Columbia Prohibited conduct ordinance (§ 28-105)

(a) Drivers shall not sleep in their vehicle or play loud music while awaiting passengers. Drivers shall not permit unauthorized nonpaying passengers to ride in their vehicle.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any driver of a vehicle for hire to solicit business for any hotel, motel, restaurant, bar or grill or to attempt to divert patronage from one such establishment to another. It shall be unlawful for any such driver to engage in selling intoxicating liquor or any unlawful substance or to solicit business for any house of ill repute or to use his vehicle for any purpose other than the transporting of passengers or packages.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any driver of a vehicle for hire to willfully deceive any passenger or potential passenger regarding the vehicle's destination or the rates or charges for a trip. It shall be unlawful for any driver of a vehicle for hire to convey a passenger to a place other than that directed by the passenger or by an indirect route.