General passenger vehicle - General passenger vehicle

Japanese: 一般乗用旅客自動車 - いっぱんじょうようりょかくじどうしゃ
General passenger vehicle - General passenger vehicle

…Abbreviation for taxi cab. Under the law (Road Transportation Law), the name of a taxi is a "general passenger vehicle," and the transportation business using it is defined as "a general automobile transportation business that charters a vehicle with a passenger capacity of 10 or less under a single contract to transport passengers" (Article 3 of the same law). It is a form of transportation that differs from a public bus in that it is not a shared transportation, and also differs from a chartered bus in that it is a chartered transportation using a vehicle with a seating capacity of 10 or less.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "general passenger vehicles" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…タクシーキャブtaxicabの略称。タクシーの法律上(道路運送法)の名称は〈一般乗用旅客自動車〉といい,それによる運送事業は〈一個の契約により乗車定員10人以下の自動車を貸し切って旅客を運送する一般自動車運送事業〉(同法第3条)と定義されている。乗合運送でないという点で乗合バスとは違い,10人乗り以下の自動車による貸切輸送である点で貸切バスとも違う運送形態である。…

※「一般乗用旅客自動車」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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