How does UMTA define “sightseeing”?
The preamble to the charter regulation states that UMTA applies to “sightseeing service” the Interstate Commerce Commission’s definition of “special service.” In keeping with this definition, “sightseeing service” is held to be service offered and arranged by the recipient, and contracted individually with each patron, and not with patrons as a group. This is in contrast to “charter service,” which is considered the one-time provision of service, of which the rider, and not the recipient, has control. In order to distinguish between the two types of service, the preamble offers the following example: If a customer comes to the recipient and contracts for the exclusive use of the vehicle, the service would probably be charter service. On the other hand, if the recipient offers individual contracts to anyone to ride to a destination that the recipient has selected, the service would probably be sightseeing service. 52 FR 11920 and 11921, April 13, 1987. Sightseeing service is not subject
