# 29 CFR § 500.103: Activities not subject to vehicle safety standards

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.103

## Section

- **Citation:** 29 CFR § 500.103
- **Heading:** Activities not subject to vehicle safety standards
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 29—Labor > Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor > CHAPTER V—WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR > SUBCHAPTER A—REGULATIONS > PART 500—MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION > Subpart D—Motor Vehicle Safety and Insurance for Transportation of Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers, Housing Safety and Health for Migrant Workers > Motor Vehicle Safety

## Text

(a) Agricultural machinery and equipment excluded. Vehicle safety standards or insurance requirements issued under the Act and these regulations do not apply to the transportation of any seasonal or migrant agricultural worker on a tractor, combine, harvester, picker, other similar machinery and equipment while such worker is actually engaged in the planting, cultivating, or harvesting of any agricultural commodity or the care of livestock or poultry. This exclusion applies only to workers carrying out these activities on such machinery and equipment or being engaged in transportation incidental thereto. The exclusion does not include the use of such machinery for the transportation of any worker under any other circumstances.
(b) Exclusion for immediate family transporting family members. The standards of this subpart do not apply to an individual migrant or seasonal agricultural worker when the only other occupants of that individual's vehicle consist of his immediate family members as defined in § 500.20(o).
(c) Carpooling. Vehicle safety standards or insurance requirements of the Act and these regulations do not apply to carpooling arrangements made by the workers themselves, using one of the workers' own vehicles and not specifically directed or requested by an agricultural employer or agricultural association. Carpooling, however, does not include any transportation arrangement in which a farm labor contractor participates.
(See also § 500.120)

## Nearby sections

- [29 CFR § 500.100 § 500.100 Vehicle safety obligations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.100.md)
- [29 CFR § 500.101 § 500.101 Promulgation and adoption of vehicle standards.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.101.md)
- [29 CFR § 500.102 § 500.102 Applicability of vehicle safety standards.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.102.md)
- [29 CFR § 500.103 § 500.103 Activities not subject to vehicle safety standards.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.103.md)
- [29 CFR § 500.104 § 500.104 Department of Labor standards for passenger automobiles and station wagons and transportation of seventy-five miles or less.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.104.md)
- [29 CFR § 500.105 § 500.105 DOT standards adopted by the Secretary.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.105.md)
- [29 CFR § 500.120 § 500.120 Insurance policy or liability bond is required for each vehicle used to transport any migrant or seasonal agricultural worker.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.120.md)
- [29 CFR § 500.121 § 500.121 Coverage and level of insurance required.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.121.md)
- [29 CFR § 500.122 § 500.122 Adjustments in insurance requirements when workers' compensation coverage is provided under State law.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.122.md)
- [29 CFR § 500.123 § 500.123 Property damage insurance required.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.123.md)
- [29 CFR § 500.124 § 500.124 Liability bond in lieu of insurance policy.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.124.md)
- [29 CFR § 500.125 § 500.125 Qualifications and eligibility of insurance carrier or surety.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.125.md)
- [29 CFR § 500.126 § 500.126 Duration of insurance or liability bond.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.126.md)
- [29 CFR § 500.127 § 500.127 Limitations on cancellation of insurance or liability bond of registered farm labor contractors.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-29-500.127.md)

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