Taxis To Be Without
Window Polarization
As of Monday, taxi
drivers who want to
continue to operate and
pass the vehicular
inspection must not have
any polarized windows or
any stickers on the
windows and body of the
vehicle.
That is the position of
the Consejo de
Transporte Público (CTP),
which requirements go
into effect on Monday
coming.
Riteve SyC has been
ordered by the CTP to
reject any taxi vehicle
with any polarized
windows and with any
type of sticker on the
windows or body, other
than to indicate the
taxi's phone number, in
accordance with article
7 of the Reglamento
sobre Características
del Servicio Público
Modalidad Taxi.
The regulation clearly
states that taxis cannot
have any material on the
windows or body of the
vehicle that blocks
visibility and
identifies it as an
official taxi from
Tránsito (traffic)
officials.
All official taxis are
required to be red and
must have on both front
doors of the vehicle a
yellow triangle that
states the taxi license
plate number and the
area of circulation.
For example, a taxi with
the licenese plate
commencing with TSJ and
has "area metropolitana"
in its triangle is
permitted to only pick
up fares in the San José
metropolitan area.
Alajueal taxis are
marked TA, Cartago TC,
Puntarenas TP,
Guanacaste TG, Heredia
TH and Limón TL. In
addition, taxi plates
have different colours
for the provinces, San
José are white with red
lettering and Alajuela,
red with black
lettering, for example.
The only exception to
the license plate rule
are the airport taxis at
the Juan Santamaría (San
Jos) airport, which are
still permitted to
operate under the old AP
plates or by special
permit given by the CTP.
The airport taxis are
identified as such and
are orange in colour.
Taxi vehicles, as part
of their concession
permit, must submit to a
vehicular inspection
every six months or
twice a year.
Taxis that do not meet
the new requirements are
exposed to a ¢10.000
colones (us$20) fine and
may lose their
concession.
The regulation affects
only public vehicles
like taxis and not
private vehicles., who
can continue with the
polarized windows on the
side and not in the
front or rear. Private
vehicles with polarized
front or rear windows
are subject to a ¢5.000
colones fine. |
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