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Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002
221YBookable vehicle driver—dropping off and picking up
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221Y Bookable vehicle driver—dropping off and picking up
(1) A bookable vehicle driver—
(a) must refuse to stop the bookable vehicle at any place where
stopping the vehicle would be unlawful; and
(b) may refuse to stop the bookable vehicle at any place where
stopping the vehicle would be, in the driver’s opinion, unsafe.
(2) However, the bookable vehicle driver may stop the bookable vehicle
at a place (the preferred place) where stopping the vehicle would
otherwise be unlawful if—
(a) the driver is dropping off or picking up a person with a
significant disability that affects the person’s mobility; and
(b) there is no other place near the preferred place where the driver
can lawfully and safely drop off or pick up the person; and
(c) stopping the vehicle in the preferred place is, in the driver’s
opinion, safe.
Examples—people with significant disabilities affecting mobility
1 a wheelchair-dependent person
2 a person who ordinarily uses a walking stick, crutches or a walking frame to
move around outdoors
3 a person who is blind