Section 170-11-4 - Limited Exemption for 17 Year Old Employees1. Seventeen-year-olds, but no one under 17 years of age, may drive automobiles and trucks on public roads as part of their employment on an occasional and incidental basis if all the following requirements are met: a. The automobile or truck does not exceed 6,000 pounds gross vehicle weight;b. The driving is limited to daylight hours;c. The 17-year-old holds a state license valid for the type of driving involved;d. The 17-year-old has successfully completed a state-approved driver education course and has no record of any moving violations at the time of hire;e. The driving takes place within a thirty (30) mile radius of the minor's place of employment;f. The automobile or truck is equipped with a seat belt for the driver and any passengers and the employer has instructed the youth that the seat belts must be used when driving the vehicle;g. The driving may not involve: towing vehicles; route deliveries or route sales; transportation for hire of property, goods, or passengers; urgent, time-sensitive deliveries; transporting more than three passengers, including employees or the employer; more than two trips away from the primary place of employment in any single day to deliver the employer's goods to a customer (other than urgent, time-sensitive deliveries which are prohibited); more than two trips away from the primary place of employment in a single day to transport passengers, other than employees of the employer.2. The following definitions shall apply to Section 4 of these Rules: a. "Motor vehicle" shall mean any automobile, truck, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, motorcycle, or similar vehicle propelled or drawn by mechanical power and designed for use as a means of transportation but shall not include any vehicle operated exclusively on rails.b. "Driver" shall mean any individual who in the course of employment, drives a motor vehicle at any time.c. "Outside helper" shall mean any individual, other than a driver, whose work includes riding on a motor vehicle outside the cab for the purpose of assisting in transporting or delivering goods.d. "Gross vehicle weight" includes the truck chassis with lubricants, water, and full tank or tanks of fuel, plus the weight of the cab or driver's compartment, body, and special chassis and body equipment, and payload.e. "Urgent, time-sensitive deliveries" shall mean trips which, because of such factors as customer satisfaction, the rapid deterioration of the quality or change in temperature of the product, and/or economic incentives, are subject to timeliness, schedules, and/or turnaround times which might impel the driver to hurry in the completion of the delivery. Prohibited trips would include, but are not limited to, the delivery of pizzas and prepared foods to the customer, the delivery of materials under a deadline (such as deposits to a bank at closing), and the shuttling of passengers to and from transportation depots to meet transport schedules. "Urgent, time-sensitive deliveries" do not depend on the delivery's points of origin and termination, an include the delivery of people and things to the employer's place of business as well as from that business to come other location. f. "Occasional and incidental" shall mean not more than one-third of the 17-year-old driver's work time in any workday and no more than 20 percent of the 17-year-old driver's work time in any workweek. 12- 170 C.M.R. ch. 11, § 4