In case any vehicle used as a taxicab shall become disabled for any reason, or there shall arise a condition such that the driver is unable to convey the passenger in whose employ such vehicle may be at the time of such disability and the disability cannot be remedied so that the carriage of such passenger may be continued within 15 minutes from the time the vehicle became disabled, no fare shall be charged or collected for any service rendered or distance traveled up to the time of the disability. However, if the passenger or passengers being conveyed in the vehicle or in whose employment the vehicle is being operated at the time shall elect to remain in the vehicle or continue such employment after the disability has been remedied, full rates for the distance or time traveled shall be charged as if no disability had occurred.
('74 Code, § 112.22) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60)