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FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1989

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COMPULSORY WEARING OF SEAT BELTS IN TAXIS, LIGHT BUSES

ARE

DRIVERS AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS IN TAXIS AND LIGHT BUSES

(SATURDAY), THE TRANSPORT REQUIRED TO WEAR SEAT BELTS FROM TOMORROW DEPARTMENT REMINDED THE PUBLIC TODAY (FRIDAY).

(SAFETY TRAFFIC

ALL

REGULATIONS, AND ALL LIGHT BUSES REQUIRED то BE

UNDER THE ROAD

EQUIPMENT} TAXIS MANUFACTURED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1981 MANUFACTURED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1984 ARE ALREADY FITTED WITH FRONT SEAT BELTS.

AS FROM TOMORROW, THE WEARING OF FRONT SEAT BELTS IN SUCH TAXIS AND LIGHT BUSES, INCLUDING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, WILL BECOME COMPULSORY.

1981 FITTED, ADVISED

THE REGULATIONS DO NOT APPLY TO TAXIS MANUFACTURED BEFORE

ARE AND LIGHT BUSES BEFORE 1984, NEVERTHELESS, IF SEAT BELTS DRIVERS AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS IN THESE OLDER VEHICLES ARE TO WEAR THEM FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY.

AND OVER,

VEHICLE ANOTHER

IS

NOT

A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SITTING IN THE MIDDLE SEAT OF A

IS.

THE DRIVER THAT

BETWEEN WHICH HAS A BENCH SEAT, PASSENGER, AND PROVIDED THAT THAT PERSON IS AGED 15 OR REQUIRED TO WEAR A SEAT BELT.

HOWEVER, IF THERE

IS ONLY ONE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, PASSENGER MUST WEAR A SEAT BELT REGARDLESS OF HIS AGE.

THAT

OF THE DRIVERS THE REGULATIONS LIMIT THE VICARIOUS LIABILITY OF TAXIS AND LIGHT BUSES TO THEIR FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS UNDER THE OF 15.

AGE

IS THE FIXED PENALTY FOR DRIVING WITHOUT FASTENING A SEAT BELT

UNDER 15 YEARS OLD $200, FOR DRIVING WHEN THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER HAS NOT FASTENED A SEAT BELT, THE FIXED PENALTY IS $140.

FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS AGED 15 OR OVER WHO FAIL TO WEAR BELT WILL BE CHARGED BY WAY OF SUMMONS.

A SEAT

ALLOW TO DRIVE

REGULATIONS (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) THE ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE THE DRIVERS OF A TAXI OR PUBLIC LIGHT BUS TO REFUSE HIRE OR ON IF THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER FAILS TO WEAR THE SEAT BELT.

AND PUBLIC NOTICE IN

LIGHT ENGLISH WEAR A

UNDER THE SAME REGULATIONS, OWNERS OF TAXIS BUSES ARE REQUIRED TO DISPLAY IN THEIR VEHICLES A AND CHINESE THAT INFORMS FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS THAT THEY MUST SEAT BELT.

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