[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR387.29]

[Page 291-292]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 387_MINIMUM LEVELS OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOTOR 
CARRIERS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_Motor Carriers of Passengers
 
Sec.  387.29  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart--
    Accident includes continuous or repeated exposure to the same 
conditions resulting in public liability which the insured neither 
expected nor intended.
    Bodily injury means injury to the body, sickness, or disease 
including death resulting from any of these.
    Endorsement an amendment to an insurance policy.
    Financial responsibility the financial reserves (e.g., insurance 
policies or surety bonds) sufficient to satisfy liability amounts set 
forth in this subpart covering public liability.

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    For-hire carriage means the business of transporting, for 
compensation, passengers and their property, including any compensated 
transportation of the goods or property or another.
    Insured and principal the motor carrier named in the policy of 
insurance, surety bond, endorsement, or notice of cancellation, and also 
the fiduciary of such motor carrier.
    Insurance premium the monetary sum an insured pays an insurer for 
acceptance of liability for public liability claims made against the 
insured.
    Motor carrier means a for-hire motor carrier. The term includes, but 
is not limited to, a motor carrier's agent, officer, or representative; 
an employee responsible for hiring, supervising, training, assigning, or 
dispatching a driver; or an employee concerned with the installation, 
inspection, and maintenance of motor vehicle equipment and/or 
accessories.
    Property damage means damage to or loss of use of tangible property.
    Public liability liability for bodily injury or property damage.
    Seating capacity any plan view location capable of accommodating a 
person at least as large as a 5th percentile adult female, if the 
overall seat configuration and design and vehicle design is such that 
the position is likely to be used as a seating position while the 
vehicle is in motion, except for auxiliary seating accommodations such 
as temporary or folding jump seats. Any bench or split bench seat in a 
passenger car, truck or multi-purpose passenger vehicle with a gross 
vehicle weight rating less than 10,000 pounds, having greater than 50 
inches of hip room (measured in accordance with SEA Standards J1100(a)) 
shall have not less than three designated seating positions, unless the 
seat design or vehicle design is such that the center position cannot be 
used for seating.

[48 FR 52683, Nov. 21, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 33276, June 18, 1998]