§17C-1-1. Definitions Generally
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this article.
§17C-1-10. Farm Tractor
"Farm tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry.
§17C-1-11. Road Tractor
"Road tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry any load thereon either independently or any part of the weight of a vehicle or load so drawn.
§17C-1-12. Truck
"Truck" means every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
§17C-1-13. Bus
"Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than seven passengers and used for the transportation of persons; and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.
§17C-1-14. Trackless Trolley Coach
"Trackless trolley coach" means every motor vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but not operated upon rails.
§17C-1-15. Trailer
"Trailer" means every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle.
§17C-1-16. Semitrailer
"Semitrailer" means every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
§17C-1-17. Pole Trailer
"Pole trailer" means every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach, or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, trusses, or […]
§17C-1-18. Pneumatic Tire
"Pneumatic tire" means every tire in which compressed air is designed to support the load.
§17C-1-19. Solid Tire
"Solid tire" means every tire of rubber or other resilient material which does not depend upon compressed air for the support of the load.
§17C-1-2. Vehicle
"Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks or wheelchairs.
§17C-1-20. Metal Tire
"Metal tire" means every tire the surface of which in contact with the highway is wholly or partly of metal or other hard nonresilient material.
§17C-1-21. Railroad
"Railroad" means a carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails.
§17C-1-22. Railroad Train
"Railroad train" means a steam engine, electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails, except streetcars.
§17C-1-23. Streetcar
"Streetcar" means a car other than a railroad train for transporting persons or property and operated upon rails principally within a municipality.
§17C-1-24. Explosives
"Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosive and which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by detonator of any part […]
§17C-1-25. Flammable Liquid
"Flammable liquid" means any liquid which has a flash point of seventy degrees Fahrenheit, or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent closed-cup test device.
§17C-1-26. Gross Weight
"Gross weight" means the weight of a vehicle without load plus the weight of any load thereon.
§17C-1-27. Commissioner
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of this state.