Definitions. The following words and terms shall, for the purposes
of this article and as used elsewhere in this code, have the meanings
shown herein:
ABANDONED VEHICLE
A vehicle that can not be legally conveyed or operated upon
the highway.
ANTIQUE MOTOR VEHICLE
A motor vehicle, but not a reproduction thereof, manufactured
more than 25 years prior to the current year, which has been maintained
in or restored to a condition which is substantially in conformance
with manufacturer specifications.
ARTICULATED BUS
A bus designed to transport passengers and on which passengers
are authorized to be transported, consisting of two or more units
or sections permanently assembled in tandem by flexible connections,
which permit passenger movement throughout the length of the bus.
AUTHORIZED VEHICLE
A vehicle or type of vehicle, other than an emergency vehicle,
for which special operating or equipment privileges are given by law
or regulation of the department based on design and utility for work
within a highway.
BUS
(1)
Shall be any of the following:
(a)
A motor vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers,
including the driver; or
(b)
A motor vehicle, other than a taxicab or limousine, designed
to transport not more than 15 passengers, including the driver, and
used for the transportation of persons for compensation.
(2)
The term does not include a vehicle used in a ride-sharing arrangement,
as defined in the act of December 14, 1982 (P.L. 121 1, No. 279),
entitled "An act providing for ridesharing arrangements and providing
that certain laws shall be inapplicable to ridesharing arrangements," or a school bus.
CLASSIC MOTOR VEHICLE
A motor vehicle, but not a reproduction thereof, manufactured
at least 15 years prior to the current year, which has been maintained
in or restored to a condition, which is substantially in conformity
with manufacturer specifications and appearance. Any classic motor
vehicle properly registered under Section 1340 of the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code, Title 75 (relating to antique and classic plates), on
the effective date of the amendment to this definition which fails
to qualify as a classic motor vehicle pursuant to these provisions
may retain such classic registration unless another type of registration
is applied for and issued for the vehicle.
COLLECTIBLE MOTOR VEHICLE
A reconstructed motor vehicle, but not a reproduction thereof,
substantially modified from the manufacturer's original specifications
and appearance and maintained in a collectible condition as determined
by the Department of Transportation.
COMBINATION
Two or more vehicles physically interconnected in tandem.
COMMERCIAL IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY
A self-propelled vehicle used commercially to apply nutrients,
soil amendments or chemicals for production agriculture and operated
or moved upon highways for not more than 180 days in a calendar year.
CONVERTER GEAR
A trailer designed and used exclusively to tow a semitrailer
by mounting the semitrailer on the fifth wheel of the converter gear.
The term includes the terms "auxiliary axle" and "jeep dolly."
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
A motor vehicle which operates solely by use of a battery
or battery pack and which meets the applicable federal motor vehicle
safety standards. The term includes a motor vehicle which is powered
mainly through the use of an electric battery or battery pack but
which uses a flywheel that stores energy produced by the electric
motor or through regenerative braking to assist in operation of the
motor vehicle.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE
A fire department vehicle, police vehicle, sheriff vehicle,
ambulance, blood-delivery vehicle, hazardous material response vehicle,
armed forces emergency vehicle, one vehicle operated by a coroner
or chief county medical examiner and one vehicle operated by a chief
deputy coroner or deputy chief county medical examiner used for answering
emergency calls, or any other vehicle designated by the State Police
under section 6106 (relating to designation of emergency vehicles
by Pennsylvania State Police), or a privately owned vehicle used in answering an emergency
call when used by any of the following:
(1)
A police chief and assistant chief.
(2)
A fire chief, assistant chief and, when a fire company has three
or more fire vehicles, a second or third assistant chief.
(3)
A fire police captain and fire police lieutenant.
(4)
An ambulance corps commander and assistant commander.
(5)
A river rescue commander and assistant commander.
(6)
A county emergency management coordinator.
(8)
A rescue service chief and assistant chief.
ESSENTIAL PARTS
All integral and body parts of a vehicle of a type required
to be registered under this title, the removal, alteration or substitution
of which would tend to conceal the identity of the vehicle or substantially
alter its appearance, model, type or mode of operation.
FARM EQUIPMENT
A vehicle designed or used exclusively for agricultural operations
and only incidentally operated or moved upon highways, including,
but not limited to, farm tractors, choppers and balers.
FARM VEHICLE
A truck or truck tractor determined by the Department of
Transportation to be used exclusively for agricultural purposes.
FOREIGN VEHICLE
A vehicle of a type required to be registered under this
title brought into this commonwealth from another state, territory
or country other than in the ordinary course of business by or through
a manufacturer or dealer and not registered in this commonwealth.
