Laws and Conditions – Sheffield Knowledge Test Exam Preparation

Sheffield Knowledge Test for Taxi/Private Hire Drivers

Part 2 – Laws & Conditions

In this section, you will be asked 10 questions and you will be required to achieve a
minimum score of 80%.
You have 15 minutes to complete this test

1 / 10

1. Where can a Hackney Carriage vehicle ply for hire?

Only in the district in which the license has been issued

Anywhere in the country once they have a license

In the local area within the county boundaries

Only form designated taxi ranks

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2. Where and when can a private hire driver ply for hire?

Only if there are no Hackney Carriages to fulfil the booking

When outside of the district from which their license was granted

Nowhere, a private hire vehicle and driver must be pre-booked through a licensed operator

When you have your own operator’s license

3 / 10

3. There is a train strike a customer ask you to take them to a stadium in Doncaster. How would
you charge the customer?

You agree with the customer that you use the meter and charge meter fare

Price to start of journey

It’s a long journey so you don’t need to use the meter and you’ll tell the customer what the fare will be at the end

At the end of journey, you advice the customer the tariff is meter fare + 50% because the fare ends outside Sheffield and you can’t pick up a return fare in Doncaster

4 / 10

4. Your passenger is accompanied by an assistance dog as she is hearing impaired. At the end
of the journey the fare is £8.30
How much extra do you charge for the assistance dog?

£5

Double the fare

10% of the final fare

Nothing, you cannot make an additional charge for carrying an assistance dog

5 / 10

5. It is a hot day, you are waiting for a customer who has gone to the post office, there is a second
passenger waiting with you in the car (parked in suitable place), you feel like having a drink

Don’t drink until end of shift

Take a drink

Ask the second customer if its alright to drink and then drink if they permit

Offer drink to customer, only take a drink if customer does

6 / 10

6. Can a Private Hire vehicle wait on a taxi rank for booked customers?

Yes

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7. If you have a Sheffield City Council Private Hire vehicle, can you use bus lanes/gates?

Yes, but only after 6.30pm

Yes

Yes, but only when working and with all authorised signage on the vehicle.

8 / 10

8. As a private hire driver, where should you place PDA or satnav device?

In a place where its visible to you without having to look away from the road

In a place where it is visible to both you and the customer

In a place where only the customer can see the device

9 / 10

9. Waiting in your Hackney Carriage at the taxi rank for 45min and now at the front of the queue
the next customer only wants a 1⁄2 mile journey. Under what circumstances can you refuse to take
the customer?

Where you are due to finish work in an hour and the journey is in the wrong direction to your home

When you have reasonable cause to refuse a journey

Where the passenger is travelling in a wheelchair

Where a journey is a short journey which the passenger could walk you can refuse to take a passenger

10 / 10

10. What legislation is responsible for the majority of driver, vehicle and operator licensing?

Town Police Clauses Act 1927

Equality Act 2010

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976

Town and Country Act 1976

Your score is

The average score is 0%

Part 2 - Laws and Conditions