N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 21 § 1200.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 25, June 18, 2024

Section 1200.3 - Definitions

The following terms as used in this Article shall, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context clearly requires a different interpretation, have the following meaning:

(a) Ambulance shall mean a vehicle specifically designed and equipped for the carrying of the sick or injured and clearly marked as such with permanent exterior markings. Commercial ambulance shall mean an ambulance for hire.

(b) Bicycle shall include a velocipede, tricycle or other light vehicle propelled by the riders or rider.

(c) Bridge shall include any bridge within the jurisdiction of the Port Authority, but shall not include the plazas, approaches and highway connections thereto.

(d) Bus shall mean a motor vehicle designed or used in the transportation of persons, having a seating capacity of 16 or more persons.

(e) Chassis shall mean the frame and all other mechanical parts of a vehicle, including wheels, but without body.

(f) Driver shall mean the person who is in actual physical control of a vehicle.

(g) Dual vehicles shall mean a truck, tractor, or other self-propelled vehicle in combination with a semi-trailer or trailer.

(h) Manager shall mean the Port Authority official in charge of the particular vehicular crossing or the person performing his functions and duties for the time being.

(i) Motorcycle shall mean all motorized vehicles registered as a motorcycle, including motor scooters and motor bicycles.

(j) Parking shall mean the halting of a vehicle on a roadway while not actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers or merchandise, unless in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic signs or signals, and regardless of whether or not the driver remains in the vehicle.

(k) Passenger automobile shall mean a motor vehicle which is registered as a passenger vehicle, not for hire, for use in the transportation of persons, including a station wagon so registered, and including a motor vehicle owned by a Federal, State, municipal or other government, or agency thereof which, except for such ownership would be so registered. (Passenger automobiles and station wagons whether privately owned or rented are included in this category.)

(l) Passenger vehicle for hire shall mean a motor vehicle for hire used in the transportation of persons, having a seating capacity of less than 16 persons. (Taxicabs, airport and other commercial limousines are included in this category.)

(m) Pedestrian shall mean a person afoot.

(n) Port Authority shall mean the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

(o) Semi-trailer shall mean a vehicle, not self-propelled, designed and constructed to be towed and to move with the forward end of its body or chassis resting upon the body or chassis of the towing vehicle.

(p) Single vehicle shall mean a self-propelled vehicle upon one chassis, or in one unit, without the capability of flexing for added maneuverability.

(q) Ton shall mean a "short ton," i.e., 2,000 pounds.

(r) Tractor shall mean a self-propelled vehicle designed for drawing other vehicles and having no permanent provision for carrying independent loads.

(s) Traffic shall include pedestrians, animals and vehicles whether moved by human power or otherwise.

(t) Trailer shall mean a vehicle (other than a semi-trailer), not self-propelled, designed and constructed to be towed.

(u) Trip shall mean a one-way passage over or through a vehicular crossing.

(v) Truck shall mean a motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of goods, wares and merchandise or registered for such use.

(w) Tunnel shall include any tunnel within the jurisdiction of the Port Authority between the portals thereof, but shall not include the plazas, approaches and highway connections thereto.

(x) Vehicular crossings shall include the bridges and tunnels, and the plazas, approaches and highway connections thereto, within the jurisdiction of the Port Authority.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21 § 1200.3