FULL TRAILER
A trailer so constructed that no part of its weight rests
upon the towing vehicle. A semitrailer attached to a towing vehicle
by means of an auxiliary front axle or dolly shall be deemed to be
a full trailer.
HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel. The term includes a roadway
open to the use of the public for vehicular travel on grounds of a
college or university or public or private school or public or historical
park.
HOUSE TRAILER
(1)
A trailer which is designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling
place, living abode or sleeping place (either permanently or temporarily)
and is equipped for use as a conveyance on streets and highways.
(2)
A trailer containing a chassis and exterior shell designed and constructed for use as a house trailer, as defined in Subsection
(1), but which is used permanently or temporarily for advertising, sales, display or promotion of merchandise or services, or for any other commercial purpose except the transportation of property.
HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE
An electric vehicle which allows power to be delivered to
the drive wheels solely by a battery-powered electric motor but which
also incorporates the use of a combustion engine to provide power
to the battery and which meets the applicable federal motor vehicle
safety standards. The primary source of power for the motor must be
the electric battery or battery pack and not the combustion engine.
IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY
A vehicle designed or adapted and determined by the department
to be used exclusively for agricultural operations and infrequently
operated or moved upon highways.
LIEN HOLDER
A person holding a security interest in a vehicle.
LIMOUSINE
A motor vehicle designed for carrying no more than nine passengers,
exclusive of the driver, and used for the transportation of persons
for compensation.
MASS-TRANSIT VEHICLE
A self-propelled or electrically propelled device designed
for carrying 15 or more passengers exclusive of the driver, other
than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons
for compensation, including but not limited to subway cars, buses,
trolleys and trackless trolleys but excluding railroad passenger cars.
MAXI-CUBE VEHICLE
A combination. The truck may have either a detachable or
permanently attached cargo box. The cargo box on the trailer shall
be designed such that the truck may be loaded and unloaded through
the trailer. Both cargo box shall exceed 34 feet in length and the
overall length of the combination shall not exceed 65 feet.
MOBILE HOME
A trailer designed and used exclusively for living quarters
or commercial purposes, which exceeds the maximum size limitations
prescribed by this title for operation on a highway and is only incidentally
operated on a highway.
MODULAR HOUSING UNIT
A unit transported on a removable or nonremovable frame designed
for residential purposes which is wholly or in substantial part fabricated,
formed or assembled in manufacturing facilities for assembly and installation
on the building site.
MOTOR CARRIER VEHICLE
A truck, truck tractor or combination having a gross weight
or registered gross weight in excess of 17,000 pounds.
MOTOR HOME
A motor vehicle designed or adapted for use as a mobile dwelling
or office, except a motor vehicle equipped with a truck-camper.
MOTOR VEHICLE
A vehicle, which is self-propelled, except one which is propelled
solely by human power or by electric power obtained from overhead
trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.
MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLE
A motorcycle, including a motor scooter, with a motor, which
produces not to exceed five brake horsepower.
MOTORCYCLE
A motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the
rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact
with the ground.
MOTORIZED PEDALCYCLE
A motor-driven cycle equipped with operable pedals, a motor
rated no more than 1.5 brake horsepower, a cylinder capacity not exceeding
50 cubic centimeters, an automatic transmission, and a maximum design
speed of no more than 25 miles per hour or an electric motor-driven
cycle equipped with operable pedals and an automatic transmission
powered by an electric battery or battery-pack-powered electric motor
with a maximum design speed of no more than 25 miles per hour.
MULTIPURPOSE AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE
A motor vehicle which is 50 inches or less in width and 600
pounds or less in dry weight and which is used exclusively for agricultural
operations and only incidentally operated or moved upon the highways.
PARK or PARKING
(1)
When permitted, means the temporary storing of a vehicle, whether
occupied or not, off the roadway.
(2)
When prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied
or not, except momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged
in loading or unloading property or passengers.
PASSENGER CAR
A motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, designed primarily
for the transportation of persons and designed for carrying no more
than 15 passengers, including the driver, and primarily used for the
transportation of persons. The term includes motor vehicles which
are designed with seats that may be readily removed and reinstalled,
but does not include such vehicles if used primarily for the transportation
of property.
PENNDOT
Wherever the phrase "PennDOT" is used, it shall be construed
to mean the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and all departmental
forms, fact sheets and departmental regulations and or actions as
related to the Pennsylvania State Motor Vehicle Code, Title 75.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any real property located within the Borough but not owned
by the Borough.
PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY
A way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular
travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission
from the owner, but not by other persons.
