TITLE 49

MOTOR VEHICLES

CHAPTER 24

MISCELLANEOUS

49-2431.  Ridesharing exempt from motor carrier laws. The following laws and regulations shall not apply to any ridesharing arrangement using a motor vehicle with a seating capacity for not more than fifteen (15) persons, including the driver:

(1)  Title 49, Idaho Code, pertaining to the regulation of motor carriers of any kind or description;

(2)  Laws and regulations containing insurance requirements that are specifically applicable to motor carriers or commercial vehicles;

(3)  Laws imposing a greater standard of care on motor carriers or commercial vehicles than that imposed on other drivers or owners of motor vehicles;

(4)  Laws and regulations with equipment requirements and special accident reporting requirements that are specifically applicable to motor carriers or commercial vehicles; and

(5)  Laws imposing a tax on fuel purchased in another state by a motor carrier or highway use fees on commercial buses.

History:

[49-2431, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 488, p. 828; am. 1999, ch. 383, sec. 11, p. 1067.]