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In connection with the regular receipt of appeals from citizens regarding the refusal of taxi drivers to transport passengers with children in the absence of child restraint devices and other means (boosters, special seat cushions, additional seats), we inform you. According to Article 27 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus dated August 14, 2007 No. 278-3 On Road Transport and Road Transportation (hereinafter - Law No. 278-3), passenger transportation by taxi vehicles is carried out under the conditions of a public contract. According to paragraph 164 of the Rules for the Transportation of Passengers by Road, approved by the resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated June 30, 2008 No. 972, the taxi driver is obliged, among other things, to carry out passenger transportation by taxi vehicles, orders transmitted by the taxi dispatcher or using an electronic information system. In accordance with paragraph 178 of the Traffic Rules, approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated November 28, 2005 No. 551, the transportation of children in a taxi vehicle is allowed without the use of child restraint devices. Article 31 of Law No. 278-3 defines the grounds for refusing to fulfill the passenger transportation contract. In the absence of legal grounds, the road carrier (its representative) is not entitled to refuse to fulfill the passenger transportation contract. Since the absence of child restraint devices and other means (boosters, special seat cushions, additional seats) is not a reason to refuse passengers transportation by taxi, the drivers actions in such a case will be unlawful. Moreover, an unjustified refusal to carry passengers by a taxi driver is an administrative offense, for which responsibility is provided for in Article 18.26 of the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Administrative Offenses.
