W. Va. Code § 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.
West Virginia Code Chapter 17C — Traffic Regulations and Laws of the Road
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W. Va. Code § 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.
W. Va. Code § 17C-1-3
Motor vehicle
"Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails, except motorized wheelchairs.
W. Va. Code § 17C-1-4
Motorcycle
"Motorcycle" means every 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, but excluding a tractor.
W. Va. Code § 17C-1-5
Motor-driven cycle
"Motor-driven cycle" means every motorcycle having a piston displacement of more than fifty cubic centimeters but not more than one hundred fifty cubic centimeters, or with not more than five brake horsepower.
W. Va. Code § 17C-1-5a
Moped
“Moped” means every motorcycle or motor-driven cycle unless otherwise specified in this chapter, which is equipped with two or three wheels, foot pedals to permit muscular propulsion, and an independent power source providing a maximum of two-brake horsepower, but excludes electric bicycles as defined in §17C-1-70 of t…
W. Va. Code § 17C-1-6
Authorized emergency vehicle
"Authorized emergency vehicle" means vehicles of a fire department, duly chartered rescue squad, police department, ambulance service, hospital police department, state, county, or municipal agency, and such privately owned ambulances, tow trucks, wreckers, flag car services, vehicles providing road service to disabled…
W. Va. Code § 17C-1-7
School bus
"School bus" means every motor vehicle owned by a public or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school or privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from school.
W. Va. Code § 17C-1-8
Bicycle
"Bicycle" means every device which does not have a motor attached and which is propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels either of which is more than twenty inches in diameter.
W. Va. Code § 17C-1-9
Truck tractor
"Truck tractor" means every 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.
W. Va. Code § 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.
W. Va. Code § 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.
W. Va. Code § 17C-1-12
Truck
"Truck" means every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
W. Va. Code § 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.
W. Va. Code § 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.
W. Va. Code § 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.
W. Va. Code § 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.
W. Va. Code § 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, trus…
W. Va. Code § 17C-1-18
Pneumatic tire
"Pneumatic tire" means every tire in which compressed air is designed to support the load.
W. Va. Code § 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.
W. Va. Code § 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.
W. Va. Code § 17C-1-21
Railroad
"Railroad" means a carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails.
W. Va. Code § 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.
W. Va. Code § 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.
W. Va. Code § 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 percu…
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