Motorcycle drivers' responsibilities

Authorised motorcycle drivers must comply with all relevant requirements of the Passenger Transport Regulation 2007. Some of these requirements are:

Motorcycle drivers must not:

• Tout or solicit for passengers or for a hiring
• Eat or drink on the motorcycle when hired or available for hire
• Carry any person on a motorcycle whom you have reason to believe is not a tourist
• Carry any person on a motor bicycle (LC vehicle) except on a sealed road
• Falsely advertise that they are authorised motorcycle drivers.

Motorcycle drivers must:

• Ensure their motorcycle is clean and tidy
• Be clean and tidy, and be properly attired and wear enclosed shoes
• Behave with civility and propriety towards intending passengers, passengers, other tourist vehicle drivers and authorised officers
• Ensure a pillion passenger wears proper shoes and clothing, is instructed on how to wear a helmet and use footrests and how to communicate with you whilst on the tour
• Ensure that the headlight is on throughout the tour
• Give lost property to its owner, your operator or a police station
• Hand over driver licence and driver authority card to authorised officer when requested to do so.

Further details about driver responsibilities can be found in the driver authorisation package.