London Hackney Carriages Act 1843

XXXIII Penalty on Drivers of Hackney Carriages, or Drivers or Conductors of Metropolitan Stage Carriages, for loitering or causing any Obstruction, or plying for Hire by making any Noise, &c.

And be it enacted, That every Driver of a Hackney Carriage who shall ply for Hire elsewhere than at some Standing or Place appointed for that Purpose, or who by loitering or by any wilful Misbehaviour shall cause any Obstruction in or upon any public Street, Road, or Place, and also every Driver or Conductor of any Metropolitan Stage Carriage who by loitering or any wilful Misbehaviour shall cause any Obstruction in or upon any public Street, Road, or Place, or shall improperly delay such Carriage on any Journey, or wilfully deceive any Person in respect to the Route or Destination thereof, or who shall refuse to admit and carry at the lawful Fare any Passenger for whom there is Room, and to whose Admission no reasonable Objection is made, or who shall demand more than the legal Fare for any Passenger, or who, for the Purpose of taking up or setting down a Passenger, or, except in case of Accident or other unavoidable Necessity, shall stop such Carriage opposite to the End of any Street, or upon any Place where Foot Passengers usually cross the Carriageway, or who shall ply for Hire or Passengers by blowing a Horn, or by using any other noisy Instrument within the Limits of the Metropolis as defined by the said Act of the Second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, and every Conductor of a Metropolitan Stage Carriage who shall allow any Person beside himself to ride upon the Steps or in the Place provided for him, and every Driver of a Hackney Carriage, whether hired or unhired, allowing any Person besides himself, not being the Hirer or a Person employed by such Hirer, to ride on the Driving Box, and every Driver or Conductor of any Metropolitan Stage Carriage who shall smoke whilst acting in such Capacity, after an Objection taken by any Person riding in or upon such Carriage, shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of Twenty Shillings.