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(a) shall not cause or allow any person, animal or thing to be placed or to be in the space reserved for the driver's seat or otherwise, in such a way as to impede him in having a clear vision of the road or proper control of the vehicle;
(b) shall not knowingly drive the vehicle when there is not sufficient fuel in the vehicle to enable him to reach the next fuel pump on the route;
(c) shall not loiter or unduly delay upon any journey but shall proceed to the destination with all reasonable despatch;
(d) shall, at all times, exercise all reasonable care and diligence to maintain the vehicle in a fit and proper condition and shall not knowingly drive the vehicle when the vehicle or any brake, tyre or lamp thereof is in a defective condition likely to render the driving of such vehicle a source of danger to persons and vehicles using such place;
(e) shall behave in a civil and orderly manner towards passengers, intending passengers or the hirer of the vehicle;
(f) shall take all reasonable precautions to prevent the goods or the luggage, from being spoiled or lost, on the way;
(g) shall, as far as may be reasonably possible having regard to his duties, be responsible for due observance of the provisions of the Act and the rules made thereunder.
16. Additional duties, functions and conduct of drivers of public service vehicles.
- The driver of a public service vehicle:-
(a) shall not smoke while on duty, (b shall be cleanly dressed and in the manner specified by the State Government. Provided that when drivers of such vehicles are or are likely to be called upon to perform duties in an emergency or to receive training, the State Government may, by general or special order, exempt such drivers from the operation of this clause for such period as may be specified in the order.
(c) Shall maintain the vehicle in a clean and sanitary condition during its use in a public place.
(d) Shall, in the event of the vehicle being unable to proceed to its destination on account of mechanical break down or other cause beyond his control, arrange to convey the passengers to their destination in some other similar vehicle, or, if unable to arrange within a period of an hour after the failure to proceed to the destination, shall on demand, arrange to refund to passengers a proper portion of the fare relating to the completion of the journey for which the passengers had paid the fare.
(e) Shall see that no passenger smokes in the vehicle when the same is being filled up with fuel.
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(f) Shall, at the conclusion of every journey, make reasonable search in the vehicle for anything left by any passenger and shall take into his custody anything as found and shall, as soon as may be convenient, handover the same to the officer-incharge of the nearest police station or the permit holder.
(g) Shall, subject to any rules or regulations in force prohibiting the taking up or setting down of passengers at or except at certain specified places, bring the vehicle to rest for a sufficient period of time in a safe and convenient position upon the demand or signal of the conductor or of any passenger.