The peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform shall have sole responsibility for any equipment, such as a global positioning system (GPS), that is installed or placed in or on a shared vehicle to monitor or facilitate peer-to-peer vehicle sharing and shall agree to indemnify and hold harmless the shared vehicle owner for any damage to or theft of such system or equipment during a vehicle sharing period not caused by the shared vehicle owner. The peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform has the right to seek indemnity from the shared vehicle driver for any loss or damage to such system or equipment that occurs during the vehicle sharing period.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 46.2-1417

  • Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing: means the authorized use of a shared vehicle by a shared vehicle driver through a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform. See Virginia Code 46.2-1408
  • Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform: means an online-enabled application, website, or system that connects vehicle owners with drivers to enable the sharing of peer-to-peer shared vehicles for financial consideration. See Virginia Code 46.2-1408
  • Shared vehicle: means a motor vehicle that has been made available for sharing through a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform. See Virginia Code 46.2-1408
  • Shared vehicle driver: means an individual who has been authorized to operate a shared vehicle by the shared vehicle owner under a vehicle sharing platform agreement. See Virginia Code 46.2-1408
  • Shared vehicle owner: means the registered owner, or a person or entity designated by the registered owner, of a vehicle made available for sharing to shared vehicle drivers through a peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform. See Virginia Code 46.2-1408
  • Vehicle: means every device in, on or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except personal delivery devices and devices moved by human power or used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Virginia Code 46.2-100
  • Vehicle sharing period: means the period of time that commences with the vehicle sharing delivery period or, if there is no vehicle sharing delivery period, that commences when the vehicle sharing start time occurs and ends at the vehicle sharing termination time. See Virginia Code 46.2-1408

2020, c. 1266.

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