How taxi meters must be used during a ride

(a) When a taxicab equipped with a taximeter is employed by a passenger, it shall be the duty of the driver to throw the flag or other convenient and effective means of the taximeter into the appropriate employed position, so as to record mileage while the taxicab is in motion and to record waiting time while the taxicab is standing at the direction of the passenger. (b) When a taximeter designed to calculate fares upon the basis of a combination of mileage traveled and time elapsed is operative with respect to fare indication, the fare-indicating mechanism shall be actuated by the mileage mechanism whenever the vehicle is in motion at such a speed that the rate of mileage revenue equals or exceeds the time rate, as determined by the division of measurement standards of the State department of agriculture, and may be actuated by the time mechanism whenever the vehicle speed is less than this and when the vehicle is not in motion. (c) Means shall be provided for the vehicle operator to render the time mechanism either operative or inoperative with respect to the fare-indicating mechanism. (d) The flag or other convenient and effective means of the taximeter shall be kept in the appropriate employed position until the termination of the trip. At the termination of the trip, it shall be the duty of the driver to throw the flag or other convenient and effective means of such taximeter into the nonemployed position. (e) This section shall not apply when a taxicab is being operated as a shared-ride taxi under a County-sponsored public transit program. 18-45