706.8847 - Compliance with passenger’s directions; exceptions.

706.8847  Compliance with passenger’s directions; exceptions.

      1.  A driver shall not refuse or neglect to transport any orderly person to that person’s destination if:

      (a) That person requests the driver to transport the person; and

      (b) The requested destination is within the area allocated to the certificate holder who employs the driver.

      2.  Subsection 1 does not apply if the driver can show beyond a reasonable doubt that:

      (a) The driver has good reason to fear for the driver’s personal safety;

      (b) The taxicab has been previously engaged by another person; or

      (c) The driver is forbidden by law or regulation to carry the person requesting transportation.

      (Added to NRS by 1969, 1247)