For-Hire Motor Carrier of Passengers (MCP) for DIRECT compensation**

Bus means any motor vehicle designed, constructed, and/or used for the transportation of passengers, including taxicabs.

For-hire motor carrier means a person engaged in the transportation of goods or passengers for compensation.

Direct compensation means payment made to the motor carrier by the passengers or a person acting on behalf of the passengers for the transportation services provided, and not included in a total package charge or other assessment for highway transportation services.

This For-Hire MCP is basically the transportation of 9 to 15 passengers, including the driver, where the motor carrier is directly compensated, and is generally available to the public at large. Examples includes: limos, taxis, and shuttle vans.

• Part 385: All applies Safety Fitness Procedures
• Part 387: All applies Minimum Levels of Financial Responsibility; See Part 387, Subpart B, 387.25 through 387.41
• Part 390: All applies Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; General           
• Part 391: All applies Qualifications of Drivers
• Part 392: All applies Driving of Commercial Motor Vehicles
• Part 393: All applies Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation
• Part 395: All applies Hours of Service of Drivers
• Part 396: All applies Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance

** Motor Carriers are subject to these same regulations when their vehicle has a Gross Vehicle Weight or Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 10,001 or more pounds and used in interstate commerce to transport passengers, even if the vehicle is designed and used to transport 8 or fewer passengers.

Note: Oklahoma State Law Title 47 os 12-407(b) requires all for-hire passenger carriers whose vehicle is designed to transport 10 or more passengers carry at least 1 hand axe, and one metal heavy-duty, ten-unit size, first-aid kit.