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); and
(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. 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 2 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 2 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 2 roadways at least 30 feet apart, every crossing of 2 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 section, a vehicle that is self-propelled. The term does not include a farm tractor, an implement of agriculture designed to be operated primarily in a farm field or on farm premises, an electric foot scooter, an electric bicycle, or an electric personal assistive mobility device.
(2) MOTOR VEHICLE, for purposes of I.C. 9-21, 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.
(c) The term does not include an electric foot scooter.
(3) MOTOR VEHICLE, 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 3 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, but 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) below, means an individual who operates a vehicle, watercraft, 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) below, means a person, other than a lienholder, that:
(a) Holds the property in or title to, as applicable, a vehicle, 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) Except as provided in division (2) below, that part of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
(2) As used in I.C. 9-21-12-13, ROADWAY means the part of a highway that is improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. 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. Except as otherwise provided in I.C. 9-13-2-196, a device in, upon, or by which a person or property is, or may be, transported or drawn upon a highway. The term does not include the following:
(1) A device moved by human power.
(2) A device that runs only on rails or tracks.
(3) A wheelchair.
(4) An electric foot scooter.
(I.C. 9-13-2-196(a))