A common carrier of persons, unless his vehicle is fitted for the reception of persons exclusively, must receive and carry a reasonable amount of baggage for each passenger without charge, except for an excess of weight over one hundred pounds to a passenger; if such carrier is a proprietor of a stage line, he need not receive and carry for each passenger by such stage line, without charge, more than sixty pounds of baggage.
Common CarriersCommon Carriers of Persons
Section § 2180
If you're traveling on a public transport service that carries people, they have to let you bring a reasonable amount of baggage without extra cost. However, if your bags weigh more than 100 pounds, you'll probably have to pay extra for the excess weight. For stagecoach services, they only need to allow 60 pounds of free baggage per person.
common carrier reasonable baggage passenger baggage
Section § 2181
This law explains what can be considered as luggage for a passenger. It includes personal items for use on a journey, tailored to the passenger's needs, as well as business materials like samples or catalogs for commercial travelers. These should be securely packed in durable cases. A bicycle can also be carried as luggage without needing a cover, but a person can only bring one.
Luggage may consist of whatever the passenger takes with him for his personal use and convenience, according to the habits or wants of the particular class to which he belongs, either with reference to the important necessities or to the ultimate purposes of his journey. Luggage within the meaning of this section shall include the samples, case, wares, appliances and catalogs of commercial travelers or their employers, used by them for the purpose of transacting their business and carried with them solely for that purpose, when securely packed and locked in substantial trunks or sample cases of convenient shape and weight for handling. No crate cover or other
protection shall be required for any bicycle carried as luggage, but no passenger shall be entitled to carry as luggage more than one bicycle.
luggage definition personal use commercial travelers
Section § 2182
If a carrier, like a bus company or airline, takes your luggage along with you as a passenger, they are responsible for it just like how a company that transports goods is responsible for the items they carry.
The liability of a carrier for luggage received by him with a passenger is the same as that of a common carrier of property.
carrier liability luggage responsibility common carrier
Section § 2183
This law requires transportation providers, like bus or train companies, to deliver each passenger's luggage right when they arrive at their destination. They must carry the luggage on the same vehicle as the passenger unless it would be too crowded or heavy. Luggage going by train must be checked and travel in a baggage car. If passengers don't check their luggage, it's their responsibility if something goes wrong.
Section Twenty-one Hundred and Eighty-three. A common carrier must deliver every passenger’s luggage, whether within the prescribed weight or not, immediately upon the arrival of the passenger at his destination; and, unless the vehicle would be overcrowded or overloaded thereby, must carry it on the same vehicle by which he carries the passenger to whom it belonged, except that where luggage is transported by rail, it must be checked and carried in a regular baggage car; and whenever passengers neglect or refuse to have their luggage so checked and transported, it is carried at their risk.
common carrier passenger's luggage transportation providers
Section § 2184
This section requires transportation companies that carry people, like buses or taxis, to have enough vehicles available to meet the needs of their expected passengers. However, it doesn't apply to certain types of transport companies, like passenger stage or street railroad corporations, which are regulated by the Public Utilities Commission.
A common carrier of persons must provide a sufficient number of vehicles to accommodate all the passengers who can be reasonably expected to require carriage at any one time. This section shall not apply, however, to any passenger stage corporation or street railroad corporation, as defined in Sections 226 and 232, respectively, of the Public Utilities Code, which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.
common carrier vehicles passengers
Section § 2185
This law says that a company transporting people must give each passenger a seat and not allow more passengers than the vehicle is meant for. However, this rule doesn't apply to local transportation systems or certain types of transportation companies regulated by the Public Utilities Commission.
A common carrier of persons must provide every passenger with a seat. He must not overload his vehicle by receiving and carrying more passengers than its rated capacity allows. This section shall not apply, however, to any city, county, city and county that operates a transportation system, or to any passenger stage corporation or street railroad corporation, as defined in Sections 226 and 232, respectively, of the Public Utilities Code, which is subject to the jursidiction of the Public Utilities Commission.
common carrier seat requirement passenger overloading
Section § 2186
A transportation company can set rules for passengers, but these rules must be legal, publicly known, applied equally to all, and reasonable.
A common carrier of persons may make rules for the conduct of his business, and may require passengers to conform to them, if they are lawful, public, uniform in their application, and reasonable.
common carrier passengers conduct
Section § 2187
If you're using a transportation service, like a bus or train, they can ask you to pay your fare either before starting your trip or at any time during the journey.
A common carrier may demand the fare of passengers, either at starting or at any subsequent time.
common carrier passenger fare transportation service
Section § 2188
If a passenger doesn't pay their fare or follow the carrier's rules, they can be removed from the vehicle. However, this should be done gently, without much force, and preferably at a regular stop or near someone's home.
A passenger who refuses to pay his fare or to conform to any lawful regulation of the carrier, may be ejected from the vehicle by the carrier. But this must be done with as little violence as possible, and at any usual stopping place or near some dwelling house.
passenger ejection fare refusal carrier regulations
Section § 2190
Once a transportation provider kicks a passenger off, it can't ask that passenger for fare payment anymore.
After having ejected a passenger, a carrier has no right to require the payment of any part of his fare.
ejected passenger carrier's rights fare payment
Section § 2191
A transportation company, like an airline or train service, can hold onto a passenger's luggage until the passenger pays their travel fare. This ability to keep the luggage is guided by specific lien rules.
A common carrier has a lien upon the luggage of a passenger for the payment of such fare as he is entitled to from him. This lien is regulated by the Title on Liens.
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