PROPERTY OWNER
The person(s) listed as the owner(s) of such real estate
property as named on any title, deed, Delaware County tax records
or Yeadon Borough tax records.
RECONSTRUCTED VEHICLE
A vehicle materially altered from its original construction
by the removal, addition or substitution of essential parts, new or
used, or a vehicle, other than an antique or classic vehicle, for
which a certificate of junk was issued and is thereafter restored
to operating condition.
REPAIR
The reconstruction or renewal of any part of a vehicle, shall
include but shall not be limited to, painting, restoration and other
bodywork or replacement thereof; engine or transmission replacement,
rebuilds or reassembly.
SCHOOL BUS
(1)
A motor vehicle which:
(a)
Is designed to carry 10 passengers or more, including the driver;
and
(b)
Is used for the transportation of preprimary, primary or secondary
school students to or from public, private or parochial schools or
events related to such schools or school-related activities.
(2)
The term does not include a motor vehicle used to transport
preprimary, primary or secondary school students to or from public,
private or parochial schools or events related to such schools or
school-related activities, which is designed to carry 10 to 15 passengers,
including the driver, and which is registered in this commonwealth
as a bus prior to March 1, 1993, or a motor vehicle which is designed
to carry 10 to 15 passengers, including the driver, and which was
titled to any public, private or parochial school on or before March
1, 1993, and which is registered to that public, private or parochial
school in this commonwealth as a bus prior to September 15, 1993.
SCHOOL VEHICLE
A motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, designed for carrying
no more than 10 passengers, including the driver, and used for the
transportation of preprimary, primary or secondary school students
while registered by or under contract to a school district or private
or parochial school. The term includes vehicles having chartered,
group and party rights under the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
and used for the transportation of school children.
SEMITRAILER
A trailer so constructed that some part of its weight rests
upon or is carried by the towing vehicle.
SPECIAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT
(1)
Vehicles not designed or used primarily for the transportation
of persons or property, except for tools and parts necessary for the
use and maintenance of the vehicle, and only incidentally operated
or moved over a highway.
(2)
Vehicles which have machinery permanently attached shall not
carry a load, except for tools and parts necessary for the use and
maintenance of the permanently attached machinery and are only incidentally
operated or moved over a highway.
(3)
The term includes, but is not limited to: ditch-digging apparatus,
well-boring apparatus; earthmoving and road construction and maintenance
machinery, such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders,
snowplows, ditchers, graders, finishing machines, road rollers, scarifiers,
earth moving carryalls, scrapers, power shovels and drag lines; and
self-propelled cranes and tractors, other than truck tractors. The
term does not include house trailers; dump trucks; or truck-mounted
transit mixers, cranes or shovels.
SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED VEHICLE
A vehicle not originally constructed under a distinctive
name, make, model or type by a generally recognized manufacturer of
vehicles.
STREET ROD
A motor vehicle, or a reproduction thereof, with a model
year of 1948 or older which has been materially altered or modified
by the removal, addition or substitution of essential parts and with
a gross weight or registered gross weight of not more than 9,000 pounds.
STREETCAR
Cars other than a railroad train for transporting persons
or property and operated upon rails.
TAXI
A motor vehicle designed for carrying no more than eight
passengers, exclusive of the driver, on a call and demand service,
and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.
TOW DOLLY
A trailer designed and used exclusively to tow another vehicle
by mounting its front or rear wheels on the tow dolly while the other
wheels of the towed vehicle remain in contact with the ground.
TRAILER
A vehicle designed to be towed by a motor vehicle.
TRUCK
A motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for
the transportation of property. The term includes motor vehicles designed
with seats that may be readily removed and reinstalled if those vehicles
are primarily used for the transportation of property.
TRUCK TRACTOR
A motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other
vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part
of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
TRUCK-CAMPER
A structure designed, used or maintained primarily to be
loaded or affixed to a motor vehicle to provide a mobile dwelling,
sleeping place, office or commercial space.
UTILITY TRAILER
A trailer, except a recreational trailer, which does not
have air brakes.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices used
exclusively upon rails or tracks. The term does not include a self-propelled
wheel chair or an electrical mobility device operated by and designed
for the exclusive use of a person with a mobility-related disability.
"Vehicle" includes, but is not limited to, automobiles, trucks, trailers,
motorcycles, tractors, snowmobiles, construction equipment and all
other devices listed in the above definitions.
VEHICLE OWNER
A person, other than a lien holder, having the property rights
in or title to a vehicle. The term includes a person entitled to the
use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in
another person, but excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as
security.