Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:197 – Taxicab drivers to show charges on meter; penalty
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:197
- Vehicle: means every device by which any person or property is transported upon the highways of this state, except devices moved by animal power or exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:162
No driver or chauffeur of a taxicab or automobile or other motor propelled vehicle for hire, while in service, shall operate the vehicle, if provided with a meter, without properly pulling the flag attached to the meter or other necessary part of the meter in order to show constantly, to the passenger or his employers the exact charges on the meter as they increase.
Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than six months, or both.