Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 36

Conduct at taxi stands

(1) The driver of each of the first 2 taxis at a taxi stand shall sit in or
stand beside his taxi and shall be ready to be hired at once by any person.

(2) The driver of every taxi at a taxi stand shall move up his taxi as
vacancies occur.

(3) If a person wishes to engage a taxi-

   (a)  the driver of the first taxi at the taxi stand shall accept the hire;
        and

   (b)  the driver of a taxi other than the first taxi at the stand shall not
        accept the hire, unless the drivers of all taxis ahead of his taxi at
        the stand have either accepted a hire or are not in or near their
        taxis.

(4) Nothing in this regulation shall be construed as preventing the driver of
a taxi from parking his vehicle at a taxi stand where a traffic sign and time
plate referred to in regulation 34(1) so permit.