Carthage City Council's Public Safety Committee approved an addition to the Rules of Conduct for the city's public transportation that will allow drivers to reject a passenger "if his or her body odor or personal hygiene will disturb the reasonable comfort of other passengers or transit operators."
The change was requested by Police Chief Greg Dagnan during the committee's July 15 meeting.
The passenger will be given the "opportunity to correct the odor or personal hygiene problem prior to discontinuing riding privileges, unless in the judgment of taxi driver that person places existing passengers in extreme discomfort or is considered a health risk to others."
Anyone not allowed to ride will have 10 days to appeal the decision.
The committee also opted to deny service to people who are known to have "infectious diseases and/or parasites. The service can be restored when Carthage City Taxi receives word from a doctor that the disease is no longer infectious.
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