Carrying people

Category C vehicles (lorries) may carry up to 8 passengers; to carry more people, the driver must also hold a licence for category D or DE, or subcategory D1 or D1E.

Before setting off, the driver of a lorry must instruct passengers on how to get in, take their places in the body and get out, and that they must not leave their seats while moving. The driver may set off only after making sure that the conditions for safe carriage of passengers are met.

The number of people in the body of a lorry, and in buses running intercity or tourist routes or carrying organised groups of children, must not exceed the number of fitted seats.

People may be carried in the body of a lorry with sides if it is fitted with benches fixed at least 0.3 m below the top edge of the side and 0.3–0.5 m above the floor. Benches fixed along the rear or the sides must have sturdy backrests.

In the body of a lorry with sides that is not equipped for carrying people, only people accompanying the cargo or travelling to collect it may ride, provided they have seats installed in accordance with clause 153 of the Rules.

Organised groups of children must be carried in accordance with these Rules and with the rules for organising such carriage approved by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, in a bus fitted with “Carrying children” identification marks.

Vehicles fitted with the “Carrying children” identification mark must have the hazard warning lights on while children get in or out. When approaching such vehicles, drivers must slow down and, if necessary, stop to let the children cross the carriageway freely.

The driver must keep the doors closed until the vehicle has come to a complete stop, only then let passengers get in or out, and move off only after closing the doors.

It is prohibited to carry people:

Children under 7 must be carried in a car or in the cab of a lorry whose design provides seat belts, or seat belts and an ISOFIX child restraint system, using child restraint systems (devices) suited to the child’s weight and height.

Children aged 7 to 12 must be carried in a car or in the cab of a lorry whose design provides seat belts, or seat belts and an ISOFIX child restraint system, using child restraint systems (devices) suited to the child’s weight and height or using seat belts; in the front seat of a car, only using child restraint systems (devices) suited to the child’s weight and height.

Child restraint systems (devices) must be installed in a car or lorry cab, and children placed in them, in accordance with the instructions for using those systems (devices).

It is prohibited to carry children under 12 on the rear seat of a motorcycle, or in the body of a lorry (except a vehicle with a van body).