Could you please confirm whether taxis and airport shuttles are exempt from having to use car seats as we provide "only temporary transport" for passengers arriving or departing the airport with small children? I remember having read or heard this before from senior shuttle drivers but cannot find this on the Land Transport website now. Our company does have one car seat that can be used by children between the ages of 1 and 5 but sometimes people come with smaller kids or with a greater number of kids.
Raja Ganeshan, Auckland.
I am not sure about shuttle buses, but I would think the rules are similar to those for taxis. Tim Reddish, director of the Taxi Federation, says taxis are exempt from providing child restraints in their vehicles. It is the responsibility of parents to provide them.
If given advance warning, says Mr Reddish, most taxi companies will provide a child restraint, but the parent will be asked to pay for the cost of the taxi to drive to the depot to pick up the car seat, and it must be prearranged.
In regard to the give way rule, one must give way to somebody turning right into the road or entrance you are turning right out of. My understanding of this is that if there is no stop sign or give way markings, they must give way to you, for example when pulling out of a supermarket. In saying this, if I was travelling south along Nuffield St in Newmarket, and wanted to turn right into Mahuru St, and then a car appeared wanting to turn right from Mahuru St into Nuffield St, would they give way to me as there are no stop signs or give way markings?
