Under British Columbia law, what is the definition of "public transportation"?
- The transportation of people who are neither your associates nor your family members ✓
- Transportation provided by members of the public
- The transportation of any people
- All of the above
Answer: A. The transportation of people who are neither your associates nor your family members
The definition is the transportation of people who are neither your associates nor your family members.
Why this is the answer
The handbook glossary says public transportation is the transportation of groups of people who are not your associates or your family members. The key point is your relationship with the passengers. If the people being carried are outside those two groups, the trip fits the definition; if they are your associates or family, it does not. The other choices either focus on who provides the service or make the definition too broad, which the passage does not support.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Transportation provided by members of the public — This confuses who receives the transportation with who provides it; the passage defines it by the passengers not being your associates or family, not by members of the public providing it.
- C. The transportation of any people — This is too broad because it would include transporting your associates or family members, which the handbook definition excludes.
- D. All of the above — This cannot be right because the other listed choices do not match the handbook definition, so combining them does not make them correct.
Remember it
Ask who is in the seats: if they are your associates or family, the trip is not public transportation under this definition.