Is it an offence to smoke in licensed hackney carriage and private hire vehicles?

It is an offence for anybody to smoke in licensed hackney carriage and private hire vehicles.

A minimum of one no-smoking sign is required in private hire vehicles. A minimum of two no-smoking signs are required in hackney carriage vehicles (one in the driver's compartment and one in the passenger's seating area). Failure to display no-smoking signs is an offence. Failure to prevent people from smoking in a licensed hackney carriage or private hire vehicles is an offence.

Enforcement of these offences is carried out by Coventry City Council's Environmental Health Team.

Taxi licensing office

Address: Whitley Depot
259 London Road
Coventry
CV3 4AR

Telephone: 024 7683 2183