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Penalty on Drivers misbehaving.
Improperly standing with Carriage, refusing to give way to, or obstructing any other Driver, or depriving him of his Fare.
Damage done by Driver may be recovered from the Proprietor.
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LXXXV. If the Driver or any other Person having the Care of any Hackney Carriage be intoxicated while driving, or if any such Driver or other Person by wanton and furious driving, or by any other wilful Misconduct, injure or endanger any Person in his Life, Limbs, or Property, he shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, and in default of Payment thereof the Justice before whom he is convicted of such Offence may commit him to Prison, there to remain for any Time not exceeding Two Months; and any Driver of any Hackney Carriage who suffers the same to stand for Hire across any Street or alongside of any other Hackney Carriage, or who refuses to give way, if he conveniently can, to any other Carriage, or who obstructs or hinders the Driver of any other Carriage in taking up or setting down any Person into or from such other Carriage, or who wrongfully in a forcible Manner prevents or endeavours to prevent the Driver of any other Hackney Carriage from being hired, shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Shillings; and in every Case in which any Hurt or Damage has been caused to any Person or Property as aforesaid by the Driver of any Carriage let to hire, the Justice before whom such Driver has been convicted may direct that the Proprietor of such Carriage shall pay such Sum not exceeding Five Pounds as appears to such Justice a reasonable Compensation for such Hurt or Damage; and every Proprietor who pays any such Compensation as aforesaid may recover the same from the Driver; and such Compensation shall be recoverable from such Proprietor, and by him from such Driver, as Damages.
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