Ohio Code 3942.04 – Disclosures to drivers
(A) Before a transportation network company first allows a transportation network company driver to accept a request for transportation network company services on the company’s digital network, the company shall disclose in writing to the driver both of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3942.04
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Digital network: means any online-enabled application, software, web site, or system offered or utilized by a transportation network company that enables the prearrangement of rides with transportation network company drivers. See Ohio Code 3942.01
- driver: means an individual to whom both of the following apply:
(1) The individual receives connections to passengers and potential passengers and related services from a transportation network company in exchange for the payment of a fee to the company. See Ohio Code 3942.01
- in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Personal vehicle: means a vehicle to which all of the following apply:
(1) The vehicle is used by a transportation network company driver. See Ohio Code 3942.01
- Transportation network company: includes a corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, proprietorship, or any other entity 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 services. See Ohio Code 3942.01
- Transportation network company services: means the provision of transportation beginning when a transportation network company driver accepts a ride requested by a rider through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company, continuing while the driver transports the requesting rider, and ending when the last requesting rider departs from the personal vehicle. See Ohio Code 3942.01
(1) The insurance coverage, including the types of coverage and limits for each type of coverage, that the transportation network company provides while the driver uses a personal vehicle in connection with transportation network company services;
(2) That, depending on the terms of the policy, the transportation network company driver’s own personal automobile insurance policy might not provide any coverage while the driver uses a personal vehicle to provide or be available to provide transportation network services.
(B) In addition to the disclosures required in division (A) of this section, a transportation network company shall provide the following notice to a prospective driver in the prospective driver’s terms of service before the company first allows the driver to accept a request for transportation network company services on the company’s digital network:
“If the vehicle that you plan to use to provide transportation network company services for our transportation network company has a lien against it, you must notify the lienholder that you will be using the vehicle for transportation services that may violate the terms of your contract with the lienholder.”