Procedure governing Private hire vehicles and taxis picking up and setting down
Private hire vehicle or Taxi is...
Stopped on Stopped on
Stopped
Stopped in
Stopped on Stopped on
Double
Passenger
thick red
zig zags
on zebra
red box out
single red
double red
parked
using an
line
crossing
of hours
line
line
ATM?
Scenario C:
Stationary for > 5 seconds?
see notes below
(30 seconds of footage
preferred)
Commence 30 seconds
observation.
Yes
Setting down/picking up
observed?
No
Process
Yes
incident
No
Scenario A:
30 seconds
Vehicle departs
observation
Disregard
incident
No
Commence processing
incident
During observation
Yes
additional activity takes
place.
Disregard
Is it setting down or
Yes
incident
picking up?
Process
No
incident
Scenario B:
Continue processing
Up to 3 minutes
incident
total observation
Observation of unspecified
Disregard
activity or activity indicative
Yes
incident
of preparation to board or
alight vehicle
Process incident after up to 3
No
minutes total observation
Notes:
Scenario A covers instances in which a Private hire vehicle or taxi is clearly stopped on the road marking described,
with no evidence of picking up or setting down (or preparations to do so) being observed. This incident may be
considered as a contravention and processed after 30 seconds of continuous observation.
Scenario B If during the course of observing
Scenario A above an unspecified activity takes place which could be a
precursor to picking up/setting down taking place, observation may then be extended to up to 3 minutes in order that
the Enforcing Officer be sure that a permitted activity is/isn't taking place. If there is no clear resolution after a
total of
3 minutes then the incident should be processed as a contravention,
unless potential PU/SD activity is still in
progress.
Scenario C Beween the hours of 22:00 and 06:00 a period of 5 minutes concession is allowed to determine the
activity of passengers using an ATM. This does not extend to stopping at pedestrian clearways, Zig-Zags, Bus Cages
with Wide Red Lines or where a vehicle is seen to be causing an obstuction or safety hazard
