For the purpose of this title, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE. The following vehicles:
(1) Fire Department vehicles;
(2) Police Department vehicles;
(3) Ambulances;
(4) Emergency vehicles operated by or for hospitals or health and hospital corporations under I.C. 16-22-8;
(5) Vehicles designated as emergency vehicles by the state Department of Transportation under I.C. 9-21-20-1;
(6) Motor vehicles that, subject to I.C. 9-21-20-2, are approved by the state Emergency Medical Services Commission that are:
(a) Ambulances that are owned by persons, firms, limited liability companies, or corporations other than hospitals; or
(b) Not ambulances and that provide emergency medical services, including extrication and rescue services (as defined in I.C. 16-18-2-110).
(7) Vehicles of the Department of Correction that, subject to I.C. 9-21-20-3, are:
(a) Designated by the Department of Correction as emergency vehicles; and
(b) Responding to an emergency.
(I.C. 9-13-2-6)
DRIVER. A person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
(I.C. 9-13-2-47)
HIGHWAY or STREET. The entire width between the boundary lines of every publicly maintained way when any part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel in Indiana. The term includes an alley.
(I.C. 9-13-2-73)
INTERSECTION.
(1) The area embraced within:
(a) The prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways that join at, or approximately at, right angles; or
(b) The area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
(2) Where a highway includes two roadways at least 30 feet apart, every crossing of each roadway of the divided highway by an intersecting highway is regarded as a separate INTERSECTION. If the intersecting highway also includes two roadways at least 30 feet apart, every crossing of two roadways of the intersecting highway is regarded as a separate INTERSECTION.
(I.C. 9-13-2-84)
MOTOR VEHICLE.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this definition, a vehicle that is self-propelled. The term does not include a farm tractor or implement of agriculture designed to be operated primarily in a farm field or on farm premises, an electric bicycle, an electric foot scooter, or an electric personal assistive mobility device as those terms are defined in I.C. 9-13-2-56 and 9-13-2-77.
(2) MOTOR VEHICLE, for the purposes of I.C. 9-21 also means:
(a) A vehicle that is self-propelled; or
(b) A vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails. The term does not include an electric foot scooter.
(3) For purposes of I.C. 9-32, includes a semitrailer, trailer, an off-road vehicle, a snowmobile, a mini-truck, a manufactured home, or a recreational vehicle. The term does not include an electric foot scooter.
(I.C. 9-13-2-105)
MOTORCYCLE.
(1) A motor vehicle with motive power that:
(a) Has a seat or saddle for the use of the rider;
(b) Is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground; and
(c) Satisfies the operational and equipment specifications described in 49 CFR 571 and I.C. 9-19.
(2) The term includes an autocycle, and does not include a farm tractor, an electric bicycle, or a motor driven cycle.
(I.C. 9-13-2-108)
OPERATOR.
(1) Except as provided in division (2), an individual who operates a vehicle, motorboat, off-road vehicle, or snowmobile.
(2) OPERATOR, for purposes of I.C. 9-18.1-14.5, has the meaning set forth in 33 CFR 174.3.
(I.C. 9-13-2-118)
OWNER.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (2), a person, other than a lienholder, that:
(a) Holds the property in or title to, as applicable, a vehicle, a manufactured home, mobile home, off-road vehicle, snowmobile, or watercraft; or
(b) Is entitled to the use or possession of, as applicable, a vehicle, manufactured home, off-road vehicle, snowmobile, or watercraft, through a lease or other agreement intended to operate as a security.
(2) OWNER, for purposes of I.C. 9-18.1-14.5, has the meaning set forth in 33 CFR 174.3.
(I.C. 9-13-2-121)
RIGHT OF WAY. The privilege of the immediate use of a highway.
(I.C. 9-13-2-155)
ROADWAY.
(1) The part of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
(2) As used in I.C. 9-21-12-13, the term does not include the sidewalk, berm, or shoulder, even if the sidewalk, berm, or shoulder is used by persons riding bicycles or other human powered vehicles.
(I.C. 9-13-2-157)
STREET. See HIGHWAY.
THROUGH HIGHWAY. A highway or portion of a highway at the entrance to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield right of way to vehicles on the through highway in obedience to either a stop sign or a yield sign.
(I.C. 9-13-2-178)
VEHICLE. A device in, upon, or by which a person or property is, or may be, transported or drawn upon a highway.
(1) The term does not include the following:
(a) A device moved by human power;
(b) A device that runs only on rails or tracks;
(c) A wheelchair.
(d) An electric foot scooter.
(2) For purposes of I.C. 9-17, the term includes the following:
(a) Off-road vehicles.
(b) Manufactured homes or mobile homes that are:
1. Personal property not held for resale; and
2. Not attached to real estate by a permanent foundation.
(c) Watercraft.
(3) For purposes of I.C. 9-22 (except I.C. 9-22-6) and I.C. 9-32, the term refers to a vehicle or watercraft of a type that must be registered under I.C. 9-18-2 (before its expiration) or I.C. 9-18.1, other than an off-road vehicle or a snowmobile under I.C. 9-18-2.5 (before its expiration) or I.C. 9-18.1-14.
(4) For purposes of I.C. 9-30-5, 9-30-6, 9-30-8, and 9-30-9, VEHICLE means a device for transportation by land or air. The term does not include an electric personal assistive mobility device.
(I.C. 9-13-2-196)