Agency means Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Administrator means Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator. Regardless of weight, is designed or used to transport 16 or more passengers, including driver. Incentive Funds means funds awarded to States achieving reductions in CMV involved fatal accidents, CMV fatal accident rate, or meeting specified CMV safety program performance criteria.
Motor carrier means a for-hire motor carrier or private motor carrier.
The term includes a motor carrier's agents, officers, or representatives responsible for hiring, supervising, training, assigning, or dispatching a driver or concerned with the installation, inspection, and maintenance of motor vehicle equipment or accessories or both. North American Standard Inspection means the methodology used by State CMV safety inspectors to conduct safety inspections of CMVs. This consists of various levels of inspection of the vehicle or driver or both.