Singapore legislation

Regulation 31

of Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules

Regulation 31

Conduct of trishaw riders

A licensee, when acting as a trishaw rider, shall —

(a)

if so requested by a passenger, unless he has reasonable excuse to do otherwise, ride the trishaw to any place within 8 kilometres from the place at which his services and the trishaw are hired:Provided that he may rest for not more than 10 minutes after every 5 kilometres covered and may refuse to accept any hire of his services and the trishaw for more than 8 hours at a time;

(b)

not place the trishaw or any part thereof over any pedestrian pavement;

(c)

not ride the trishaw after sunset without proper lamps of a type approved by the Registrar and affixed to the trishaw;

(d)

in the absence of any reasonable cause to do otherwise, proceed to the destination named by a passenger of the trishaw by the shortest and most direct route;

(e)

prohibit the carriage in the trishaw of more passengers than those which the trishaw is licensed to carry; and

(f)

not ride or push the trishaw on any of the roads specified in the Third Schedule —

(i)

from Monday to Friday, except on a gazetted public holiday, during the following hours:7.30 a.m. — 9.30 a.m.4.30 p.m. — 7.00 p.m.; and

(ii)

on a Saturday, if that Saturday is not a gazetted public holiday, during the following hours:7.30 a.m. — 9.30 a.m.11.30 a.m. — 2.00 p.m.