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Mauritius Police Taxi Oral Test study materials
Mauritius Police Taxi Oral Test study resources

Mauritius Police Taxi Oral Test: Road Traffic Law and Taxi Regulations

Mauritius Police Taxi Oral Test · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.

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Road Traffic Law and Taxi Regulations

This domain tests whether you can apply the Road Traffic Act and the public-service-vehicle rules to real taxi work in Mauritius: who may carry passengers for reward, what documents must be in the vehicle, where you may hire, and how fares are set and charged.

Authority and licensing

  • A taxi is a public service vehicle. It must be licensed as such with the National Transport Authority (NTA), and the registration book must show the correct class of use.
  • The driver must hold a licence for the vehicle class plus a valid taxi/PSV driver's badge, carried and produced on demand to a police officer or authorised inspector.
  • Insurance must cover carriage of passengers for reward. A private motor policy does not.
  • The vehicle must hold a current roadworthiness (inspection) certificate, and the approved fare schedule must be displayed where passengers can read it.

Operating rules

  • Hire at authorised taxi stands or on a pre-arranged booking. Do not pick up at bus stops, on bends, on clearways or where yellow lines and no-stopping signs apply.
  • Agree the fare or start the meter before moving off. Charge no more than the approved tariff and give a receipt on request.
  • You may lawfully refuse a hire (already hired, unsafe destination, abusive passenger) but never on discriminatory grounds.

Worked example

A man waves from a bus stop 40 m from the taxi stand. What should you do?

Reasoning: (1) stopping at a bus stop obstructs buses and breaches the no-stopping markings; (2) accepting a hire away from the authorised stand is treated by enforcement as touting and obstruction; (3) the safe and lawful answer is to wave him to the stand, or accept only if it is a genuine pre-booked job with the booking record kept. A good answer names both breaches, not just "it is illegal".

Traps that cost marks

  • Thinking a private car plus a badge equals a licensed taxi.
  • Forgetting that the badge must be produced on demand.
  • Quoting "tourist rates" instead of the displayed tariff.
  • Assuming insurance automatically covers reward hires.