Chapter 97 of the N.C. Gen. Stat. shall not apply to a person injured while participating in a ridesharing arrangement between his or her place of residence and a place of employment or termini near such place, provided that if the employer owns, leases or contracts for the motor vehicle used in such an arrangement, Chapter 97 of the N.C. Gen. Stat. shall apply. (1981, c. 606, s. 1.)