All requirements in this article pertaining to taxi and limousine
drivers shall also apply to the owners of such taxis and limousines
to be driven by such drivers.
All taxi and limousine drivers, when operating their taxis and
limousines, shall be clean and neatly dressed.
Every taxi and limousine driver shall, upon the completion of
each and every trip, make a search of said taxi and limousine for
any property lost or inadvertently left therein, and any such property,
unless sooner claimed or delivered to the rightful owner, shall be
taken to the Police Department within six hours of the finding thereof.
All taxi and limousine drivers shall comply with all reasonable
and lawful requests of passengers as to speed and the route to be
taken. Where such requests are not made by the passenger, such driver
shall use lawful and reasonable speed and the most expeditious route
to be taken to such passenger's designation.
Any motor vehicle accident involving a taxi or limousine and
causing injury to a person or persons or damage to property in excess
of $500 shall be reported immediately by the driver to the Police
Department.
The driver of any taxi or limousine shall, upon request of any
passenger, render to such passenger a receipt for the fare charged.
The receipt shall state the name of the driver, the taxi or limousine
license number, the amount of the fare, the points of origin and destination
and the date and time of the transaction.
No person shall present, hold out or advertise any vehicle as
a taxi or limousine by the use of the word "taxi," "cab," or otherwise,
if such vehicle is not licensed under this chapter.
No holder of a certificate of operation of a taxi or driver's
license shall charge more than the fare as stated on the rate card
filed with the certificate of operation application pursuant to this
chapter and as displayed pursuant to this chapter.