No taxicab shall seek employment by:
A. Repeatedly driving his or her taxicab along any street.
B. Interfering with the proper access or egress from
any place of public gathering, such as a theater, hotel, grocery store
or railway station.
All accidents involving vehicles licensed under
this Part 1, except rented motor vehicles, shall promptly be reported
by the driver of said licensed vehicle to the Taxicab Division on
forms provided by the Taxicab Division, within 24 hours after the
accident.
Every driver of a vehicle licensed under this
Part 1 shall, upon completion of each trip, search said vehicle for
any property lost or left therein. Any property found shall, unless
sooner claimed by or delivered to the owner of said property, be delivered
to and left at the Taxicab Division within 24 hours after its discovery.
No person shall, in a vehicle licensed under
this Part 1, knowingly transport or cause to be transported or aid
or assist in obtaining transportation for any person for the purpose
of committing or attempting to commit a crime or a disorderly persons
offense.
A taxicab driver shall not pick up or discharge
any passenger in the roadway, but shall pull the taxicab to the curb,
so that passengers do not have to cross the roadway in order to enter
or exit the taxicab.
It shall be a violation of this section for anyone, while operating a taxicab or any other vehicle covered under this Part
1, to violate any state or municipal motor vehicle or traffic law, including but not limited to the laws pertaining to parking and the wearing of seat belts and child restraints.