Arkansas Code Title 27, Subtitle 4, Chapter 49, Subchapter 2 - Definitions
- § 27-49-201 - Definitions Generally.
As used in this act, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this subchapter, unless the context...
- § 27-49-202 - Administration.
(a) "Commissioner" means the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration in his or her capacity as the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of...
- § 27-49-203 - Business and Residence Districts.
(a) "Business district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway when fifty percent (50%) or more of the frontage thereon for a...
- § 27-49-204 - Crosswalk.
"Crosswalk" means: (1) That portion of a roadway ordinarily included within the prolongation or connection of the lateral lines of sidewalks at intersections; and...
- § 27-49-205 - Explosives and Flammable Liquid.
(a) "Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion and which...
- § 27-49-206 - Intersection.
"Intersection" means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or if none, then the lateral boundary lines of...
- § 27-49-207 - Local Authorities.
"Local authorities" means every county, municipal, or other local board or body having authority to adopt local police regulations under the Constitution and laws...
- § 27-49-208 - Persons.
(a) "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation.(b) "Pedestrian" means any person afoot.(c) "Driver" means every person who drives or is...
- § 27-49-209 - Police Officer.
"Police officer" means every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
- § 27-49-210 - Rail Carriers.
(a) "Railroad" means a carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails.(b) "Railroad train" means a steam engine,...
- § 27-49-211 - Right-Of-way.
"Right-of-way" means the privilege of the immediate use of the highway.
- § 27-49-212 - Roadways.
(a) "Private road or driveway" means every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having...
- § 27-49-213 - Safety Zones.
"Safety zones" means the area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or...
- § 27-49-214 - Tires.
(a) "Pneumatic tire" means every tire in which compressed air is designed to support the load.(b) "Metal tire" means every tire the surface of...
- § 27-49-215 - Tractors.
(a) "Truck tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not constructed to carry a load other than...
- § 27-49-216 - Traffic.
"Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars, and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any highway for purposes of travel.
- § 27-49-217 - Traffic Signals and Devices.
(a) "Official traffic control devices" means all signs, signals, markings, and devices not inconsistent with this act placed or erected by authority of a...
- § 27-49-218 - Trailers.
(a) "Trailer" means every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being...
- § 27-49-219 - Vehicles.
(a) "Vehicle" means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway,...
Last modified: November 15, 2016