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INTRODUCTION

"During the past half century and longer, motor vehicles have
acquired their own unique characteristics in the several particular
judicial and statutory contexts in which they have been found and
described. What has been described a motor vehicle for one
statutory purpose may not suit the purpose of another.
"In its customary meaning, a motor vehicle has the essential
characteristics of a self-propelled contrivance designed for the
carriage of persons or things. By definition, railway devices have
been excluded.
"If each and every of the self-propelled devices capable of carrying
persons and things which are the product of modern technology
and human invention were to be classified as motor vehicles then
we would be tempted to include in the list aircraft, hovercraft,
machines of war and a host of motor driven contrivances not
ordinarily associated with the term motor vehicle The point is
made to illustrate the fact that the ordinary meaning of the
term motor vehicle is not so broad as to include all motorized
machines."
"Every vehicle which is self-propelled, except mopeds, and
every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained
from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails, is
a motor vehicle."

"vehicle" means a device in, on or by which a person or thing is


or may be transported or drawn on a highway, but does not
include a device designed to be moved by human power, a
device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks, mobile
equipment or a motor assisted cycle;
"motor vehicle" means a vehicle, not run on rails, that is designed
to be self propelled or propelled by electric power obtained from
overhead trolley wires, but does not include mobile equipment or a
motor assisted cycle;

or
"Motor vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle and any
such vehicle in combination with any trailing units, used or
physically capable of being used upon any public highway in
this state in the transportation of persons or property, except
vehicles operating wholly on fixed rails or tracks and electric
trolley buses. "Motor vehicle" includes overdimension vehicles or
vehicles permitted excessive weights pursuant to a special
authorization issued by a city, county or
the Department ofTransportation.
"trailer" means a vehicle that is at any time drawn
on a highway by a motor vehicle, except
(a) an implement of husbandry,
(b) a side car attached to a motorcycle, and
(c) a disabled motor vehicle that is towed by a
tow car,
and includes a semi-trailer as defined in
the Commercial Transport Act;
"taxi" means a motor vehicle designed to carry not
more than 10 persons that, with its driver, is
operated for hire;
"tow car" means a motor vehicle used exclusively
for towing or rendering assistance to other motor
vehicles or to vehicles suffering from a defect or
disability in their means of locomotion;
"school bus" means a motor vehicle used to convey children to or
from school by or under a contract with the authority in charge of
the school;

"motorcycle" means a motor vehicle that runs on 2 or 3 wheels


and has a saddle or seat for the driver to sit astride;
"motor assisted cycle" means a device
(a) to which pedals or hand cranks are
attached that will allow for the cycle to be
propelled by human power,
(b) on which a person may ride,
(c) to which is attached a motor of a
prescribed type that has an output not
exceeding the prescribed output, and
(d) that meets the other criteria prescribed
under section 182.1 (3);
"motor home" means a motor vehicle designed or
used primarily for accommodation during travel or
recreation, but does not include a motor vehicle that
has attached to it a structure
(a) designed or used primarily for
accommodation during travel or recreation,
and
(b) designed or intended to be detachable
"industrial utility vehicle" means a motor vehicle
that
(a) is used for work purposes, including
industrial, maintenance or landscaping
purposes, and, at the time it was
manufactured, was not designed to conform to
the standards prescribed in the Motor Vehicle

Safety Act (Canada) for motor vehicles


designed for use on a highway, or
(b) is in a prescribed class of motor vehicles,
but does not include a vehicle in a class of motor
vehicles excluded by regulation
"golf cart" means a motor vehicle originally designed and
manufactured to carry golfers and their equipment;
"farm tractor" means a motor vehicle designed and used
primarily as an implement of husbandry for drawing agricultural
equipment;
"emergency vehicle" means any of the following:
(a) a motor vehicle, or cycle as defined in Part
3, carrying rescue or first aid equipment if
there is an urgent emergency justifying a rate
of speed in excess of any maximum rate of
speed provided for in this Act;
(b) a motor vehicle, or cycle as defined in Part
3, driven by a member of a fire department in
the discharge of his or her duties;
(c) a motor vehicle, or cycle as defined in Part
3, driven by a peace officer, constable or
member of the police branch of Her Majesty's
Armed Forces in the discharge of his or her
duty;
"bus" means a motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10
persons;
TYPE OF MOTOR VEHICLE
(a) motor cycle without gear;

(b) motor cycle with gear;


(c) invalid carriage;
(d) light motor vehicle;
(e) transport vehicle;
(i) road-roller;
(j)motor vehicle of a specified description.

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