Maxi Taxi Trinidad

Coaches - public property. Note: itineraries, timetables and fares are subject to changes without prior notification.

Trinidad and Tobago Maxi Taxi Association

Maxi -Taxi-Service in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a private and run means of transport. Maxi Taxis' are like minibuses offering transport to various destinations through Trinidad and Tobago. You stop and pick up your guests along the street and take them to the appropriate maxi taxi stands in each city in Trinidad and Tobago.

Tariffs are the cheapest of all available means of transportation and are displayed when you enter a maxi taxi. It is also conceived as a means of transportation that allows individuals to be free to live wherever they want, while at the same time having access to the communities in which they work, attend homes or for something as easy as rest.

The Maxi Taxis are active in various areas of Trinidad and Tobago and are easy to recognise by the color of their ribbons. Maxi Taxis' and their designation colors are given below. Sangre Grande. Red Band Maxi Taxi Service Port of Spain to Arima and all the way to Sangre Grande. The Yellow Band Maxi Taxi Service Port of Spain to Diego Martin and all the way to Chaguramas.

to Chaguanas and to San Fernando. They' re also running Chaguanas to Curepe. The Black Band Maxi Taxi Service San Fernando to Princes Town, Princes Town to New Grant and Tableland, Princes Town to Rio Claro, Rio Claro to Mayaro, Mayaro to Sangre Grande, Princes Town to St. Marys, Indian Walk, and down to Moruga.

The Brown Band Maxi Taxi Service San Fernando to Penal, Siparia, Point Fortin and to Cedros. ServiceAnywhere in Tobago. At Trinidad and Tobago, local transport consists of civil service cars recorded as "H" (hired). PTSC busses, maxi taxis, taxis and private school busses are permitted on board our busses.

Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Laws, Chapters 48:50, 48:52, Maxi-Taxi Law, Chapters 48:53 and Law No. 5 of 2010 establish the jurisdiction. T " license box wagons are registred for Light Transport, but they risk the life of the citizen by equipping their cars with seat, bell and taxi sign and operate these cars as illegal cabs, and have moved from working at the grandstands, when the regular cabs are ready for the evening, to normal daytime operation, even at the taxi ranks where the regular taxi and maxi taxi riders have to work.

Only three ( "3") individuals, including the chauffeur, and two ("2") front passenger are covered by these T-licensed delivery trucks as initially engineered. The modification of the vehicle to place more than these three (3) individuals then violates the terms under which the van is covered.

However, the cars are still only covered for a total of seven (7) people, including the chauffeur, and six (6) people. All policies made out by all insurers here in Trinidad and Tobago have a section marked "Registered for ___ Passengers".

The information in this section comes directly from the certified copy of the cars produced by the Trinidad and Tobago Approval Authority. There is no type of cover for the car and its passengers in the case of an accident. What is more, the car and its passengers are not insured. Motor and Road Traffic Act 48:50 requires a criminal offense to use a person's car for a different purposes than those for which it is licensed.

Therefore, the use of these "transport" or "private" licensed automobiles for commercial purposes is an offense in Trinidad and Tobago. In addition, citizens using this facility are not sufficiently insured in the case of a traffic incident. In addition, the Ministry of Construction and Transport is very concerned about the question of those with serious sentences and their incapacity to obtain a good quality certification from the Trinidad and Tobago police.

Several of these cars are also unsuited for taxi services and thus jeopardise the security of travellers. Recognizing the need for schoolchildren who live in South Trinidad's countryside to have secure and dependable transport, the government of this land has permitted one thousand (1,000) privately owned busses to be run by individuals.

According to the law, a privately owned educational coach is conceived as a puplic transport with a capacity of not less than nine but not more than 25 persons, used for the transport of schoolchildren and of a model authorised by the approval authority. Rueben Cato, Transport Commissioner, said that with effect from 1 November 2013, the following conditions must be met by privately owned buses:

1 ) have your vehicle recorded as "for hire" (with an "H" number plate). 2 ) Receive a taxi bath. 5 ) Receive a good quality certification from Trinidad and Tobago Police Service. 6 ) Your cars have been repainted in a "bright" amber, the color of the schools' busses, recognized worldwide. It was done to make sure that all formal transport equipment is in line with best practice worldwide.

Strict precautions must be taken to guarantee that the personnel responsible for operating civil service rolling stock are appropriately trained in physical and legal terms and guarantee security. The conditions for obtaining a taxi badge in Trinidad and Tobago are set out below. Filled request 4 (available from Transport Division offices) 3.

Police character certificate (not older than three months). Filled-in 12 - "Medical Test for Driver's Permit" which requires an up-to-date photo of the candidate before applying. Owning and operating a maxi taxi is a little more laborious as it includes some additional stages below.

a) The claimant must personally present either his own copy of the licence ( i) or Trinidad and Tobago ID Card or passport together with a copy and (ii) a copy of an operating expense statement in the claimant's name. b) Legend of symbols not older than six (6) month.

An affidavit that the claimant was never the proprietor or co-owner of a Maxi-Taxi and is now requesting for the first instance to be recorded as the proprietor.