Terms Used In Michigan Laws 257.2133

  • Personal vehicle: means a motor vehicle with a seating capacity of 8 passengers or fewer, including the driver, that is used by a transportation network company driver that satisfies both of the following:
    (i) The vehicle is owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the transportation network company driver. See Michigan Laws 257.2102
  • Transportation network company: means a person operating in this state that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide transportation network company prearranged rides. See Michigan Laws 257.2102
  • Transportation network company driver: means an individual who satisfies all of the following:
  •     (i) Receives connections to potential passengers and related services from a transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee to the transportation network company. See Michigan Laws 257.2102
  • Transportation network company prearranged ride: means the provision of transportation by a transportation network company driver to a transportation network company rider, beginning when a transportation network company driver accepts a ride requested by a transportation network company rider through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company, continuing while the transportation network company driver transports the requesting transportation network company rider, and ending when the last requesting transportation network company rider departs from the personal vehicle. See Michigan Laws 257.2102
  • Transportation network company rider: means an individual who uses a transportation network company's digital network to connect with a transportation network company driver who provides a transportation network company prearranged ride to the transportation network company rider in the transportation network company driver's personal vehicle between points chosen by the transportation network company rider. See Michigan Laws 257.2102
  •     A transportation network company digital network shall display a picture of the transportation network company driver and the registration plate number of the personal vehicle to be used for the transportation network company prearranged ride before the transportation network company rider enters the personal vehicle.