(a) As used in this section:(1) “Motor carrier safety improvement” means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program, or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate:(A) Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws;(B) Motor vehicle safety;(C) The safety of an operator of a motor vehicle; or(D) The safety of a third-party public roadway user; and(2) “Worker status” means the classification under any state law of a motor vehicle driver who engages in the transportation of property for compensation as an agent, employee, jointly employed employee, borrowed servant, or independent contractor for a motor carrier.
(1) “Motor carrier safety improvement” means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program, or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate:(A) Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws;(B) Motor vehicle safety;(C) The safety of an operator of a motor vehicle; or(D) The safety of a third-party public roadway user; and
(A) Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws;
(B) Motor vehicle safety;
(C) The safety of an operator of a motor vehicle; or
(D) The safety of a third-party public roadway user; and
(2) “Worker status” means the classification under any state law of a motor vehicle driver who engages in the transportation of property for compensation as an agent, employee, jointly employed employee, borrowed servant, or independent contractor for a motor carrier.
(b) The deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement by, or as required by, a motor carrier or its related entity, including by contract, does not, in whole or in part, affect, impact, or change the worker status of a driver.