(a) The transportation network company shall disclose in writing to transportation network company drivers the following before they are allowed to accept a request for a prearranged ride on the transportation network company’s digital network:

(1) The insurance coverage, including the types of coverage and the limits for each coverage, that the transportation network company provides while the transportation network company driver uses a personal vehicle in connection with a transportation network company’s digital network; and

(2) That the transportation network company driver’s own automobile insurance policy might not provide any coverage while the TNC driver is logged on to the transportation network company’s digital network and is available to receive transportation requests or is engaged in a prearranged ride, depending on its terms.

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 2 Sec. 1909

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Digital network: means any online-enabled technology application service, website or system offered or utilized by a transportation network company that enables the prearrangement of rides with transportation network company drivers. See Delaware Code Title 2 Sec. 1901
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Personal vehicle: means a vehicle that is used by a transportation network company driver and is:

    a. See Delaware Code Title 2 Sec. 1901

  • Prearranged ride: means the provision of transportation by a TNC driver to a rider, beginning when a TNC driver accepts a ride requested by a rider through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company, continuing while the TNC driver transports a requesting rider, and ending when the last rider departs from the personal vehicle. See Delaware Code Title 2 Sec. 1901
  • TNC: means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity that is licensed pursuant to this chapter and operating in Delaware that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide prearranged rides. See Delaware Code Title 2 Sec. 1901
  • TNC driver: means an individual who:

    a. See Delaware Code Title 2 Sec. 1901

(b) A transportation network company shall make the following disclosure to a TNC driver in the TNC driver’s terms of service:

“If the vehicle with which you provide transportation network company services has a lien against it, you must notify the lienholder that you provide transportation network company services with such vehicle. Providing such transportation network company services may violate the terms of your contract with the lienholder.”

80 Del. Laws, c. 374, § 1;