a and b
|
$350 to $600
|
Yes
|
|
143
|
$125
|
No
|
|
144
|
$125
|
No
|
|
145
|
$200
|
No
|
|
146
|
$125
|
No
|
|
147
|
$125
|
No
|
|
148
|
$200
|
No
|
|
149
|
$200
|
Yes
|
|
150a, b and c
|
$200
|
Yes
|
|
151
|
$200
|
Yes
|
|
152
|
$125
|
Yes
|
|
153
|
$125
|
No
|
|
154
|
$150 to $200
|
Yes
|
|
155
|
$150 to $200
|
Yes
|
|
156
|
$150 to $200
|
Yes
|
|
157
|
$125
|
No
|
|
158
|
$200
|
No
|
|
159
|
$200
|
No
|
|
160
|
$200
|
No
|
|
161
|
$200
|
No
|
|
162
|
$125 to $150
|
No
|
|
163
|
$125 to $150
|
No
|
|
164
|
$150 to $250
|
No
|
|
165
|
$500 to $1,000 and/or suspension for 30 days
|
Yes
|
[1]
Editor's Note: In addition to those penalties provided
for by N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.
