This is just an observation, but I get taxis everyday, and not one of the taxi drivers that pick me up ever wear seat belts! I wont get in a car unless I can use a seatbelt, I think its really stupid to put yourself at risk unneccessarily. Also, isnt it illegal?? So... my question is whether taxi drivers are exempt from the laws surrounding wearing seat belts? And even if they are, why the hell dont they wear seat belts?! They're in the car all the time, and therefore surely more likely to have an accident...?!
2007-03-09 01:25:52 · 12 answers · asked by Biznitch 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Taxi drivers can park where they like, stop when they like, indicate only if they are in the mood, they do as exactly as they please so if they dont want to wear a seat belt more fool them but is illegal just like it is for everyone else.
2007-03-09 01:40:22 · answer #1 · answered by bez 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Taxi drivers face more dangers than just a collision. In most countries they are exempt from seat belt laws, because the belt makes it harder to escape the car if they need to (robbery, etc.). Lawmakers consider robbery to be of higher risk for taxi drivers than collision.
2007-03-09 11:36:51 · answer #2 · answered by Misha 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the rule differs for private hire driver who are required to wear a seat belt to hackney cab plate holders who may be driving an identical car who do not. The reason is one of the risk of assault . so Hackney drivers are exempt under law from wearing them
2007-03-10 03:04:08 · answer #3 · answered by The Fat Controller 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
taxi drivers and passengers should wear seat belts and a law should be passed to nullify their expemtion. but if you're a brainless dimbwit that wants to be fined for not wearing it and like the prospect of being killed in a car accident regardless of how miner it looks be my guest.. we could use some population decreasement on this earth
2007-03-10 06:56:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
hackney cab drivers are exempt from wearing seat belts. minicab drivers must wear there seat belts when they have no passengers in there car but are exempt when they have passengers.
2007-03-09 02:04:43 · answer #5 · answered by rockin ken 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Its illegal for taxi drivers not to buckle up but you see the way some of them drive they think their a law unto them self's
2007-03-09 01:34:41 · answer #6 · answered by bigjamsie 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, taxi drivers are not exempt from wearing seatbelts, nor are they exempt from the laws of physics.
Anyone who doesn't wear one is a fool.
2007-03-09 01:32:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
I don't wear my seat belt because I have the right to make that choice and quite personally I don't mind being dead. As long as you wear yours whenever you feel like it that's fine. If I drove a cab for a living I would want to die anyway.
2007-03-09 01:33:44 · answer #8 · answered by Kirk Rose 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Rocking Ken is the only one to give the correct answer.
2007-03-09 04:41:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They don't have to by Law, because they could be required to get in and out frequently or get straggled by them from behind, if someone wanted to rob them.
2007-03-09 01:33:50 · answer #10 · answered by dsclimb1 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