Chapter 9 - part 7 - Obligations of drivers performing public passenger transport

Reference articles from the legislation in force

OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 (Road Traffic Code)
Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 (Road Traffic Code Regulation)

Regulation - Article 151

The driver of a motor vehicle or tram that performs public passenger transport is obliged:

a) to stop for the boarding or alighting of passengers only in the stations signalled as such, except for public passenger transport in taxi mode. If the station is provided with a bay, the stop will be made only inside it;
b) to open the doors only after the vehicle has been stopped in the station;
c) to close the doors only after the passengers have alighted or boarded;
d) to set the motor vehicle or tram in motion from the station after signalling the intention and making sure that it can perform this maneuver safely.

Regulation - Article 152

Is prohibited the passengers of public passenger transport vehicles:

a) to board, to alight, to keep the doors open or to open them during the movement of the vehicle;
b) to travel on the steps or on the exterior parts of the body of the vehicle;
c) to throw from the vehicle any kind of objects, materials or substances.

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Text version Chapter 9 - part 7 - Obligations of drivers performing public passenger transport

The driver of a motor vehicle or tram that performs public passenger transport is obliged (art. 151 of the Regulation):

• to stop for the boarding or alighting of passengers only in the stations signalled as such, except for public passenger transport in taxi mode. If the station is provided with a bay, the stop will be made only inside it;
• to open the doors only after the vehicle has been stopped in the station;
• to close the doors only after the passengers have alighted or boarded;
• to set the motor vehicle or tram in motion from the station after signalling the intention and making sure that it can perform this maneuver safely.

Is prohibited the passengers of public passenger transport vehicles (art. 152 of the Regulation):

• to board, to alight, to keep the doors open or to open them during the movement of the vehicle;
• to travel on the steps or on the exterior parts of the body of the vehicle;
• to throw from the vehicle any kind of objects, materials or substances.