An entity that employs, or contracts with, a driver who uses the driver’s personal vehicle for the delivery of the entity’s goods or services, and that does not provide automobile insurance coverage to the driver, must, at the time of hire, provide written notification to the driver that:

(1) Requires the driver’s signature;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-12-142

  • Driver: means :
    (A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) Informs the driver that the driver’s automobile insurance may not cover commercial uses; and
(3) Recommends that the driver check with the driver’s insurance provider as to whether commercial uses of the driver’s personal vehicle are covered.
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