Current through Register No. 44, October 31, 2024
Section Tra 311.03 - Definitions(a) "Abutting landowner" means a person or persons with ownership of the property directly abutting the State owned right-of-way where the DWI victim fatality sign is to be located.(b) "Bureau" means the bureau of traffic within the New Hampshire department of transportation.(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of transportation.(d) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of transportation.(e) "DWI sign assembly" means the composite of a message panel, memory panel, name plaque(s) and support post or any combination thereof of a DWI victim fatality sign installation.(f) "Memory panel" means a sign panel designed by the bureau with the message "In Memory of".(g) "Message panel" means a sign panel designed by the bureau with the message "Please Don't Drink and Drive".(h) "Name plaque" means a plaque manufactured by the bureau of traffic stating the name of the victim(s) of a traffic accident and attached to a DWI sign assembly.(i) "Next-of-kin" means the person having the following relationship to the victim, in the following order of priority: (2) Adult son or daughter;(4) Adult brother or sister;(6) Adult niece or nephew who is a child of a brother or sister;(7) Maternal grandparent;(8) Paternal grandparent;(9) Adult aunt or uncle; or(10) Any other adult legal relative in descending order of relationship.(j) "Substantial evidence" means a certified copy of conviction for violation of RSA 265-A:2 or RSA 265-A:3.(k) "Traffic accident" means an event occurring on a public way that results in injury or property damage attributed to the motion of a motor vehicle or its load.(l) "Victim" means a person fatally injured as a direct result of a motor vehicle traffic accident or whose death occurred within 30 days of the event as a result of physical injuries sustained during a motor vehicle traffic accident. The term does not include an impaired driver or an occupant of the impaired driver's vehicle, but does include pedestrians or bicyclists injured by an impaired driver, as defined under RSA 265-A:2 or RSA 265-A:3.N.H. Admin. Code § Tra 311.03